Mental Health Coordinator: Adult Inpatient Mental Health – Day/Evening, 32hrs/week

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.

Job Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in psychology or related field preferred
• 2 to 5 Years in mental health/substance abuse patient care preferred
• Certified Nursing Assistant – Minnesota Nursing Assistant Registry preferred
• BLS Tier 1 – Basic Life Support – Multisource required Certified by American Heart Association or Allina BLS by completion of orientation
• Functional Competencies
• Communication Skills: Communicates using persuasion and authority.
• Functional Knowledge: Thorough undertstanding of his/her discipline and a rudementary understanding of other disciplines.

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

Additional Job Description:

• 32hr/week, 64hr per pay period
• Rotating day and evening shifts
• 8 Hour Shifts
• Every other weekend