Psychiatric Registered Nurse

About the role

Join our nursing team at Henry Ford Behavioral Health in West Bloofield, MI as a full-time Psychiatric RN!

Shifts

• Night Shift: 7:00a.m-7:30pm (3-12 hour shifts with weekend rotation)

Acadia Healthcare and Henry Ford Health System

Acadia Healthcare and Henry Ford Health System have formed a joint venture to develop, construct and operate a new state-of-the-art two story 192-bed behavioral health hospital. The hospital will address the ongoing need for psychiatric access for the Greater Detroit Metro area and expand geographic coverage and care for a broader region of Southeast Michigan.

Henry Ford Behavioral Health Hospital

The new hospital will be located in West Bloomfield, MI and will share the campus with Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital.

Essential Functions

• Provide and coordinate care by assessing patients’ physical and behavioral health needs.
• Develop and implement nursing care plans.
• Maintain medical records and educate patients and their families about various physical and behavioral health conditions.
• Provide nursing care and services within the standards and scope of nursing practice as defined within the state Nurse Practice Act regulations, policies, procedures, and protocols, as well as facility and corporate policies and procedures.
• Ensure physicians’ orders are legible if taken verbally and transcribed appropriately per policy and procedure.
• Maintain ongoing assessment of patients’ status and gather and document pertinent information.
• Notify physicians of significant changes in status such as difficulties with detox, medical emergencies, changes in medical status regarding response to medications, and related challenges.
• Complete initial nursing treatment plans upon admission and ensure all nursing treatment plans are specific to assessed needs.
• Demonstrate knowledge and utilization of universal precautions in providing direct patient care.
• Accurately administer medications per ordered note.
• Document accurate count of controlled substance medication administration on required documents.
• Complete admission and discharge processing efficiently and accurately as directed.
• Exhibit therapeutic rapport with patients by maintaining professional boundaries, respecting personal space, giving patients direct attention, and maintaining rational detachment.
• Provide direction or coordinate the activities of the unit as directed.
• Communicate therapeutically and professionally with patients, visitors, co-workers, and others involved inpatient treatment.

Education/Licensure/Experience/Skill Requirements

• Must have graduated from an accredited school of nursing.
• Must possess a current Registered Nurse (RN) license as required by the state of employment or be eligible to practice nursing in accordance with state requirements.
• One year of nursing experience; previous psychiatric, mental, behavioral, or substance abuse nursing experience a plus.
• CPR and de-escalation and restraint certification required (training available upon hire and offered by facility).
• First aid may be required based on state or facility requirements.