Mental Health Coordinator

Allina Health System • Fridley, MN

3d • $25 - $34 • Onsite

About The Position

Bring your mental health expertise to Allina Health. You will be a vital member of our mental health coordinator team. Your focus will be on meeting the patients' needs and ensuring a smooth healthcare experience. Your dedication and teamwork contribute to maintaining the highest quality of care at Allina Health. Key Position Details: 0.6 FTE (48-hours per two-week pay period) 12-hour day/night shifts Every 3rd weekend

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in social/psychological or related field
• BLS Tier 1 - Basic Life Support - Multisource required
• Certified by American Heart Association or Allina BLS by completion of orientation
• Code Green within 60 Days required

Nice To Haves

• 2 to 5 years experience in mental health/substance abuse patient care

Responsibilities

• Provide direct physical care, emotional support and educational resources to Mental Health patients under the supervision of the RN.
• Participate in all aspects of patient’s care to individual patients, providing unity structure, promoting safety and creating/monitoring a therapeutic milieu.
• Provide therapeutic interventions including responding to crisis situation and programing.
• Understand Mental Health issues as they affect the individual and family.
• Safety activities.
• Initial and ongoing data collection and observation documentation.
• Responds and documents changes in patient's health status and communicates changes to the RN.
• Reports observations of patient's potential for violence towards self or others.
• Alert nurse to extra pyramidal side effect.
• Demonstrate ability to use the nurse call and door release systems.
• Demonstrates use of correct Code Green techniques to provide safe and therapeutic environment for patients and staff.
• Patient care activities.
• Assist with activities of daily living.
• Recognize escalating behaviors and attempt to redirect/refocus.
• Participate in development of treatment plans and interventions.
• Assist with collecting assessment data through interviews,1:1 and group interactions/observation.
• Observe physical, psychological and safety status of patient and unit on an ongoing basis.
• Assist patient in establishing therapeutic goals.
• Facilitate therapeutic interventions through structured activities, education or counseling per unit milieu/schedule.
• Develop, implement and evaluate plan of care based on individual/family assessment.
• Monitor vital signs and reports observations.
• Assist with admissions and discharges.
• Perform collection of specimens from patients as delegated
• May perform blood glucose monitoring.
• Report abnormal findings to RN.
• May facilitate/co-facilitate groups and/or activities as delegated.
• Verbalize understanding of role for patients' with legal holds/commitments and issuing patient rights.
• Role model/Team work activities.
• Actively participates in staff meetings and task groups.
• Maintain professional appearance.
• Demonstrate ability to verbally deescalate a patient and set appropriate limits.
• Verbalize knowledge of mental health diagnosis including mood disorders, personalist disorders, thought disorders, anxiety disorders, and substance abuse.
• Demonstrate appropriate application of limb restraints.
• Demonstrate ability to verbally de-escalate a patient and set appropriate limits with a team.
• Other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Medical/Dental
• PTO/Time Away
• Retirement Savings Plans
• Life Insurance
• Short-term/Long-term Disability
• Voluntary Benefits (vision, legal, critical illness)
• Tuition Reimbursement or Continuing Medical Education as applicable
• Student Loan Support Benefits to navigate the Federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Entry Level