26-11362a Registered Nurse FF triage/CSU - $2,000 or $4,000 Sign On Bonus!
About The Position
The Registered Nurse provides integrated behavioral and physical healthcare within Families Forward Crisis Services, including medication management, assessment and coordination of physical and medical care, and direct services. The role provides medical triage for youth with serious emotional disturbances (SED), substance use disorders, and developmental disabilities who come to crisis services. It may include administering prescribed medications and maintaining their orderly administration, providing general nursing care and medical support in accordance with approved nursing practices, and delivering supportive services and direct interventions to consumers. Additional duties may include providing information and assistance related to the assignment, screening new consumers for admission, serving as an agency liaison, crisis intervention, case management, patient education, and supporting the Crisis Stabilization Unit (CSU) in the future. The nurse may occasionally provide backup for adults with severe and persistent mental illness, substance use disorders, and developmental disabilities who need crisis stabilization. The position carries out program activities in accordance with CMHA-CEI's mission, policies, and procedures. It is supervised by the Families Forward Crisis Services Manager. The position is based at Families Forward/Crisis Services in Lansing and works nights, 40 hours per week. Hourly pay is $32.48–$36.26, with scheduled annual increases that result in an hourly rate of $43.85. Compensation may be adjusted based on relevant education and experience. Shift incentives are $1.25 per hour for hours worked from 5 p.m. to midnight, $2 per hour for hours worked from midnight to 8 a.m., and $3 per hour for weekend hours worked from Friday at 5 p.m. through Monday at 8 a.m. A sign-on bonus of $2,000 with a one-year stay-on agreement or $4,000 with a two-year stay-on agreement is available after completion of a probationary period.
Requirements
- Associate's degree or diploma in Nursing.
- State of Michigan Registered Nurse license.
- One year of professional or paraprofessional experience treating or working with people who have a mental illness.
- One year of experience treating or working with youth with SED.
- First Aid and CPR certification.
- Valid Michigan driver's license and reliable transportation for job-related use.
- Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers certification.
- Familiarity with computers.
- Must pass pre-employment drug screening.
- Employment is contingent on background verification and credentialing, including Michigan State Police clearance, professional-license verification, Medicaid/Medicare verification, acceptable driving-record verification, educational-background check, and acceptable work-history verification.
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor's degree in Nursing.
Responsibilities
- Provide integrated behavioral and physical healthcare within Families Forward Crisis Services.
- Manage medications and assess and coordinate consumers' physical and medical care.
- Provide medical triage for youth with SED, substance use disorders, and developmental disabilities who come into crisis services.
- Administer prescribed medications and maintain their orderly administration as assigned.
- Provide general nursing care and medical support in accordance with approved nursing practices.
- Provide supportive services and direct interventions to consumers.
- Provide information and assistance specific to the area of assignment.
- Perform admissions screening on new consumers.
- Serve as an agency liaison.
- Perform crisis intervention activities and provide case management and patient education.
- Support the CSU in the future.
- Occasionally provide backup for adults with severe and persistent mental illness, substance use disorders, and developmental disabilities who need crisis stabilization.
- Carry out program/sub-unit activities in accordance with CMHA-CEI's mission, policies, and procedures.
Benefits
- $2,000 sign-on bonus with a one-year stay-on agreement, or $4,000 with a two-year stay-on agreement, payable upon completion of a probationary period.
- Scheduled annual pay increases.
- Shift and weekend pay incentives.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
Associate degree
