Local Contract Nurse RN - Behavioral Health

Lance Soft is seeking a local contract nurse RN Behavioral Health for a local contract nursing job in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

• Specialty:
  Behavioral Health
• Discipline:
  RN
• Start Date:
  
  02/09/2026
• Duration:
  52 weeks
• 36 hours per week
• Shift:
  12 hours, days, evenings, nights
• Employment Type:
  
  Local Contract

** 5 Openings
- Perm - RN - Behavioral Health - Mental Health (Varied) Grand Rapids, MI**

$8,000 - $12,000 Sign-On Bonus!!

Hourly Range: $28.90 - $41.00 (based on experience)

Shift Differentials:

• 7am-3pm:
  Saturday & Sunday at $1.25 extra per hour
• 3pm-11pm:
  Monday – Thursday at $2.00 extra per hour
• 3pm-11pm:
  Friday – Sunday at $3.00 extra per hour
• 11pm-7am:
  Monday – Thursday at $4.00 extra per hour

• 11pm-7am:
  Friday – Sunday at $5.00 extra per hour

• Full Time 3rd shift (36 hours – 12 hour shift), and Full Time 2nd shift (32 hours – 8 hour shift)

Available Shifts:

• Youth populations
  • FT Nights – 32 & 36 hours options
  • FT Eve – 32 hours
• High Acuity Adult populations
  • FT Day – 36 hours
  • FT Eve – 32 Hours
  • FT Night – 36 hours
• Older Adult population
  • FT Eve – 32 Hours
  • FT Night – 32 Hours
• Rate:: $28.90 - $41.00
• Shift Type:
  Varied
• Weekend Requirements: may be required

• On Call Requirements: may be required

• Required/Desired Qualifications:
• Education, Training, and Experience:
• Licensed to practice in the state of Michigan, Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing is preferred.
• May be required to have professional knowledge of psychiatric nursing theory as required through completion of education from an accredited school of nursing.
• Satisfactory previous clinical experience.
• New grads can be considered but would prefer pysch or ED experience.
• Specific skills, knowledge, and abilities:
• Ability to provide care/service within the scope of:
  Holding a conviction to express Christ’s love and compassion to recipients of services, coworkers, and surrounding communities through integrity, stewardship, empowerment, the promotion of diversity, equity, inclusion, and professional excellence.
• Ability to provide culturally inclusive care with a wide range of individuals in a diverse community setting.
• Work requires professional knowledge of psychiatric nursing theory as required through completion of education from an accredited school of nursing.
• Requires physical and emotional stamina to deal with physical, emotional, social, cultural and spiritual needs of patients.
• Ability to work in a potentially adverse environment.
• Analytical skills necessary in order to collect, analyze and interpret complex patient data, to determine importance of information collected and the ability provide this data to providers and other team members as necessary.
• The candidate may be required to have a valid Michigan driver’s license and ability access Pine Rest Transportation Vehicles for the performance of job duties.

• State License Requirements:
  Michigan

• Principal Duties and Responsibilities:
• Assesses person’s served care needs, develops a plan of care in collaboration with an interdisciplinary team, and continually reassesses plan of care according to person’s served care needs.
• In collaboration with the physician, provides/coordinates nursing care to individuals and groups of person’s served.
• Assists in the teaching of persons’ served families, and provides milieu management. Communicates with and educates persons’ served families/significant others in discharge/after care planning needs.
• Provides a safe and secure environment for persons served and staff in both individual and group settings.
• Responsible for documenting, reporting, and verifying all necessary information according to established policies and procedures.
• Responsible to monitor for and report to the physician(s) any potential risk to person’s served safety that could lead to an adverse outcome.
• Creates a customer/client friendly environment by following quality improvement standards, maintaining professionalism, initiating and maintaining positive relationships with departments/programs, co-workers and external customers.
• Provides care in various clinical settings with diverse person’s served populations. Identifies specific person’s served needs and implements person’s served centered, compassionate care.
• Functions…