Psychiatric Liaison Nurse - PET Team - Mercy San Diego - Part-Time

This is a Part-Time (48 hours per pay period, every 2 weeks) benefited position with a varied schedule on variable days of the week including weekends and holidays.

Position is located at Scripps Mercy San Diego Hospital – Hillcrest.

At Scripps Health, your ambition is empowered and your abilities are appreciated:

• Nearly a quarter of our employees have been with Scripps Health for over 10 years.
• Scripps is a Great Place to Work Certified company for 2026
• Scripps Health has been consistently ranked as a top employer for women, millennia ls, diversity, and as an overall workplace by various national publications.
• Beckers Healthcare ranked Scripps Health on its 2026 list of 150 top places to work in health care.
• We have transitional and professional development programs to create a learning environment that enables you to thrive in your specific field as well as in your overall career.
• Our specialties have been nationally recognized for quality in areas such as cardiovascular care, oncology, orthopedics, geriatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, and gastroenterology.

We invite you to join our highly engaged Psychiatric Liaison Team of Nurses.

The Psychiatric Liaison Nurse (PLN) functions as part of a team to perform psychiatric evaluation of patients throughout the Scripps Health Care System. In addition, you will be responsible for:

• Supporting patient care staff with the nursing care of patients with behavioral problems and/or patients experiencing problems related to their medical illnesses.
• Being a resource regarding differential diagnosis and medical disorders.
• These clinicians provide diagnostic impressions, including differentiating between medical and psychiatric disorders and determining suicidality, homicidally and/or grave disability.
• Triage and disposition of behavioral health patients to the level of care that will ensure appropriate utilization of resources.
• Demonstrates decision-making skills and knowledge in clinical impression, collaboration, consultation, education, mentorship and leadership.
• Responsible for identifying and developing approaches to enhance behavioral health care of all persons throughout the system.