Responsibilities

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 a Mental Health Technician position.

Visit us online at: https://forestviewhospital.com/

Key Job Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provides overall leadership for a unit for the shift.
• Triages admissions and coordinates discharges and admissions with ARC Department.
• Provides leadership in emergencies for the unit.Oversees staffing for current shift and next shift.
• Utilizing the nursing process, the RN develops an initial nursing treatment plan for each admitted patient.
• Competent in assessing, planning, and delivering care for patients with co-occurring disorders.The nurse continually assesses and reassesses the patient’s medical and psychiatric status and changing needs.
• Participates with other team members in planning and implementing the patient’s treatment plan.
• Directs and participates with other personnel in maintaining a safe and therapeutic milieu.
• Assists with discharge planning and works with patient’s discharges.
• Provides leadership to other personnel in crisis behavioral management.
• Determines the need for the use of seclusion and/or restraint with patients, assesses the patient’s physical and emotional status and determines the cessation of their use, when appropriate,Provides medication administration, medication teaching activities, assessment of medication side effects and medication efficacy, and assists physicians in obtaining informed consent.
• Maintains own professionalism and adheres to the determined standards of care and performance.
• Accurately transcribes physician orders according to nursing policy and procedure.
• Adheres to the Infection Control policies and procedures of the hospital and follows standard precautions at all times.
• Assesses and reassesses patients pain and provides nursing care as needed
• Attend Monthly Clinical Staff meetings or read minutes and sign form of acknowledgement.
• Maintains and stays current with nursing standards of care and nursing practices.
• Demonstrates the ability to handle incoming crisis calls, make referrals and complete assessments as necessary
• Demonstrates ability to maintain therapeutic relationships, which do not allow self-disclosure of personal/social information to patients and adheres to the Professional Boundary Policy.

Benefits 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

Hours: The hours for this role are Monday-Friday, 7:30am-4pm, with an every third weekend rotation.

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.

Qualifications

• Graduation from an accredited school of nursing.
• Basic understanding of psychiatric nursing theory and practice with previous psychiatric clinical experience desired.
• Demonstrates clinical competency in providing general nursing care.
• Current RN licensure in the state of Michigan.
• CPR/CPI certification preferred.