Hennepin County Medical Center-posted 3 months ago
Part-time
Minneapolis, MN
Ambulatory Health Care Services

We are currently seeking a Mental Health Worker to join our Psychiatry Inpatient team. This part-time role works on site, .6 (48 hours per 2 week pay period), 8 hour shifts, rotating Days/Overnights, and every other weekend. Under direct supervision of nursing staff, performs work of routine difficulty in assisting in the treatment of clients in an acute care inpatient setting.

  • Provides patient care to inpatients or patients in the psychiatric emergency department of HCMC under supervision of nursing staff; therapeutic 1:1, evaluates, intervenes, and reports to and works with nursing staff to follow individualized patient care plans
  • Participates in planning and implementing treatment team recommendations concerning individual and group patient programming
  • Follows the problem-oriented method for patient charting or reporting on behaviors observed
  • Promotes and maintains a healthy and safe treatment setting
  • Provides patient care with ADL's
  • Maintains an organized and clean milieu
  • Provides milieu support to patients and nursing staff. May provide patient care activities and clerical activities
  • May perform various technical procedures after training, competency validation, and upon delegation from a Registered Nurse, such as phlebotomies
  • Performs related work as required, but only after appropriate training
  • One year experience providing direct patient care services in a psychiatric or mental health setting
  • Relevant college coursework in the social or behavioral sciences and/or approved demonstrated skills and ability to care for acutely mentally ill individuals
  • An approved equivalent combination of training, experience, and education that may include experience such as working as an HCA/NA; nursing student; or group home experience
  • One year of related experience in a similar healthcare environment (behavioral health, nursing)
  • Actively enrolled in or a graduate of a two-year or four-year behavioral health or registered nursing program
  • Training in (or willingness to learn) motivational interviewing techniques
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