Temp - Registered Nurse (RN) - Behavioral Health - Inpatient (Nights) Grand Rapids MI

Registered Nurse

A Registered Nurse is responsible and accountable to perform the nursing process as a basis for patient care. RNs provide direction and oversight to other licensed and non-licensed staff. Pine Rest RNs show compassion to recipients of services, coworkers, and surrounding communities through integrity, stewardship, empowerment, the promotion of diversity, and professional excellence. The Registered Nurse must demonstrate excellent customer service and have enthusiasm for the program and the Pine Rest organization.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

• Assesses person's served care needs, develops a plan of care in collaboration with an interdisciplinary team, and continually reassesses plan of care according to person's served care needs.
• In collaboration with the physician, provides/coordinates nursing care to individuals and groups of person's served.
• Assists in the teaching of persons' served families, and provides milieu management. Communicates with and educates persons' served families/significant others in discharge/after care planning needs.
• Provides a safe and secure environment for persons served and staff in both individual and group settings.
• Responsible for documenting, reporting, and verifying all necessary information according to established policies and procedures.
• Responsible to monitor for and report to the physician(s) any potential risk to person's served safety that could lead to an adverse outcome.
• Creates a customer/client friendly environment by following quality improvement standards, maintaining professionalism, initiating and maintaining positive relationships with departments/programs, co-workers and external customers.
• Provides care in various clinical settings with diverse person's served populations. Identifies specific person's served needs and implements person's served centered, compassionate care.
• Functions as a clinical leader, delegating/coordinating staff assignments and promoting staff development.
• Responsible for the utilization and continued review of patient care protocols, standards of practice, and standards of care. Gives input into process for improvement.
• Utilizes and promotes careful use of resources.
• May be responsible in training direct care staff.
• May be indirectly responsible for oversight of medication and physical health activities in a program.
• May be responsible for scheduling, staffing, and obtaining pre-authorizations.
• Responsible to role model the mission and values of the organization, presenting a professional image that is projected in appearance, attitudes and behaviors, time management and communication skills. Provides spiritual, emotional, social, mental and physical support to patients.
• In the community residential setting required to support and promote a recovery focused environment and person-centered approach within the program.
• Commitment to demonstrating the Hospital and Residential Services Model of Care in hospital and residential areas.
• Responsible to uphold the healing ministry of Christ through relationships that honor integrity, stewardship, empowerment, the promotion of diversity, equity, inclusion, and professional excellence.
• Must maintain annual training and demonstrate competency in the required programmatic training.
• Performs other duties or functions as assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• May function as a charge nurse.

Requirement description:

• 2 years behavioral health experience - [REQUIRED]
• Pediatric experience - [REQUIRED]

We can hire for 40 hours per week, and given our current needs, this RN may have the opportunity to pick up additional shifts, potentially working up to 48 hours. Based on the demand, I don't anticipate any issues with them picking up extra hours; however, additional shifts are not guaranteed.