Admissions Registered Nurse, Full Time, 11am-1130pm

What Will You Do

As an Admissions Registered Nurse at Pine Rest youll be part of tight-knit team that believes in the healing power of your expertise and Admission RN is a flexible critical thinker who works to improve outcomes for patients and fellow nurses. An Admission Nurses primary role is to complete patient assessments on new admissions across Pine Rests eight inpatient units. Admission Nurses interact with children adolescents adults and older adults each experiencing unique mental health crises. Admission Nurse should be prepared to greet new patients with compassion empathy and integrity. The admission nurse is also equipped to expedite the admission process for patients who are at referring facilities or the Pine Rest Urgent Care.

Our Admission Registered Nurses are driven to make an impact in the lives of those we serve and are motivated by the healing they witness first-hand each day. They are dedicated to excellent customer service enthusiastic about the care we offer and foster a sense of belonging and empowerment in a diverse workplace.

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. Our 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.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

• Interviews new patients with patience and sympathy while also completing the admission navigator found in EPIC including care planning treatment planning and progress notes in a timely fashion.
• Educating patients/guardians on their admission status (involuntary vs voluntary) and the unit they are being admitted to (schedule rules contraband).
• Answers basic questions from patients and guardian regarding their admission and the unit.
• Completes admission paperwork skin assessments and physical assessments.
• Assesses the needs of each unit for an admissions nurse based on their acuity and staffing.
• Provides information and background to unit nurse about new patients and communicating their needs (e.g. medication special observation and withdrawal protocol).
• Collaborates with multiple disciplines including safety specialists contact center clinicians and psychiatrist to get patient on to the inpatient unit.
• Provides a safe and secure environment for persons served and staff during the admissions process.

Education/Experience:

What Benefits Do We Offer

• Medical dental vision & life insurance plans
• 403(b) retirement match contribution by Pine Rest
• Generous PTO for full and part time employees
• Tuition assistance & loan forgiveness
• Employee Assistance Program offering many free and discounted services for therapy legal accounting gym membership etc.
• Partnership with Davenport University provides generous discount on tuition for employees and family members.

Notice:

Pine Rest provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race color religion age sex national origin disability status genetics protected veteran status sexual orientation gender identity or expression or any other characteristic protected by federal state or local laws.

All new employees are subject to a criminal background check and education verification which may include sending a copy of your high school diploma GED or college transcripts.

Successful completion of a drug screen prior to employment is also part of our background process.