Regions Hospital in St. Paul is seeking Mental Health Practitioners to join our team in providing treatment services within our community residential treatment programs. Hovander House and Afton Place are part of RHSC, an organization committed to improving health and well-being in partnership with our members, patients, and the community. We do this by living our values of excellence, compassion, partnership, and integrity. Being part of the HealthPartners care system provides support and opportunity for integrated services.

Title: Mental Health Practitioner

Shift(s)/FTE: .6 FTE; Days, Days & Evenings or Per Diem

Our community residential programs are hiring for positions that will provide cross coverage in our two local mental health programs located in St. Paul and Maplewood. These opportunities provide a diverse experience working in mental health, skill development and opportunities for advancement. Join our amazing team and see why our organization was voted a Star Tribune Top 175 Workplace!

Minimum Qualifications:

Education:

• High School Diploma or equivalent.

Experience: Must meet one of the following qualifications;

• Work experience of 4,000 hours or 2 years full-time in the delivery of services to individuals with mental illness or substance use disorder; or traumatic brain injury or developmental disabilities
• Coursework of at least 30 semester hours or 45 quarter hours in behavioral sciences or related fields and meets one of the following:

• 1. Has at least 2,000 hours in the delivery of services to individuals with mental illness or substance use disorder; or traumatic brain injury or developmental disabilities
• 2. Has completed a practicum or internship that required direct interaction with adults and was focused on behavioral sciences or related fields
• 3. Is in the process of completing a practicum or internship as part of a formal undergraduate or graduate training program in social work, psychology, or counseling

• Master’s or other graduate degree in behavioral sciences or related field

Preferred Qualifications:

Education:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Behavioral Health field or higher

Experience:

• 4,000 hours of experience providing services to individuals with: mental illness, substance use disorder, traumatic brain injury or developmental disability

Duties:

• Ensures the general health, safety, and welfare of all program residents during shift

•Provides evidenced based practices services to residents
•Maintains comprehensive records of resident activity and interventions with program residents through daily logs and incident reports
•Provides crisis intervention, as necessary, to address significant behavioral, medical, or psychiatric problems

• Monitors, administrates and sets up medications according to individual treatment plan and residents with daily living skills

•Other Duties as required of shift. Each program will have program specific duties necessary to support the functioning of the program.

Benefits:

• Effective the first day of employment!

•Medical and Dental insurance
•401(K) with employer match
•Employer paid LTD and optional STD plans
•Employer paid basic life
•Flexible spending account (FSA)
•PTO/Paid Time Off Plan
•Eligible for PSLF program
•Onsite fitness center & employee health clinic

Additional Information:

• .6 Days E/O weekend at Afton Place
• .6 Evenings on weekdays and days E/O weekend at Hovander House
• On-call, Float