Our Agency

Since 1990 the Front St family of companies has been a leader in mental health support services in Santa Cruz and Monterey County. We are proud to be an integral part of a system that provides housing and behavioral health services for over 300 consumers. This position will be located at 7th Avenue Center, a 99 bed secured Mental Health Rehabilitation Center (MHRC) in Santa Cruz, CA. The services provided are for adults, aged 18 years and older, who come to us from throughout the State of California.

Who should apply?

We are looking for On-Call, Part-Time, and Full-Time nursing staff. New graduates of LPT and LVN programs are welcome. You should be comfortable working with individuals who suffer from severe and persistent mental illness.

SUMMARY: Provide direct nursing care to residents according to physicians’ orders and applicable resident care standards within their scope of practice. Provide direction to non- licensed staff in providing direct resident care.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: Other duties and responsibilities may be assigned. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.

DUTIES:

• Safely and properly administers medications and treatments.
• Participates in assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating the nursing care given.
• Uses the nursing plan of care in daily assignments.
• Modifies residents’ plan of care when needed.
• Observe, record and report the signs, symptoms, and behaviors including the physiological and psychological status of residents.
• Notifies appropriate supervisory and medical staff of changes in resident status; recognizes resident care priorities and potential resident care crises.
• Maintains resident privacy, confidentiality of information, and confidentiality of records.
• Executes written physician’s orders in the delivery of nursing care.
• Adheres to required infection control and aseptic techniques in the delivery of resident care.
• Documents nursing care regarding a resident’s condition, medication, and treatment in the resident’s medical records and resident’s weekly progress notes.
• Supervise the use of behavioral restraints in the case of imminent danger to self or others and ensuring resident rights and safety are upheld.
• Understand and utilize the facility’s Electronic Medication Administration Record (eMAR) to distribute resident medication orders; understand and utilize the facility’s Electronic Medical Records Database for completing written documentation on resident care.
• Uphold all infection control standards.
• Attends and participates in staff meetings.
• Perform all duties in a professional manner.
• Other duties and responsibilities as assigned by the Director of Nursing and Nursing Department Manager.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS: Physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear.
• Employee is regularly required to sit or stand for extended periods of time.
• Employee is regularly required to use hands and fingers. The employee is frequently required to reach with hands and arms, stand, walk and stoop, and may be occasionally required to kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• Employee may be required to lift up to 50 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
• Employee must be in good health, and physically, mentally, and occupationally capable of performing assigned tasks per Title 9 regulations.

WORK ENVIRONMENT: Work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee often works near moving mechanical parts.
• Job requires working with hazardous caustic household cleaning chemicals.
• Frequently works out of doors and in an office environment.
• Noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to high.
• During the course of the job, the employee will be exposed to second hand smoke.
• During the course of the job, the employee will be interacting on a daily basis with individuals with a diagnosed mental illness. The actions of the residents may at times be unpredictable. Staff will experience verbal abuse and at times may be physically threatened.