Mental Health Specialist

Children’s Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota • Minneapolis, MN

23h

About The Position

The Mental Health Specialist provides direct patient care to children and adolescents with behavioral challenges or a mental health diagnosis, following each patient’s individual treatment plan. Under the direction of a Registered Nurse, the Specialist helps collect ongoing information about patients’ physical, psychological, and safety status. The role may involve helping patients establish daily therapeutic goals and facilitating therapeutic patient groups.

The Specialist continually monitors the department milieu and patient spaces for hazards and patient-safety concerns. Using a therapeutic approach, they may assist with de-escalation and implement behavioral modification or management strategies when appropriate. The role may float to support mental health patients across the mental health care continuum, including locations outside the inpatient mental health unit within the Children’s Minnesota system.

Children’s Minnesota is an independent, not-for-profit pediatric health system serving children from before birth through young adulthood. The position is based in the pediatric emergency department at the Minneapolis campus, a freestanding Level I pediatric trauma center. The department provides care for a wide range of pediatric emergencies and injuries and emphasizes family-centered care, teamwork, communication, safety, respect, learning, and professional growth.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required.
• Education and experience providing gender-, culture-, and age-appropriate care.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work collaboratively.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to display a professional attitude in all aspects of performance.
• Ability to develop rapport with a wide variety of patients and families.

Nice To Haves

• One year of experience working with patients in a pediatric healthcare setting.
• Experience working with children with behavioral dysregulation, autism, intellectual or cognitive impairments, or developmental delays.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct patient care to children and adolescents with behavioral challenges or mental health diagnoses according to individual treatment plans.
• Under the direction of a Registered Nurse, assist with ongoing collection of data about patients’ physical, psychological, and safety status.
• Help patients establish daily therapeutic goals.
• Participate in facilitating therapeutic patient groups.
• Continuously monitor the department milieu and patient spaces for hazards and patient-safety concerns.
• Use therapeutic approaches to assist with de-escalation and, when appropriate, implement behavioral modification and management.
• Float as needed to support mental health patients throughout the mental health care continuum, including outside the inpatient mental health unit within the Children’s Minnesota system.

Benefits

• Medical benefits
• Dental benefits
• Vision benefits
• Retirement benefits
• Other fringe benefits
• Shift differentials or premium pay may be available for positions requiring night, weekend, or on-call work.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time