Registered Nurse - ED Mental Health
About The Position
The Registered Nurse coordinates and provides family-centered nursing care to infants, children, and adolescents using the nursing process. The role is accountable for professional practice, including independent nursing functions and delegated medical functions performed in collaboration with other health team members. The primary nursing population is patients in the Emergency Department Mental Health spaces, including children and adolescents experiencing mental, behavioral, or emotional challenges who require acute stabilization. The pediatric emergency department at Children’s Minnesota’s St. Paul hospital is a 32-bed, Level IV trauma center that assesses and stabilizes acute pediatric illness, injury, and trauma. Its new Pediatric Empath (Emergency Psychiatric Assessment, Treatment, and Healing) space serves patients in acute mental health crisis in an eight-patient environment designed for rapid stabilization and disposition, using trauma-informed care and a therapeutic milieu model. The department also has seven mental health safer rooms for patients in acute mental or behavioral health crisis with an unknown disposition. The department emphasizes teamwork, open communication, safety, respect, learning, professional growth, family-centered care, and putting kids first.
Requirements
- Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
- Current Minnesota RN licensure.
- Current BLS certification.
- One year of emergency department nursing experience.
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certification, current or obtained during orientation.
- Proof of active ENPC upon hire or completion of the Emergency Nursing Pediatric Course (ENPC) during orientation.
- Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC) certification, current or obtained during orientation.
- Additional certifications may be required depending on the unit; department-specific required qualifications must be obtained within six months of employment.
Responsibilities
- Coordinate and provide family-centered nursing care to infants, children, and adolescents using the nursing process.
- Perform independent nursing functions and delegated medical functions in collaboration with other health team members.
- Provide primary nursing care in Emergency Department Mental Health spaces to children and adolescents with mental, behavioral, or emotional challenges requiring acute stabilization.
Benefits
- Medical benefits
- Dental benefits
- Vision benefits
- Retirement benefits
- Other fringe benefits
- Potential shift differentials or premium pay for positions requiring night, weekend, or on-call work
