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Aurora San Diego Hospital
11878 Avenue of Industry
San Diego, CA 92128
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Job Opportunities
| ACTIVITY THERAPIST |
TITLE: ACTIVITY THERAPIST
DEPARTMENT: ACTIVITY THERAPY/CLINICAL SERVICES
REPORTS TO: DIRECTOR OF ADJUNCTIVE THERAPY
STATUS: NON EXEMPT PER DIEM AND FULL TIME
SUPERVISES: N/A
Position Summary: To serve as a member of the interdisciplinary treatment team, to provide therapeutic recreational and activity services to adult, adolescent, or child patients with emotional or substance abuse problems.
Essential Duties:
* Develops and implements activity therapy plans
* Maintains the clinical and administrative documentation for services rendered
* Participates in the effective allocation of department resources
* Requests supplies and equipment required for assigned activities
* Provides individual instruction for clients as required
Qualifications: Comprehensive knowledge of one or more activity areas such as recreation, occupational therapy, music, or arts and crafts; Comprehensive knowledge of individual and group behavior and effective ways of working with clients; Intermediate knowledge of the general nature of physical or mental illnesses/disabilities and/or developmental disabilities; Ability to apply and adapt skills and knowledge of activity areas to planned sessions of therapeutic activities; Ability to foster interest, initiative, responsibility, and experimentation in clients and discourage inappropriate responses; Ability to observe client behavior, record observations, and prepare reports; CTSR, ATR, MT-BC, drama therapy, or related disciplines preferred.
Physical Requirements: Ability to stoop, crouch, reach, stand, and lift up to 50 pounds.
All qualified applicants should submit resumes to:
jhagenah@aurorabehavioral.com or fax to 858-675-9241
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| INTAKE COUNSELOR OR REGISTERED NURSE |
TITLE: INTAKE COUNSELOR OR REGISTERED NURSE
DEPARTMENT: INTAKE DEPARTMENT
REPORTS TO: DIRECTOR OF INTAKE
STATUS: NON EXEMPT - PER DIEM, PART TIME AND FULL TIME
SUPERVISES: N/A
Position Summary: To appropriately respond to and triage calls coming into the Intake Department. To determine the appropriate level of care for clients by performing a face-to-face comprehensive behavioral assessment on anyone referred or presenting for assessment and/or treatment at this facility.
Essential Duties:
* Respond to routine and crisis calls coming into the Intake Department
* Assess patients for suicidality, homocidality and other dangerous propensities
* Provide Axis I-IV DSM diagnoses in consultation with the psychiatrist
* Complete managed care authorizations for patient treatment
* Interface with other hospital departments in arranging patient care
* Ability to work independently and as part of a cohesive team
* Handling of legal issues related to patient care, such as 5150 criteria, conservatorships, minors issues
* Computer tasks that require use of Microsoft Work, Excel, Internet Explorer and other computer programs
Qualifications: RN, MSW, or MA; college level reading and comprehension, writing and mathematics skills; basic knowledge of, and skills in applying principles of, abnormal psychology and mental health problems; familiarity with psychological, sociological and medical terminologies; skills in analyzing and evaluating information; problem-solving skills; excellent oral communications; legible handwriting; ability to concentrate on tasks and meet deadlines; ability to maintain confidentiality; basic data entry skills preferred.
Physical Requirements: Ability to stoop, crouch, reach, stand, and lift up to 50 pounds.
All qualified applicants should submit resumes to jhagenah@aurorabehavioral.com or fax to 858-675-9241
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| DIRECTOR OF NURSING |
TITLE: DIRECTOR OF NURSING
DEPARTMENT: NURSING ADMINISTRATION
REPORTS TO: DCS
STATUS: EXEMPT
SUPERVISES: NURSING STAFF
Position Summary:
Aurora Behavioral Health Care-San Diego is a fiscally stable, growing organization seeking a nursing leader to provide dynamic leadership in the delivery of quality nursing care services and to effectively integrate nursing care into patients' interdisciplinary treatment, experience. This position will role model commitment to patient care, staff collaboration and customer service.
Essential Duties:
Actively serves as a key member of the organization's core management team, ensure effective integration of nursing services into overall organization operations.
Carries out the personnel management activities associated with direct staff supervision, including screening and selection, orientation training and development, performance management, and employee relations functions.
Serves as the department's fiscal manager.
Provides clinical supervision in psychiatric nursing care to nursing staff.
Communicates with referral sources and family members in patients' interest.
Participates in treatment planning, implementation and monitoring.
Initiates and implements Quality Improvement activities including audit coordination, incident reviews, system reviews, survey preparation, etc.
Qualifications at Entry:
Advanced or thorough knowledge of psychiatric and general nursing care concepts and methodologies and demonstrated skill in their implementation; supervisory and basic personnel management skills; skills in policy and procedure development and implementation; basic teaching or training skills; skills in analysis, evaluation, and interpretation, organization, prioritization, and time management skills; sound written and oral communication skills; adaptability and flexibility; track record as team player; clinical evaluation and intervention skills, including crisis management; detail-oriented, balanced with ability to see whole clinical and organizational picture and make sound clinical and administrative judgments and decisions; independence; working knowledge of, and skills in maintaining therapeutic milieu; skills in maintaining information as highly confidential.
Current CA RN license, Bachelor of Science in Nursing required/Masters Degree in related field preferred. Must also be able to cope well with stress, have a strong sense of compassion and communicate well with others.
All qualified applicants should submit resumes to jhagenah@aurorabehavioral.com or fax to 858-675-9241
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| MENTAL HEALTH WORKER |
TITLE: MENTAL HEALTH WORKER
DEPARTMENT: NURSING
REPORTS TO: CHARGE NURSE
STATUS: NON EXEMPT - PER DIEM, FULL TIME and PART TIME NIGHT
SUPERVISES: N/A
Position Summary: To provide direct patient care to geriatric, adult, adolescent, or child patients with psychiatric disorders; to ensure the safety and well-being of these patients; to support the maintenance of therapeutic milieu.
Essential Duties:
Participate in input and follow through with regard to treatment planning
Observe and identify patients problems, needs and strengths, and suggest treatment plan modifications
Provide input on, and implement patient discharge plans
Accompany and transport patients as assigned
Facilitate patient community meetings
Maintain patient, and unit related documentation
Admit new patients to the unit, program and milieu
Maintain a safe, orderly, and therapeutic environment for patients
Assists patients with daily living activities consistent with treatment plans
Carry out administrative and clerical assignments to support patient care, and organizational operations.
Qualifications: A minimum of 1 yr health care experience, current CPR and MAB required. Familiarity with medical and psychological terminology, basic principles of psychology and human behavior preferred; college level reading and comprehension, writing and mathematics skills; skills in analyzing and evaluating information; problem-solving skills; excellent oral communications; legible handwriting; ability to concentrate on tasks and meet deadlines; ability to maintain confidentiality; basic data entry skills preferred.
Physical Requirements: Ability to stoop, crouch, reach, stand, and lift up to 50 pounds..
All qualified applicants should submit resumes to:
jhagenah@aurorabehavioral.com or fax to 858-675-9241
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| REGISTERED NURSE |
TITLE: REGISTERED NURSE
DEPARTMENT: NURSING
REPORTS TO: NURSING SUPERVISOR/DIRECTOR OF NURSING
STATUS: NON EXEMPT - FULL TIME AND PER DIEM
SUPERVISES: N/A
Position Summary: To deliver quality general and psychiatric nursing care to adults (typically age 18 and older) with psychiatric or emotional disorders; to serve actively and constructively as a member of the organizations multi-disciplinary treatment team, and support the organizations and adults psychiatric philosophy of care.
Essential Duties:
Collects and analyzes data regarding patients physical, psychological, self care, educational, and anticipating discharge planning needs
Develops a comprehensive outline of care to be delivered to attain expected outcomes; includes in this plan, specific goals and interventions delineating nursing actions unique to each patient
Maintains effective communication with all units and departments
Functions within the policies and philosophies of the organization
Supervises direct patient care as required
Works within budgetary constraints to include staff overtime and supplies
Carries out medication management responsibilities
Conducts patient community meetings
Provides input into discharge planning process
Maintain patient, and unit related documentation
Maintain a safe, orderly, and therapeutic environment for patients.
Qualifications: Must be a graduate of an approved vocational nursing school; must have a current California RN license, current MAB and CPR required; demonstrates sound leadership skills and utilizes these skills in organizing the activities and schedules for medical and/or non-medical tasks of the Adult for a given shift; record of consistently high quality of clinical and interpersonal skills to be an exemplary role model to others; displays basic knowledge of treatment procedures; interventions common to acute psychotic as well as to non-violent crises intervention practice; record of consistently high quality of clinical and interpersonal skills to be a role model to others; basic knowledge of abnormal psychology as typically found in the adult psychiatric population; application of this knowledge to adult nursing care; basic knowledge of medical terminology especially those terms associated with adult psychiatric care; through familiarity of psychopharmacy and the use of psychotropic medications with adult psychiatric population; basic teaching and training skills helpful; problem-solving; organizational and time management; crisis intervention skills; written and oral communication skills; skills in facilitating and/or co-facilitating process orientated and didactic groups; skills in establishing and maintaining effective working relationships in a variety of clinical and support team members; empathy for patients and their families; skills in maintaining information as highly confidential.
Physical Requirements: Ability to stoop, crouch, reach, stand, and lift up to 50 pounds..
All qualified applicants should submit resumes to:
jhagenah@aurorabehavioral.com or fax to 858-675-9241
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| SOCIAL WORKER/INTPATIENT THERAPIST |
TITLE: SOCIAL WORKER/INTPATIENT THERAPIST
DEPARTMENT: INTPATIENT SERVICES
REPORTS TO: DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL SERVICES
STATUS: NON-EXEMPT
SUPERVISES: N/A
SHIFT: DAY
Position Summary: To provide quality case management and psychotherapeutic services to adult psychiatric patients and their families.
Essential Duties:
Conducts psychosocial assessments to document history and identify preliminary issues for treatment focus by interviewing the patient and their family members.
Provides group and family process-oriented therapies as well as conducts educational and other didactic groups for patients and family members using various professional treatment modalities.
Develops and coordinates an individualized discharge plan for the patient by utilizing treatment team and chart information to determine the patient's aftercare needs.
Identifies and assesses family or community resources such as, group homes, or mental health practitioners to meet patients' aftercare needs.
Attends regular treatment team meetings to provide social work perspective to total case management of the patient by reading and discussing written progress notes from charts and communicating any state or local agency legal requirement for case management with the interdisciplinary team.
Reports to community/state agencies any patient issues as required and represents facility in any legal proceedings.
Provide backup services for incoming assessment and referral calls.
Qualifications: LCSW/MFT REQUIRED; masters degree in social work or equivalent masters degree in a recognized mental health field; experience with chemical dependency and relapse prevention preferred; written and oral communications skills, skills in case management, time management, and crisis intervention common to acute psychotic as well as to non-violent crises intervention practice. Knowledge of acute adult psychological disorders; advanced principals of abnormal psychology as specifically applied to adults; familiarly with follow-up resource services available to adults; skills in conducting marital and family group therapy; skills in maintaining information as highly confidential; ability to clearly summarize pertinent clinical information via written correspondence and medical records documentation.
Physical Requirements: Ability to stoop, crouch, reach, stand, and lift up to 50 pounds.
All qualified applicants should submit resumes to jhagenah@aurorabehavioral.com or fax to 858-675-9241
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| UTILIZATION REVIEW/CASE MANAGEMENT NURSE OR CLINICIAN |
JOB DESCRIPTION
TITLE: UTILIZATION REVIEW/CASE MANAGEMENT NURSE OR CLINICIAN
DEPARTMENT: UTILIZATION REVIEW
REPORTS TO: UTILIZATION REVIEW DIRECTOR
STATUS: NON EXEMPT FULL TIME AND PER DIEM
SUPERVISES: N/A
Position Summary:
To proactively monitor and optimize reimbursement for external reviewers/third party payers.
Essential Duties:
Conducts admission reviews.
Conducts concurrent and extended stay reviews.
Prepares and submits appeals to third party payers.
Maintains appropriate records of the Utilization Review Department.
Provides staff in-service training and education.
Qualifications at Entry:
Graduate of accredited RN or LVN program and current RN or LVN license; Masters degree preferred; excellent telephone usage skills and strong verbal skills; knowledge of health care service delivery systems and third party reimbursement; knowledge of managed care environment; ability to apply and interpret admission and continued stay criteria; understanding of admission and discharge function; familiarity with medical terminology, diagnostic terms and treatment modalities; knowledge of medical record keeping; strong interpersonal, organizational, evaluative, and time management skills; policy interpretation skills; familiarity with applicable standards and regulations; flexibility; attention to detail; able to comprehend psychiatric evaluations, consults, lab results, etc.; responsiveness to deadlines; assertiveness, persistence, and persuasiveness; able to work with minimal direction or supervision.
Current CA RN license, Bachelor of Science in Nursing required/Masters Degree in related field preferred. Must also be able to cope well with stress, have a strong sense of compassion and communicate well with others.
All qualified applicants should submit resumes to jhagenah@aurorabehavioral.com or fax to 858-675-9241
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Please send a completed application along with your resume indicating position of interest to:
Aurora Behavioral Health Care
Attn: Human Resources
11878 Avenue of Industry
San Diego, CA 92128
FAX (858) 675-9241
or click to email Susan Haas Director of Human Resources
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