Supervising Behavioral Health Nurse

Job Highlights

• Provides ongoing clinical supervision to nursing staff, including reviewing assessments, treatment interventions, medication administration practices, and documentation to ensure care is safe, therapeutic, trauma‑informed, and compliant with facility policies and regulatory standards.
• Supports, mentors, and evaluates nursing staff; addresses performance concerns; facilitates education and competency development; and promotes a professional, respectful, and accountable work environment in a high‑acuity psychiatric setting.
• Oversees medication administration practices; ensures nursing staff adhere to medication orders, consent requirements, and safe administration protocols; monitors for therapeutic effectiveness and adverse reactions; and provides guidance and corrective action as needed to promote patient safety.

This position is located at 720 Wood Street in Eureka, CA.

A typical schedule for this position is Sunday–Tuesday 0700‑1930 (12‑hour shift) and Wednesday 0700‑1100 (4‑hour shift).

Under general direction, plans, organizes, and directs the day‑to‑day professional nursing activities and related functions on an assigned shift at the in‑patient behavioral health treatment facility, and other County out‑patient clinic locations; collaborates with other medical staff and interdisciplinary health treatment teams to evaluate and prepare treatment plans; and performs related duties as assigned.

Receives general direction from assigned supervisory or management personnel. Exercises direct supervision over professional, technical, and/or administrative support staff.

This is the full supervisory‑level class in the Behavioral Health Nurse series that exercises independent judgment on diverse and specialized nursing services in support of the County’s in‑patient behavioral health facility or out‑patient programs with accountability and ongoing decision‑making responsibilities associated with the work. Incumbents are responsible for planning, organizing, supervising, reviewing, and evaluating the work of assigned staff and for organizing and overseeing day‑to‑day nursing, behavioral health, and support services program implementation for hospitalized patients.

Employees are responsible for providing professional level support to management in a variety of areas. Performance of the work requires the use of independence, initiative, and discretion within established guidelines.

• Oversees the day‑to‑day treatment administered and operations of the County’s behavioral health facility or outpatient clinic on assigned shift.
• Oversees and assesses patients upon admission to unit and makes presentation of physical and behavioral condition findings to attending physicians.
• Accepts report of previous shift and updates new admissions and medications; makes appropriate nursing notes on patients charts and writes medication orders; ensures that patient charts contain accurate and complete documentation.
• Organizes, assigns, directs, reviews, and evaluates the work of assigned staff and/or an interdisciplinary treatment team in the delivery of patient care; maintains a safe and secure environment; serves as case coordinator for assigned patients or clients, as needed.
• Performs end‑of‑shift narcotics count and maintains records of medications in compliance with regulations.
• Oversees and provides professional nursing care to patients; observes and charts vital signs, including temperature, blood pressure, pulse, and respiration.
• Oversees and provides equipment and supplies required for patient examination or treatment.
• Oversees and administers oral and hypodermic medications and observes and records their effects; obtains and records all orders from physician to facilitate patient treatment.
• Oversees and participates in the preparation of the nursing component of patient treatment plans, including physical assessments on new patients; as a member of an interdisciplinary team, oversees and participates in diagnostic and therapeutic activities.
• Performs crisis intervention, in person and on the…