Registered Nurse

Patton State Hospital Human Resources Department is accepting applications for multiple permanent full-time appointments to the Registered Nurse classification in various programs for the NOC shift. All registered nurses assigned to programs are on 12-hour shifts. Hours of work may be adjusted to meet operational needs of the hospital.

Registered Nurse responsibilities include but are not limited to: providing direct nursing care, treatment, and rehabilitation to clients/patients, providing direction to other personnel who assist them in providing such care, assisting physicians as directed, providing general psychiatric nursing care to clients/patients, assisting in planning and evaluating both physical and mental nursing care of assigned patients, assisting physicians as directed, taking independent action within professional preparation and legal limits, assisting in training other nursing personnel and ancillary staff as assigned, working with other disciplines as part of a treatment team to provide overall treatment program for the patient.

Tasks include administration of oral medication and hypodermic injections, blood drawing and immunizations, assessing patient’s physical and mental condition and reporting significant changes to physician and unit supervisor, recording data in nursing notes, preparing and caring for patients during treatment, providing first aid as necessary, performing custody tasks which include escorting patients in the facility and in the community, searching for drugs, contraband, and weapons, inspecting patients’ mail for hazardous material, inspecting facilities to identify security breaches that could lead to an escape, observing and intervening in patient behavior that may injure people, damage property, or signal impending escape attempts.

• Experience working in a Forensic and/or Psychiatric setting.
• Experience administrating psychiatric treatments and psychiatric medications.

Please submit a Statement of Qualifications (SOQ) clearly identifying your experience as it pertains to the duties of the position above not to exceed 1 page in Arial size 12 font.

The position(s) require(s) a Drug Screening be passed prior to being hired.

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Patton is a forensic psychiatric hospital and was established in 1890 and opened in 1893. DSH-Patton provides treatment to forensically and civilly committed patients within a secure treatment area. The hospital does not accept voluntary admissions.

• The position(s) require(s) a Drug Screening be passed prior to being hired.
• The position(s) require(s) a Background Investigation be cleared prior to being hired.
• The position(s) require(s) Medical Clearance prior to being hired.
• The position(s) require(s) a(n) Registered Nurse License. You will be required to provide a copy of your license prior to being hired.

Unless there is a specific request to be notified via USPS mail, our main contact will be via email. Email correspondence regarding this job posting will primarily come from . It is the applicant’s responsibility to check their email inbox, including junk/spam emails for any correspondence regarding their application status. In addition, applicants are encouraged to keep their Cal Careers profile updated with a current telephone number, mailing address, and email.

For experience/education to qualify during the application screening process, and to ensure that minimum qualifications can be determined , applicants should include all employment history on the Examination/ Employment Application (STD. 678) including detailed job descriptions, hours worked per…