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Crisis Nurse - Per Diem

Seneca Family of Agencies·San Jose, California

$60 - $63/hr·Part Time·On Site·2-5 yrs·Posted 2 months ago
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About the role

Provide attentive clinical care and crisis intervention for children and youth in a receiving facility. Responsibilities include assessing client needs, managing medications, and collaborating with a multidisciplinary team to ensure safety and health standards.

Are you a Registered Nurse that can exemplify our agency's core value of compassion? As the Crisis Nurse on the team, you will provide attentive care to clients during some of their most vulnerable moments. Throughout each shift, you will thoughtfully assess client needs, develop and adjust care plans, and ensure treatment supports both safety and respect. You will facilitate continuous improvements through quality assurance and utilization review, serve as a trusted clinical role model, and offer guidance and support to colleagues within their assigned areas.

About the welcoming center

The Welcoming Center is a nurturing, home-like receiving facility dedicated to supporting children and youth in Santa Clara County who face the challenges of placement disruption.

Our multi-disciplinary team offers safety, care, comfort, and therapeutic support around the clock, ensuring that young people receive the immediate attention they need, 24/7.

We serve young individuals who have recently been removed from their homes, are returning after an elopement, or have experienced a sudden loss of placement.

Upon arrival, children and youth are greeted by empathetic and well-trained therapists and counselors.

These professionals create a calm and stable environment, carefully assessing each individual's unique needs while working to secure appropriate placement.

About seneca

Seneca has been nominated among the Bay Area’s Top Workplaces [https://topworkplaces.com/company/seneca-family-of-agencie/bayarea/] for several consecutive years. We’re committed to providing traditionally marginalized communities with a network of excellent mental health, community-based, and educational services. We are committed to building a diverse staff. Our programs deeply engage in conversations and training on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion [https://senecadei.wordpress.com/] to bring equity and justice to the youth and families we serve.

Responsibilities

  • Evaluate illness or injuries
  • Monitor Physician orders for medication or treatment, and prescriptions filled at outside pharmacies
  • Arrange appointments or receive orders for treatments when nursing expertise is required to facilitate the process
  • Ongoing training with staff on medications and handling medications
  • Provide other health-related education to staff and clients
  • Document all nursing interventions, including maintaining medication assistance records
  • Review all medical incident reports for shifts
  • Participate in multidisciplinary team meetings
  • Meet regularly with the Program Director and Psychiatrists as requested
  • Collaborate with Psychiatrist to ensure quality of medication administration, adequate consents, medical treatment and follow-up
  • Collaborate with Clinical Manager to ensure health and safety, infection control, resource utilization, and clinical and rehabilitative standards of care
  • Attend appropriate treatment reviews related to health care for youth
  • Provide on-call support for nursing questions, as needed
  • Employ crisis communication and de-escalation techniques if necessary

Qualifications

Required

  • Bachelors of Science in Nursing OR
  • ADN or equivalent
  • Valid California Registered Nurse License
  • Current CPR – BLS certification
  • Must be at least 21 years of age
  • Valid driver's license, clean driving record, and insurability through Seneca Family of Agencies’ insurance policy
  • TB test clearance, fingerprinting clearance, and any other state/federal licensing or certification requirements

Preferred

  • Good critical-thinking, communication, and organization skills
  • Psychiatric Nursing experience
  • Bilingual Spanish skill set
  • Schedule
  • Per diem; number of shifts will vary
  • Saturday - Sunday; 10am - 8pm
  • Every other weekend
  • On-call Saturday evening/night

Benefits

  • Starting $60.10 - $62.60 per hour, commensurate with experience
  • Additional compensation provided upon passing bilingual language proficiency exam
  • Salary increases each year

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Requirements

Requires a valid California Registered Nurse License and a BSN or ADN degree. Candidates must have CPR-BLS certification, be at least 21 years old, and pass background and TB clearances.

  • associate degree
  • bachelor degree
  • Quality Assurance
  • Medication Administration
  • Patient Assessment
  • Care Plan Development
  • Infection Control
  • Clinical Documentation
  • Bilingual Spanish
  • Crisis Communication
  • Utilization Review
  • De-escalation Techniques
  • Psychiatric Nursing
  • CPR BLS

Posting details

Employment type
Part Time
Work arrangement
On Site
Experience
2-5 yrs
Salary
$60 - $63/hr
Location
San Jose, California
Posted
May 8, 2026
Application
Employer website
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Hiring organization

Seneca Family of Agencies

For more than four decades, Seneca has offered a simple promise to each youth and every family we serve: No matter how profound the difficulties you face, we will be with you every step of the way. Today, Seneca provides a broad range of mental health, education, foster care,...

Salary listed on 15 jobs
IndustryMental Health Care
TypeNonprofit
Size1,001-5,000 employees
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California nursing roles often draw steady demand, especially for experienced RNs in procedural and critical care settings. Competition is strongest for candidates who already hold a California RN license, current BLS and ACLS, and recent ICU, ER, or PACU experience. Review the AI-summarized requirements and benefits on this platform to save research time, then confirm your certifications and highlight relevant bedside and procedural experience in your application.

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