Registered Nurse – Per Diem – Variable Shift Child & Adolescent Unit

Registered Nurse – Per Diem – Variable Shift Child & Adolescent Unit

Requirements

• Licensed to practice in the state of Michigan
• Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing is preferred
• Professional knowledge of psychiatric nursing theory as required through completion of education from an accredited school of nursing
• Satisfactory previous clinical experience

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
• 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
• Must maintain annual training and demonstrate competency in the required programmatic training

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing is preferred