Masters Level Psychology Intern

What Will you Do?

As an Intern at Pine Rest, you’ll be part of tight-knit team that believes in the healing power of your expertise and compassion. The Masters Level Psychology Intern is responsible to be a student intern who provides assessment, counseling, treatment and gives referrals and advocacy services for patients. The Masters Level Psychology Intern exhibits Pine Rest’s mission by showing love and compassion to recipients of services, coworkers, and surrounding communities through integrity, stewardship, empowerment, the promotion of diversity, and professional excellence. Responsible for upholding the highest quality care, keeping with all standards and bylaws set by government agencies as well as Pine Rest. The Masters Level Psychology Intern must demonstrate excellent customer service and have enthusiasm about the program and the Pine Rest organization. 

Our Interns are driven to make an impact in the lives of those we serve and are motivated by the healing they witness first-hand each day. They are dedicated to excellent customer service, enthusiastic about the care we offer, and foster a sense of belonging and empowerment in a diverse workplace.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

Participates in the interviewing and assessment of patients and assessing them through record review and psychometric testing. 

Consults with other treatment team members in planning treatment programs for patients. 

Collaborates with other treatment team members regarding patients’ progress through interdisciplinary team meetings, record review, and informal discussions. 

Ensures that medical record documentation protocols are complied with. Ensures that patients’ progress notes are entered into the medical records on a timely basis and in accordance with established organizational and departmental procedures.  

Builds knowledge of current trends and developments in treatment and counseling through the use of appropriate professional literature, medical workshops and publications. 

May conduct research. 

What Does the Role Require?

Education/Experience:

Must be enrolled in Master’s Level Psychology Program.

Who Are We?

We at Pine Rest believe in the power of healing and that everyone in our community has the right to expert care for mental health and substance use disorders. We are much more than just the third largest non-profit behavioral health system in the country, our 220-acre main campus, and our network of clinical sites across Michigan. We are a tight-knit community of healers who witness the impact of our life-changing work each day.

Each day, we are closing the gaps in access to care. We are innovating through leading-edge research, testing, programs, and treatment modalities that others replicate across the country. Our services include a state-of-the-art psychiatric urgent care center and a soon-to-be-built pediatric behavioral health center, outpatient, inpatient, partial hospitalization (day programs), assessment and testing, residential, addiction treatment and specialty services such as crisis response, employee assistance programs, forensic psychiatry and psychology, and neuromodulation. On-the-job educational programs for nurses, psychologists, advanced practice providers, psychiatrists, and chaplains are equipping the next generation of care providers.

We are passionate about serving and are honored to be a part of this incredible work.