Registered Nurse - ED Mental Health
About the role
Department Overview: The pediatric emergency department at Children’s Minnesota St. Paul hospital is a 32‑bed, Level IV trauma center that specializes in the assessment and stabilization of acute pediatric illness, injury and trauma. Our multidisciplinary care team of more than 150 pediatric professionals cares for over 45,000 patients a year, and can treat just about anything. The St. Paul emergency department offers 24‑hour access and has some of the shortest wait times in the country. The emergency department has all private rooms, two resuscitation rooms, and is staffed with board‑certified, pediatric emergency medicine physicians, pediatric nurse practitioners, and certified pediatric emergency registered nurses. Our care team has access to cutting‑edge technology, intensive and medical‑surgical units, and specialists to provide the best care and outcomes for our patients possible, all in a child‑focused, emergency environment. We value teamwork, open communication, safety and respect. We embrace an environment that encourages learning and professional growth. Our amazing team is committed to providing excellent care to our patients and families. We incorporate the Comfort Promise into our care — ensuring that procedural pain is minimized whenever possible. Our family‑centered focus strives to consider social, economic and cultural diversity — living our core value of putting “Kids First.” Our Emergency Department houses a new Pediatric Empath (Emergency Psychiatric Assessment, Treatment, and Healing) space that specializes in the care of patients who are in an acute mental health crisis. This 8‑patient space is designed to support rapid stabilization and disposition within an active treatment environment, grounded in trauma‑informed care and a therapeutic milieu model. Additionally, within the 32‑bed department we have 7 mental health “safer” rooms available to care for patients in an acute mental health or behavioral health crisis with an unknown disposition.
Position Summary: Coordinates and provides family‑centered nursing care to infants, children and adolescents, utilizing the nursing process. Accountable for professional practice including independent nursing functions and delegated medical functions performed in collaboration with other health team members. Primary nursing population for this role includes the Emergency Department Mental Health spaces. Primary care will be provided to children and adolescents with mental, behavioral, or emotional challenges requiring acute stabilization. THIS IS AN MNA CONTRACT POSITION.
Responsibilities
- Coordinates and provides family‑centered nursing care to infants, children and adolescents.
- Utilizes the nursing process.
- Accountable for professional practice including independent nursing functions and delegated medical functions performed in collaboration with other health team members.
- Primary nursing population includes the Emergency Department Mental Health spaces.
- Provides care to children and adolescents with mental, behavioral, or emotional challenges requiring acute stabilization.
Requirements
- Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
- Current Minnesota RN licensure.
- Current BLS certification.
- One (1) year emergency department nursing experience.
- Based upon the unit in which you are applying, additional certification(s) may be required.
- Department specific required qualifications need to be obtained within 6 months of employment.