*SUMMARY:* We are currently seeking a .6 (48 hours per 2 week pay period) Mental Health Worker to join our Inpatient Psych Unit. You will be required to work 8 hour shifts days, evenings, and every other weekend. *Purpose of this position:*Under direct supervision of nursing staff, performs work of routine difficulty in assisting in the treatment of clients in an acute care inpatient setting A*$2,500 hiring incentive*is available for eligible external candidates (current employees, contract/temporary workers, and former employees returning to HHS within one year are ineligible). Current List of non-MN States where Hennepin Healthcare is an Eligible Employer: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Nevada, North Carolina, North Dakota, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Washington, and Wisconsin. *RESPONSIBILITIES:* * Provides patient care to inpatients or patients in the psychiatric emergency department of HCMC under supervision of nursing staff; therapeutic 1:1, evaluates, intervenes, and reports to and works with nursing staff to follow individualized patient care plans * Participates in planning and implementing treatment team recommendations concerning individual and group patient programming * Follows the problem-oriented method for patient charting or reporting on behaviors observed * Promotes and maintains a healthy and safe treatment setting * Provides patient care with ADL’s * Maintains an organized and clean milieu * Provides milieu support to patients and nursing staff. May provide patient care activities and clerical activities * May perform various technical procedures after training, competency validation, and upon delegation from a Registered Nurse, such as phlebotomies * Performs related work as required, but only after appropriate training *QUALIFICATIONS:* /*Minimum Qualifications:*/ * One year experience providing direct patient care services in a psychiatric or mental health setting -OR- * Relevant college coursework in the social or behavioral sciences and/or approved demonstrated skills and ability to care for acutely mentally ill individuals -OR- * An approved equivalent combination of training, experience, and education that may include experience such as working as an HCA/NA; nursing student; or group home experience /*Preferred Qualifications:*/ * One year of related experience in a similar healthcare environment (behavioral health, nursing) * Actively enrolled in or a graduate of a two-year or four-year behavioral health or registered nursing program * Training in (or willingness to learn) motivational interviewing techniques /*Knowledge/ Skills/ Abilities:*/ * Ability to de-escalate sometimes stressful patient situations * Knowledge of motivational interviewing skills and techniques * Basic computer skills * Ability to support and provide patient and family centered care in a team environment * Ability to meet the diverse needs of the patient population(s) being served **Title:** *Mental Health Worker- Inpatient Psych* **Location:** *MN-Minneapolis-Downtown Campus* **Requisition ID:** *240795*