Full Time Mental Health Nurse

Mental Health Nurse

The Dakota Boys and Girls Ranch is unlike any place you have worked! We are a place of hope where troubled kids and their families find professional care, compassionate expertise, and new possibilities. In short, we help the kids no one else canwe help them find and become who they are.

We are seeking an experienced and dedicated Mental Health Nurse at our Minot campus! This is a full-time position, 40 hours per week, Monday-Friday.

Schedule: We offer a very flexible schedule with weekday hours which requires working one shift per week until 9pm and on-call rotations during the week and weekends.

As a Ranch Nurse, you will draw on your skills to connect with, support, and educate children and adolescents, ages 5-18; and serve as a critical team member in our adolescent psychiatric residential facility. This is a challenging environment where continual learning and autonomy is expected as you work to make a difference in the life of a child.

Provide care to youth and their families in a respectful, caring, empowering, holistic, trauma informed and culturally sensitive manner.

Help to establish team collaborative decisions to promote youth independence and success

Work collaboratively with the interdisciplinary team to provide a person-centered plan of care and sense of well-being, while advocating for the youth and family's best interest

Initiating nursing presence and role-modeling by attending youth focused meetings. Initiate nursing presence and role-modeling by attending youth-focused meetings, being dependable, and following through with tasks

Make sure clients physical/mental health needs are met by ensuring health assessments, routine health care, nursing procedures and face to face evaluations are completed within accredited time frames and appropriate referrals are made when needed.

Create caring relationships with our youth by attending activities, assisting with outside appointments, and implementing nursing groups to provide education

Be able to participate in medical/psychiatric emergencies and assess, treat and triage in a timely and appropriate manner

Assisting youth by providing knowledge of healthcare management to ensure youth and families experience positive outcomes and long-term success.

Establish and role-model positive relationships through greeting youth and staff and engaging in learning moments collaboratively

Provide education to clients or staff as needed concerning issues of general health, medications, growth and development, hygiene, infection, and nutrition.

Actively seek opportunities to share knowledge and expertise with team members, focusing on formal learning opportunities as well as informal coaching moments

Hold a current and valid North Dakota Registered Nurse license.

Have one year of experience in a mental or behavioral healthcare setting preferred but not required.

Benefits: As we support treatments that care for others, we also work to care for our team member's professional, personal growth and well-being. 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan with 100% employer match up to 5%

• Medical and Dental Insurance. Health Savings Account with a $125/month employer contribution if enrolled in the Ranch's Medical plan
• Employer-Paid Life Insurance and Long-Term Disability Insurance policies
• Employee Assistance Program
• 7 paid holidays each year
• Dependent Care Flex Spending Account
• Voluntary Vision Insurance, Short-Term Disability, and Term Life Insurance
• Free meals at the cafeteria while on shift
• Eligibility for the ND Health Care Professional Loan Repayment Program

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