Job Description

Forest View Hospital, located just seven miles southeast of downtown Grand Rapids, Michigan, is a private 108 bed psychiatric facility that serves children, adolescents and adults. We are licensed by the State of Michigan, fully accredited by The Joint Commission and we bring more than 45 years of experience to the evaluation, diagnosis and treatment of a wide range of behavioral health problems. As a part of our continued success and growth, we are seeking qualified applicants for our Per Diem Nurse Extender position.

The Nurse Extender coordinates care under the direction of the psychiatrist for each unit as assigned, utilizing the nursing process.

Essential Job Responsibilities:

• Demonstrates a knowledge base of both psychiatric and medical disorders of adult, geriatric, child and adolescent patients.
• Competent in assessing, planning, and delivering care for patients with co-occurring disorders, eating disorders, and trauma backgrounds.
• Contacts family, support people, parents, and guardians to facilitate contact with psychiatrist.
• Accurately transcribes physician orders according to nursing policy and procedure.
• Delivers medication education to patients and family.
• Monitors lab and other testing for completion and abnormalities.
• Assists with discharge planning and works with patients and families at time of discharge.
• Takes calls from discharged patients regarding medication renewals, concerns, and refers to psychiatrist as appropriate.
• Updates knowledge base for all psychiatric patients by providing education opportunities regarding diagnosis and medication.
• Participates with other personnel in maintaining safe and therapeutic milieu.
• Adheres to the Infection Control policies and procedures of the hospital and follows standard precautions at all times.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Education and Experience Requirements:

• Graduation from an accredited school of nursing.
• Current RN licensure in the state of Michigan.
• 2-3 years previous psychiatric nursing experience.
• CPR/Handle With Care certification preferred.
• Previous Case Management experience preferred but not required.

Benefit Highlights:

• Excellent Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Drug Plans
• 401(K) with company match and discounted stock plan
• Generous Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Basic Life Insurance of 1x your salary
• Short-Term Disability (STD) and Long-Term Disability (LTD)
• Student Loan Reimbursement Program (Up to $200 per month)
• Pet Insurance and much more

About Universal Health Services

One of the nation’s largest and most respected providers of hospital and healthcare services, Universal Health Services, Inc. has built an impressive record of achievement and performance. Growing steadily since its inception into an esteemed Fortune 500 corporation, annual revenues were $11.6 billion in 2020. In 2021, UHS was again recognized as one of the World’s Most Admired Companies by Fortune; in 2020, ranked #281 on the Fortune 500; and listed #330 in Forbes ranking of U.S.’ Largest Public Companies. Headquartered in King of Prussia, PA, UHS has 89,000 employees and through its subsidiaries operates 26 acute care hospitals, 334 behavioral health facilities, 39 outpatient facilities and ambulatory care access points, an insurance offering, a physician network and various related services located in 38 U.S. states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom.

EEO Statement

Forest View Hospital is committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates. Forest View Hospital is an equal opportunity employers and as such, openly support and fully commit to recruitment, selection, placement, promotion and compensation of individuals without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), genetic information, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

We believe that diversity and inclusion among our teammates is critical to our success.

Notice

At Forest View Hospital, our Human Resources department is here to help prospective candidates by matching skillset and experience with the best possible career path.  We take pride in creating a highly efficient and best in class candidate experience. During the recruitment process, no recruiter or employee will request financial or personal information (Social Security Number, credit card or bank information, etc.) from you via email. The recruiters will not email you from a public webmail client like Hotmail, Gmail, Yahoo Mail, etc. If you are suspicious of a job posting or job-related email mentioning Forest View Hospital, UHS or its subsidiaries, let us know by contacting us at: or 1-800-852-3449 .

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