RN EmPATH

MHealth Fairview Health Services is looking for a RN to join our team in our EmPath unit at MHealth Fairview Southdale Hospital in Edina, MN. Our Emergency Psychiatric Assessment Treatment & Healing unit is calming, healing approach to mental health care, offering patients in crisis immediate care from trained health providers in a relaxed environment, with connections to outpatient treatment.

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.

About the position:

Provides Emergency/Urgent care in the EmPATH unit to the patient presenting with mental health or substance use symptoms / illness(s).

• Uses a detailed process to assess the physical and mental health needs of the patient, which will provide a framework from which patient care is provided in an observation setting. Knowledge of disease processes, therapy, complications, and encouraged outcomes for specific patient population(s).
• Contributes to the development of an individualized treatment plan in collaboration with the inter-disciplinary team providing a safe transition to appropriate level of care (e.g. community outpatient care, inpatient care).
• With the interdisciplinary treatment team, assesses needs for safe transition to community setting. If community setting not possible, supports transition to inpatient.
• Administers medications according to policy used for the management of behavioral patients with knowledge of actions, contraindications, side effects and desired outcomes
• Actively intervenes and to meet the identified emotional, psychological and physical needs, making revisions in care based on these outcomes.

Builds and maintains a therapeutic environment/milieu.

• Creates a therapeutic environment through active involvement and demonstrated response to change in patient symptoms and behavior
• Regularly assesses safety and suicide risk.
• Uses therapeutic communication skills and follows the parameters of the therapeutic relationship (e.g. trauma informed care, illness management and recovery, crisis intervention)
• Directs all emergency and crisis intervention care using established encouraging integrative therapies, de-escalation skills, behavioral emergency response techniques, and medications.
• Application of established policies and procedures regarding the legal aspects of providing care for EmPath / Mental Health and Addiction Services patients (ie: Guardianship, Minnesota Statutes Chapter 253B Civil Commitment (72 hour hold, Health Officer Authority, Jarvis, Price); Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), The Joint Commission (TJC), etc).

This position is 64 hours per two weeks on the night shift (11pm-7:30am), 8 hour shifts with every other weekend. We offer generous benefits including medical, dental, time off and more. Check out the benefit link here: https://www.fairview.org/MNARN

The Registered Nurse is responsible for the assessment, planning, delivery, and evaluation of nursing care for all assigned patient population(s). The RN is responsible for performing these responsibilities in accordance with all policy, procedures, professional practice guidelines and the MN Nurse Practice Act. The RN coordinates care with members of the health care team and delegates responsibilities to others as appropriate.

Required Qualifications

• MN RN License
• BLS for Health Care Providers
• 1-2 years of current RN Behavioral Health experience 

Preferred Qualifications

• BSN
• 3-5 years of Mental Health experience

Fairview offers a generous benefits package, including but not limited to medical, dental, vision, PTO/vacation and Safe and Sick Time, tuition reimbursement, retirement and more! Please follow this link for additional information: https://www.fairview.org/benefits/tcmnarn

The posted compensation range corresponds to the minimum and maximum pay rates outlined in your union agreement for the respective job classifications at the time of job posting. An individual's pay rate within this range may be influenced by various factors, including FTE, skills, knowledge, educational background, and qualifying experience as specified in the contract.