Cost Center
Scheduled Weekly Hours
32
Work Shift
Shift & Status
Who Are We?
We at Pine Rest believe in the power of healing and that everyone in our community has the right to expert care for mental health and substance use disorders. We are much more than just the third largest non-profit behavioral health system in the country, our 220-acre main campus, and our network of clinical sites across Michigan. We are a tight-knit community of healers who witness the impact of our life-changing work each day.
Each day, we are closing the gaps in access to care. We are innovating through leading-edge research, testing, programs, and treatment modalities that others replicate across the country. Our services include a state-of-the-art psychiatric urgent care center and a soon-to-be-built pediatric behavioral health center, outpatient, inpatient, partial hospitalization (day programs), assessment and testing, residential, addiction treatment and specialty services such as crisis response, employee assistance programs, forensic psychiatry and psychology, and neuromodulation. On-the-job educational programs for nurses, psychologists, advanced practice providers, psychiatrists, and chaplains are equipping the next generation of care providers.
We are passionate about serving and are honored to be a part of this incredible work.
Position Summary:
A Nurse Extern is responsible and accountable to perform the nursing process as a basis for patient care. Pine Rest Nurse Extern show compassion to recipients of services, coworkers, and surrounding communities through integrity, stewardship, empowerment, the promotion of diversity, and professional excellence. The Nurse Extern must demonstrate excellent customer service and have enthusiasm about the program and the Pine Rest organization.
Principal Duties and Responsibilities:
Works in collaboration with an unrestricted Registered Nurse and Psych Tech/Nurse Tech to provide care to person's served in a dyad team model.
Participates in collaborative and observational partnership with Registered Nurse to build experience and exposure and critical thinking skills.
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.
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.
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.
Must maintain annual training and demonstrate competency in the required programmatic training.
Performs other duties or functions as assigned.
Supervisory Responsibilities:
None
Required/Desired Qualifications:
Education, Training, and Experience:
Currently enrolled and attending an accredited school of registered nursing. May be enrolled in an (accredited) Bachelor of Science in Nursing Program (BSN) or Associate Degree of Nursing (ADN) Program.
May be required to have professional knowledge of psychiatric nursing theory as required through completion of education from an accredited school of nursing.
Must become certified in CPR by the end of New Hire Orientation. Specifically, Basic Life Support in the Inpatient programs and CPR/AED/First Aid in all other positions in Residential programs.
Specific skills, knowledge, and abilities:
Ability to provide care/service in a collaborative Nursing Model.
Ability to provide care/service within the scope of: Holding a conviction to express Christ's love and compassion to recipients of services, coworkers, and surrounding communities through integrity, stewardship, empowerment, the promotion of diversity, equity, inclusion, and professional excellence.
Ability to provide culturally inclusive care with a wide range of individuals in a diverse community setting.
Work requires professional knowledge of psychiatric nursing theory as required through completion of education from an accredited school of nursing.
Requires physical and emotional stamina to deal with physical, emotional, social, cultural and spiritual needs of patients.
Ability to work in a potentially adverse environment.
Analytical skills necessary in order to collect, analyze and interpret complex patient data, to determine importance of information collected and the ability provide this data to providers and other team members as necessary.
The candidate may be required to have a valid Michigan driver's license and ability access Pine Rest Transportation Vehicles for the performance of job duties.
Disclaimer Statement
The above information has been designed to describe the general nature and level of work performed as noted. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.
Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified candidates will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex or national origin.
I understand that I should consult my supervisor if I have any questions about my job responsibilities. I became a member of Pine Rest voluntarily. I understand and acknowledge that there is no specified length to my employment at Pine Rest and that my employment is at-will. I understand and acknowledge that "at-will" means that I may terminate my employment at any time, with or without cause or advance notice. I understand that this job description is not a contract of employment.
