Chief Nursing Officer

About Us

Bakersfield Behavioral Healthcare Hospital, located in Bakersfield, California, is an acute psychiatric and behavioral 90 bed facility situated on 8.8 acres.

We offer inpatient and outpatient services for children, adolescents and adults needing mental/behavioral health, chemical dependency; and co-occurring disorders treatment through our medically supervised detoxification.

Within our Workplace Community, BBHH is striving daily to be one of the BEST PLACES TO WORK not just here in Kern County, but throughout the Behavioral Healthcare Community.

By offering amazing benefits, encouraging individual growth and development, and incorporating our CARES values system into our daily operations, we are creating a workplace culture where people enjoy coming to work each day.

BBHH CARES about your experience as a candidate and we encourage you to apply to our open positions.

C ompassion

A cceptance
R espect

E mpowerment

S incerity

Our progressive and dedicated healthcare team strives to change the lives of our patients and provide exceptional care.

This is a fast-paced environment that requires critical thinking, exceptional leadership, teamwork, and communication skills.

The CNO ensures the relationships between staff and patients embody BBHH's mission and vision.

Requirements

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR

Simply put: HUMANS WHO CARE

Though we do need to meet some minimum requirements for the position such as a Master's Degree in Psychiatric or Mental Health Nursing and a current California RN License we're really looking for people who bring their HEART to work.

If you have previous senior leadership experience in a mental healthcare hospital environment where your attention was focused on human behavior, psychiatry, psychology, or other mental healthcare situations, your application to this position will be moved to the shortlist of candidates.

Some of the fundamentals we're looking for in those who apply to this position include:

1. Someone who demonstrates sound leadership skills and utilizes these skills in organizing the strategic and daily functions of the Nursing function.
2. A caring, compassionate human being with a record of consistently demonstrating high-quality clinical and interpersonal skills to be an exemplary role model to others.
3. Someone capable of displaying basic knowledge of treatment procedures in Behavioral Health interventions common to acute psychotic as well as non-violent crisis intervention practice;
4. A person with basic knowledge of abnormal psychology as typically found in the child or adolescent psychiatric population, application of this knowledge to child, adolescent or adult knowledge of medical terminology, especially those terms associated with child, adolescent or adult psychiatric care;
5. Someone with a thorough familiarity of psych pharmacy and the use of psychotropic medications with child, adolescent or adult psychiatric population, basic teaching and training skills helpful; problem-solving;
6. An organized individual with exceptional organizational and time management in healthcare administration

Our patients, our community, and our co-workers RELY on us to be committed to their wellness,

Through prevention, intervention, treatment, and education, we can and we will make a difference not just here in Bakersfield, but throughout our extended communities.

You should have a current CPR certification when you apply or obtain certification prior to your start date.

If you don't have a current CPR certification, just let us know and we'll make sure you get it before you start -- and even cover the cost for you.

Additionally, you'll complete a "Handle-With-Care" Physical Restraint Technique Training during your orientation so that you know how and when to engage when such an event occurs.

BBHH encourages all qualified candidates to apply.

If you haven't made the decision to apply after reading this far, we have one more thing before we move on to the benefits section of our job posting and we think you'll like it!

Here's a hint...

The CNO position pays between $160,000-$180,000 per year based experience and qualifications and COMES WITH A $25,000 SIGN-ON BONUS if you're selected! (A $10,000 sign-on bonus will be offered to an Interim CNO agreeing to fill the position until a permanent hire has been made. Should the Interim CNO become permanent, the sign-on bonus will total $25,000).

Yes, you read that correctly...

TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS!

We look forward to reviewing your application TODAY !

Benefits

Bakersfield Behavioral Healthcare Hospital is proud to offer a suite of benefits to those who join our workplace community.

Benefits eligibility varies based on employment status (full-time, part-time, per diem, temporary, etc.).

Some of the benefits you can expect as a Full-Time employee include:

• Paid Time Off
• over THREE WEEKS of Paid Time Off in your first year!!!
• Life Insurance
• Short-Term Disability Insurance
• Long-Term Disability Insurance
• Medical Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Pet Insurance
• Accident Insurance
• 401k Retirement Plan
• Discounted Meals
• Employee Assistance Program
• TUITION REIMBURSEMENT

Qualification

Associate Degree