Behavioral Health, Nurse Practitioner Health Robbinsdale Hospital – Robbinsda

Become a Behavioral Health, Nurse Practitioner at North Memorial Health Robbinsdale Hospital!

If you’re looking to join a team that works collaboratively, has a calling to empower patients to achieve their best health, and delivers unmatched customer service, you might be the next North Memorial Health, Behavioral Health, Nurse Practitioner at our Robbinsdale Hospital. Northern Memorial Health serves a wide variety of communities and offers competitive pay and benefits in a region with a strong community focus.

We are an independent, agile health system that has grown from a single hospital founded in 1954 into a regional leader in care.

The behavioral health Nurse Practitioner will deliver specialized care and treatment to individuals primarily within the Behavioral Health Unit and as needed on the Medical Floors and the Emergency Department as requested by the referring provider group. Practice is in collaboration with and at the direction of the Inpatient and Consult Behavioral Health Physicians. Priority will be given to 1.0 FTE candidates, though a 0.5 FTE (one week on/one week off) schedule is also available.

• Minimum one year in clinical practice as a PMNHP.
• Assemble a complete medical database, including health history, history of chief complaint, physical examination upon admission for selected customers, and document the findings in the electronic record.
• Assess patients using physically and technologically derived data, including evaluation of diagnostic test results, and recognize normal and abnormal findings.
• In consultation with physician collaborators, establish a diagnosis, plan medical therapeutics and interventions, and make referrals to other disciplines based on the medical database.
• Perform diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, order pharmacological and non‑pharmacological therapeutics, and therapies within the collaborative agreement with a physician collaborator and based on established competencies.
• Evaluate and analyze patients’ responses to disease processes and therapeutic interventions, and determine the effectiveness of care and the need to alter the plan of care.
• Communicate effectively with patients’ families and other key groups.
• Present selected patient assessments, diagnoses and plans of care during medical team conferences and/or rounds.
• Collaborate with members of the health care team to implement and evaluate holistic patient care delivery.
• Serve as a resource to members of the health care team to facilitate care delivery by using an in‑depth behavioral health knowledge base.
• Provide patient care by effectively using resources and participating in efforts to minimize costs and prevent unnecessary duplication.
• Document patient care and communicate with other care givers, including utilizing the electronic health record.
• Provide the necessary information for billing for services provided by the NP and comply with the documentation requirements for those services.
• Provide leadership and actively participate in the assessment, development, implementation, and evaluation of quality improvement programs.

• Master’s or higher degree in Nursing required.
• Certification prior to the Master’s degree requirement and current practice as a Nurse Practitioner in their area of specialization or documentation of current competency.

• Current licensure as RN in the State of Minnesota.
• Current registration as a nurse practitioner with the MN Board of Nursing, or pending certification of a nurse practitioner for up to six months after completion of a successful Nurse Practitioner educational program. Failure to pass the certification examination will result in immediate suspension of privileges; privileges will be reinstated upon evidence of successful completion of the examination.
• Current certification as a Nurse Practitioner by a national nurse certification organization acceptable to the MN Board of Nursing. Current national certifications may include:
  • American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP)
  • American Association of Critical Care Nurses Certification…