Mental Health Coordinator Senior

Mental Health Coordinator Senior

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in social/psychological or related field required
• 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

Responsibilities

• 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
• Assist with activities of daily living
• Recognize escalating behaviors and attempt to redirect/refocus
• Participate in development of treatment plans and interventions
• Assist with collecting assessment data through interviews,1:1 and group interactions/observation
• Observe physical, psychological and safety status of patient and unit on an ongoing basis
• Assist patient in establishing therapeutic goals
• Facilitate therapeutic interventions through structured activities, education or counseling per unit milieu/schedule
• Develop, implement and evaluate plan of care based on individual/family assessment
• Monitor vital signs and reports observations
• Assist with admissions and discharges
• Perform collection of specimens from patients as delegated
• May perform blood glucose monitoring
• Report abnormal findings to RN
• May facilitate/co-facilitate groups and/or activities as delegated
• Verbalize understanding of role for patients’ with legal holds/commitments and issuing patient rights
• Actively participates in staff meetings and task groups
• Maintain professional appearance
• Demonstrate ability to verbally deescalate a patient and set appropriate limits
• Verbalize knowledge of mental health diagnosis including mood disorders, personalist disorders, thought disorders, anxiety disorders, and substance abuse
• Demonstrate appropriate application of limb restraints
• Demonstrate ability to verbally de-escalate a patient and set appropriate limits with a team

Preferred Qualifications

• 2 to 5 years experience in mental health/substance abuse patient care preferred