Overview

Fairview Health Services is hiring a Registered Nurse (RN) for our Behavioral Emergency Center at our M Health Fairview University of Minnesota Medical Center West Bank location in Minneapolis, MN.

At M Health Fairview University of Minnesota Medical Center - West Bank Campus we are committed to providing outstanding healthcare in a setting where we specialize in innovation. We continually strive to improve our patient’s lives by delivering outstanding outcomes using groundbreaking technology and treatments while balancing patient’s needs. The Behavioral Emergency Center (BEC) provides a calming, healing approach to emergent mental health care, offering patients in crisis immediate care from trained mental health professionals in a relaxed environment, with direct connections to outpatient treatment.

Schedule: This position will be working a 0.7 FTE (56 hours every two weeks) on the day/evening shift. The shift length is 8 hours long and will work an every other weekend rotation.

Benefits: This position is eligible for benefits. This includes medical, dental, vision, PTO, tuition reimbursement, retirement, and more! Please follow the link here to learn more information: https://www.fairview.org/benefits/tcmnarn

About our Behavioral Emergency Center Department at UMMC West Bank

• The BEC cares for both pediatric and adult patients.

• This position will also work in our future EmPATH (Emergency Psychiatric Assessment Treatment & Healing) unit.

• M Health Fairview is the first in Minnesota to offer an EmPATH model of care! With EmPATH, mental health patients undergo a quick medical screening before entering a living-room-style setting where they can access the support and care they need to stabilize their situation, receive ongoing human interaction, and in many cases avoid the need for inpatient admission.

• The BEC is looking for flexible candidates who want to be a part of the change.

About Fairview

Fairview Health Services is an industry-leading, award-winning nonprofit that offers an entire network of healthcare services. Fairview is one part of M Health Fairview, a partnership between the University of Minnesota, M Physicians and Fairview Health Services. Together, we combine the University’s deep history of clinical innovation and training with Fairview’s extensive roots in community medicine. Our care portfolio includes community hospitals, academic hospitals, primary and specialty care clinics, senior facilities, facilitated living centers, rehabilitation centers, home health care services, counseling, pharmacies, and benefit management services.

Apply today to join our 34,000+ employees and 5,000+ system providers working to build lasting relationships with the people we serve: our patients, our communities, and each other.

Responsibilities Job Description

As a Registered Nurse in the Behavioral Emergency Center Department, you will be responsible for:

• Utilizing a detailed process to assess the physical and mental health needs of the patient, which will provide a framework from which patient care is planned [knows disease processes, therapy, complications, expected outcomes for specific patient population(s)]

• Contributing to the development of an individualized treatment plan in collaboration with the inter-disciplinary team providing a comprehensive plan of care.

• Administering medications according to a policy used for the management of behavioral patients with knowledge of actions, contraindications, side effects, and desired outcomes.

• Evaluating the effectiveness of the nursing interventions in meeting the identified emotional, psychological, and physical needs, making revisions based on these outcomes.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Current MN RN License

• Basic Life Support (BLS)

• 1 year of mental health experience (preferred in the last 5 years)

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Nursing (BSN)

• 1 year of mental health experience in the last 3 years.

EEO Statement

EEO/AA Employer/Vet/Disabled: All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to any lawfully protected status