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Allina Health is Hiring a Mental Health Coordinator Near Minneapolis, MN
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Date Posted:
March 04, 2024
Department:
31004081 CK3900 Mental Health Adult
Shift:
Permanent Evenings (United States of America)
Shift Length:
8 hour shift
Hours Per Week:
28
Union Contract:
SEIU-4-Abbott Northwestern Service Workers
Weekend Rotation:
Every Other
Job Summary:
Provide direct physical care, emotional support and educational resources to patients and families. Provides multidisciplinary care team approach in the delivery of mental health services.
Key Position Details:
- Mental Health Adult Unit
- .7 FTE (56 hours every two weeks)
- Benefit Eligible
Principle Responsibilities
- 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:
- Monitors vital signs and reports observations.
- Assists with activities of daily living.
- Assists with admissions and discharges.
- performs collection of specimens from patients as delegated
- May perform blood glucose monitoring.
- Reports abnormal findings to RN.
- Provides comfort measures to the patients including physical needs as well as diversional needs.
- Utilizes available resources (brochures, books, videos.
- May facilitate/co-facilitate groups and/or activities as delegated.
- Verbalizes 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.
- Maintains professional appearance.
- Other duties as assigned.
- Must be 18 years of age with education and/or experience needed to meet required functional competencies as listed on the job description, and High school diploma or GED preferred
- Bachelor's degree in psychology or related field preferred
- 2 to 5 Years in mental health/substance abuse patient care preferred
- Certified Nursing Assistant - MN Nursing Assistant Registry preferred
- BLS Tier 1 - Basic Life Support - Multisource required Certified by American Heart Association or Allina BLS by completion of orientation
Medium Work*:
Lifting weight Up to 32 lbs. occasionally (*Allina Safe Patient Moving Policy), Up to 25 lbs. frequently
Job Summary
Full Time
$68k-82k (estimate)
05/02/2024
05/18/2024
allinahealth.org
BROOKLYN PARK, MN
15,000 - 50,000
1983
SHAWNEE STRAND
$3B - $5B
Hospital
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