Under direction of a supervisor or a Senior Registered Nurse-Mental Health, the Registered Nurse – Mental Health initiates, coordinates, and performs a wide variety of professional activities in the delivery of direct and indirect mental health services to patients within the hospital Inpatient Unit.

Qualifications

Registered Nurse-Mental Health requires one (1) year of full-time professional registered nursing experience providing direct patient care in a mental health setting, such as an Inpatient Unit, Emergency Room Quad, Jail Mental Health Units or equivalent environment. 

Senior Registered Nurse-Mental Health requires four (4) years of full-time professional, registered nursing experience, including two (2) years of full-time experience in mental health nursing, such as an Inpatient Unit, Emergency Room Quad, Jail Mental Health Unit or equivalent environment. One (1) of those years must be in a charge nurse capacity.

About the Hospital

Ventura County Medical Center (VCMC) is a fully-integrated, comprehensive system of hospital, clinic and specialty services. The system provides access to high quality, compassionate healthcare to residents throughout Ventura County.

While VCMC provides access to health care to all residents of our county, special emphasis is placed on providing access to care for the underserved and those facing barriers to access. Referred to as the “safety net” population, these individuals comprise over three-quarters of the care provided by VCMC.

VCMC is noted for its renowned Family Medicine Residency Program and is distinguished as the only Ventura County academic teaching hospital with a residency affiliated with UCLA School of Medicine. VCMC is the designated Level II Trauma Center for the west county and is known for its extraordinary trauma team, which includes skilled and talented surgeons covering neurosurgery, orthopedic and general surgery cases.