Registered Nurse (RN) – Child and Adolescent Inpatient Mental Health

Fairview Health Services is hiring a Registered Nurse (RN) for the Child and Adolescent Inpatient Mental Health Department at our M Health Fairview University of Minnesota Medical Center (UMMC) West Bank location in Minneapolis, MN.  

At our Adolescent and Child Inpatient Mental Health unit, we're looking for dedicated individuals to join our dynamic team in providing mental health support for children and adolescents aged 10-18. We're committed to fostering therapeutic engagement through group activities, Occupational Therapy (OT), Therapeutic Recreation (TR), and other therapeutic groups to aid in our young patients' recovery journey. Whether they arrive subdued and depressed or in a state of decompensation and mania, we maintain strict safety guidelines to ensure their well-being. 

If you're passionate about making a difference in child and adolescent mental healthcare, join us where care meets creativity, and together, we can empower the mental health and well-being of our young patients on their path to recovery. 

Schedule: This position will be working 0.7 FTE (56 hours every two weeks). The shift length will be 8 hours on the evening shift. This position will also work a rotation for every other weekend.

Benefits: This includes medical, dental, vision, PTO, tuition reimbursement, retirement, and more! Please follow the link here to learn more information: UMMC West Bank Benefits  

About this Department:

• The 13-bed facility offers a unique environment, including single and double rooms, to cater to a diverse patient population.   
• Care for children and adolescents aged 10-18. 
• Our unit is not only a place of healing, but also a fun and vibrant environment. You'll often find our dedicated staff engaging and playing with young patients, fostering camaraderie and support.  

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.  

As a Registered Nurse in the Adult Inpatient Mental Health Department, you will be responsible for:   

• Utilizing a systematic process to assess the physical and mental health needs of the patient, which will provide a framework from which patient care is planned 
• Administering medications 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. 
• Monitoring and maintaining a therapeutic environment through active involvement and demonstrated response to change in patient behavior 
• Assessing patients on ongoing basis for risk of violence 
• Uses therapeutic communication skills and follows the parameters of the therapeutic relationship 

Required Qualifications: