Mental Health Coordinator Sr.

About the role

You will be a vital member of our mental health coordinator team at Allina Health. Your focus will be on meeting the patients' needs and ensuring a smooth healthcare experience.

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. Demonstrate use of correct Code Green techniques to provide safe and therapeutic environment for patients and staff.
• Provides direct physical care, emotional support and educational resources to Mental Health patients under the supervision of the RN. Participates in all aspects of patient’s care to individual patients, providing unity structure, promoting safety and creating/monitoring a therapeutic milieu. Provides therapeutic interventions including responding to crisis situations and programming.
• Understands Mental Health issues as they affect the individual and family.
• Assists with activities of daily living. Recognizes escalating behaviors and attempts to redirect/refocus. Participates in development of treatment plans and interventions. Assists with collecting assessment data through interviews, 1:1 and group interactions/observation. Observes physical, psychological and safety status of patient and unit on an ongoing basis. Assists patient in establishing therapeutic goals. Facilitates therapeutic interventions through structured activities, education or counseling per unit milieu/schedule. Develops, implements and evaluates plan of care based on individual/family assessment. Monitors vital signs and reports observations. Assists with admissions and discharges. Performs collection of specimens from patients as delegated. May perform blood glucose monitoring. Reports abnormal findings to RN. 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 models/Team work activities. Actively participates in staff meetings and task groups. Maintains professional appearance. Demonstrates ability to verbally de-escalate a patient and set appropriate limits. Verbalizes knowledge of mental health diagnosis including mood disorders, personality disorders, thought disorders, anxiety disorders, and substance abuse. Demonstrates appropriate application of limb restraints. Demonstrates ability to verbally de-escalate a patient and set appropriate limits with a team.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in social/psychological or related field
• Preferred qualifications: 2 to 5 years experience in mental health/substance abuse patient care
• Licenses/Certifications: BLS Tier 1 - Basic Life Support - Multisource required, Certified by American Heart Association or Allina BLS by completion of orientation, Code Green within 60 Days required

Physical Demands

Medium Work*: Lifting weight up to 32 lbs. occasionally (Allina Safe Patient Moving Policy), up to 25 lbs. frequently

Pay Range

$26.01 to $35.47 per hour

Benefits

Medical/Dental PTO/Time Away Retirement Savings Plans Life Insurance Short-term/Long-term Disability Voluntary Benefits (vision, legal, critical illness) Tuition Reimbursement or Continuing Medical Education as applicable Student Loan Support Benefits to navigate the Federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program