Registered Nurse - ED Mental Health Stpl

Children's Minnesota • Saint Paul, MN

11d • Onsite

About The Position

Children’s Minnesota is hiring a Registered Nurse to provide family-centered nursing care to infants, children, and adolescents in the St. Paul Emergency Department’s mental health spaces. The role serves patients with mental, behavioral, or emotional challenges who require acute stabilization. Nurses use the nursing process and are accountable for professional practice, including independent nursing functions and delegated medical functions performed in collaboration with other health team members.

The St. Paul pediatric emergency department is a 32-bed Level IV trauma center. Its mental health services include an 8-patient Pediatric Empath space for acute mental health crises and seven safer rooms for patients in acute mental or behavioral health crises with an unknown disposition. The Empath space supports rapid stabilization and disposition in an active treatment environment grounded in trauma-informed care and a therapeutic milieu model.

Requirements

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
• Current Minnesota RN licensure.
• Current BLS certification.
• One year of emergency department nursing experience.
• Current Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certification, or obtain it during orientation.
• Current Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC) certification, or obtain it during orientation.
• Any 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.
• Provide primary nursing care to patients in the Emergency Department Mental Health spaces, including children and adolescents requiring acute stabilization for mental, behavioral, or emotional challenges.
• Perform independent nursing functions and delegated medical functions in collaboration with other health team members.

Benefits

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

What This Job Offers

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