Youth Crisis Nurse; Overnight

Youth Crisis Nurse (Overnight)

Seneca Family of Agencies is looking for a passionate Nursing professional willing to support youth and families in crisis. As a Youth Crisis Nurse (Overnight), you will act as a clinical role model, providing nursing consultation for our multidisciplinary team and delivering high‑quality assessment, treatment planning, and evaluation of resident care within designated clinical areas.

Seneca’s Monterey Crisis Programs provide crisis stabilization services and short‑term residential treatment for children and youth experiencing crisis, ensuring timely support when it’s most needed. The program offers mental health assessments, crisis counseling, and linkage to long‑term, sustainable support based on each client’s strengths and needs. The ultimate goal is to provide mental‑health/crisis services, suicide prevention, decrease placement changes, and reduce unnecessary psychiatric hospitalization.

Seneca Family of Agencies has been nominated among the Bay Area’s Top Workplaces for several consecutive years. We are committed to providing traditionally marginalized communities with a network of excellent mental health, community‑based, and educational services, and building a diverse staff. We deeply engage in conversations and training on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion to bring equity and justice to the youth and families we serve.

• Provide quality care, including nursing triage and assessment
  • Evaluate and chart illness and/or injuries
  • Monitor physician orders and prescriptions
• Ensure safe medication processes are followed, including
  • Procurement
  • Ordering
  • Storage
  • Administration practices
• Collect and analyze assessment data to formulate resident care problems and individualized outcomes.
• Plan, implements, and evaluates nursing interventions.
• Collaborates with Psychiatrist to ensure quality of medication administration, adequate consents, medical treatment, and follow‑up.
• Maintain working relationship with pediatricians, specialists, psychiatrists, therapists, and hospitals who provide care to the youth.
• Communicate effectively with others and promote teamwork.
• Participate in nursing department staff meetings, multidisciplinary team meetings, and other departmental activities.
• Provide ongoing training for staff on medications and other health‑related education.
• Utilize crisis communication and de‑escalation techniques as per Seneca’s Equilibrium model training. This may include intervening with the clients’ behavioral program through physical management of the clients, if applicable. Training in additional crisis intervention modalities such as CPI may be required.

• Active California Registered Nursing License
• Current CPR‑BLS certification
• At least 21 years of age
• TB test clearance, fingerprinting clearance, and any other state/federal licensing or certification requirements

• Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing
• Experience with pediatrics, mental health, and/or triage assessment a plus

• Hours:
  
  Sunday – Tuesday 7:00 PM – 7:30 AM
• Participate in 24‑hr on‑call rotation once per week

• Salary: $119,654 – $133,654 per year (dependent on creditable experience above the minimum qualifications)
• Additional compensation upon passing bilingual language proficiency exam
• $5,000 sign‑on bonus for new Seneca employees in this role
• 5 weeks paid time off and 11 paid holidays
• Relocation assistance may be available
• Comprehensive employee benefits package, including:
  • Medical, dental, vision, and chiropractic coverage and partially paid premiums for dependents
  • Long‑term disability, family leave, and life insurance
  • 50% paid premiums for dependents
  • 403(b) retirement plan
  • Employer‑paid Employee Assistance Plan
• Seneca is a Public Service Loan Forgiveness certified employer
• Training stipend and professional development opportunities
• Abundant promotional opportunities across the agency in California and Washington

Entry level

Full‑time

Health Care Provider

Mental Health Care

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