# Intake Registered Nurse (Psychiatry) (Full Time)

> Aurora San Diego · San Diego, United States · — · Posted 2026-05-17

**Salary:** USD 104,000–139,360

**Workplace:** on_site

**Department:** Intake

## Description

This is a position working in a behavioral healthcare hospital. To deliver quality general and psychiatric nursing care to patients who present for a behavioral health assessment or are hospitalized for treatment of psychiatric or emotional disorders; to serve actively and constructively as a member of the multi-disciplinary treatment team, supporting the organization philosophy of care; to ensure the safety and well-being of each patient.

**\*Work Schedule: Monday to Friday from 2:00 P.M. to 10:30 P.M.**

**\*Pay Range: $50/hr. to $67/hr.**

**Responsibilities:**

-   Conduct medical screens for all patients who present for Intake
-   Determine if the patients are medically stable and can be treated safely on-site. Must be able to identify neurological deficits and level of consciousness
-   Conduct vital signs, breathalyzer, O2 saturation levels, and glucometer levels
-   Calculate and interpret BMI
-   Competent in assessment of communicable disease exposure, risk, and interventions
-   Complete a pain assessment. Understanding of general and psychiatric medications
-   Demonstrate understanding of EMTALA regulations and implementation
-   Able to evaluate for emergency medical conditions and competent in assessing when stabilizing treatment is necessary
-   Able to perform appropriate transfers to other facilities, including identification of risks and benefits of a transfer out
-   Review of labs and medical histories of patients in medical facilities to determine medical appropriateness for admission
-   Understanding of medical exclusion criteria and how to assess for conditions that are not medically appropriate for admission
-   Able to perform case consultations with other RNs and physicians to determine medical appropriateness
-   Ability to assess for substance intoxication and withdrawal symptoms. Assess for behavioral health symptomatology
-   Conduct case consultations with physicians to determine the level of care for patients presenting for treatment
-   Assess patients for self-harm/suicide risk and consult with a physician to determine appropriate monitoring levels for inpatient admissions
-   Able to manage patients at risk of self-harm or harm to others while in Intake
-   Complete risk assessments for AWOL, danger to others, sexual acting out behavior, and vulnerability
-   Knowledge of DSM-5 diagnoses

**Skills:**

-   Demonstrates sound leadership skills and utilizes these skills in organizing the activities and schedules for medical and/or non-medical tasks of the patient for a given shift
-   Record of consistently high quality of clinical and interpersonal skills to be an exemplary role model to others
-   Displays basic knowledge of treatment procedures, interventions common to acute psychotic as well as to non-violent crises intervention practice
-   Basic knowledge of abnormal psychology as typically found in the general psychiatric population; application of this knowledge to patient nursing care; basic knowledge of medical terminology especially those terms associated with psychiatric care
-   Through familiarity of Psychopharmacy and the use of psychotropic medications with the psychiatric population
-   Basic teaching and training skills helpful; problem-solving; organizational and time management
-   Crisis intervention skills; written and oral communication skills; skills in facilitating and/or co-facilitating process orientated and didactic groups
-   Skills in establishing and maintaining effective working relationships in a variety of clinical and support team members; empathy for patients and their families; skills in maintaining information as highly confidential

## Requirements

-   Valid California Registered Nurse License
-   Psychiatric experience (1 year HIGHLY preferred)
-   BLS (Basic Life Support ) Certification for Healthcare Providers following the American Heart Association guidelines

## Benefits

-   401K Retirement Plan
-   Health Insurance
-   Vision Insurance
-   Dental Insurance
-   Pet Insurance
-   Healthcare Spending Account & Dependent Care Spending Account
-   Life Insurance (Supplemental Life, Term, and Universal plans are also available.)
-   PTO Plan
-   Holiday Premium Pay
-   PTO Cash Out option
-   Sick Pay
-   Short and Long-Term Disability (with additional buy-in opportunities)
-   Tuition Reimbursement
-   Employee Assistance Program
-   ID Theft Protection

-   Employee Appreciation Events

-   Employee Discount Opportunities

## Apply

[Apply at Aurora San Diego](https://apply.workable.com/aurora-san-diego/j/3877ADF897/apply)

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