Psych facilities hiring near LA

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Hello all! I recently moved to LA area, and have roughly a year of RN experience under my belt. Some med/surg, the rest home health. I am very eager to get into psych and mental health nursing, as my eventual goal is PMHNP. I was wondering if any of you know of facilities that hire experienced RNs without official psych experience, or what some reputable places are? Thank you in advance!!

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check out College Hospital in Cerritos or Las Encinas Hospital in Pasadena

also apply for RN I/relief nurse for the county. this takes a long time but the acute psych experience there is very valuable.

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Thank you so much! Have you worked for county? I have heard mixed things, but everyone says the experience is amazing!

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i have not personally but have friends working psych at Harbor-UCLA. The majority of the patient population is homeless and definitely not happy about being there so it can be difficult day to day but as a whole they say it's great psych experience. County benefits are great too so that doesn't hurt

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that sounds like my dream!!!!!!

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definitely apply :) RN I/relief nurse does not require any experience but your 1yr experience should look great. just be aware their hiring process takes a long time, like it can be months

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