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Behavioral Health Observation RN | EmPATH

CentraCare logoCentraCare$44.57–$74.37/hrSaint Cloud, MNFull time, NightPosted 4d agoStill open, checked every night

How this pay compares

This posting states $44.57–$74.37 an hour. Open psychiatric nurse jobs in Minnesota post a median of $54.36 an hour, the middle half $52.69–$55.34, across 13 jobs that state their pay, so this one is above the middle half of what they post. Psychiatric nurses employed in Minnesota earn a median of $48.80 an hour (source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics), according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (May 2025) (source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics).

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Workplace injuries

CentraCare St Cloud Hospital in Saint Cloud reported 270 work injuries and illnesses to OSHA for 2025 over 6,390,529 hours worked: 8.5 per 100 full-time workers, against 5.0 per 100 full-time workers at hospitals, general medical and surgicalnationwide. With its hours, the best estimate leaning on similar sites is 8.4 per 100 full-time workers. This is the employer's own report. Workplace injuries by employer.

Medicare rating of Centracare - St. Cloud Hospital

Medicare gives Centracare - St. Cloud Hospital 4 of 5 stars (Jul 2026; Minnesota's hospitals average 3.8). 78% of its patients said their nurses always communicated well (the middle US hospital: 79%). Patients' ratings of their care, not employees' of the job. Its other hospitals · Minnesota hospitals by rating.

Nurse Corps loan repayment

Centracare - St. Cloud Hospital is in a county HRSA designates a mental health HPSA (score 16) as a whole. A hospital located in a HPSA can count as a Critical Shortage Facility, where a registered nurse can apply for HRSA's Nurse Corps Loan Repayment Program: 60% of qualifying nursing loans repaid for two years of full-time service, 25% more for a third. Awards are competitive and HRSA decides each one. Every hospital hiring in a Nurse Corps shortage area.

Public Service Loan Forgiveness

Medicare lists Centracare - St. Cloud Hospital as a non-profit hospital: the kind of employer PSLF counts (a government organization or a 501(c)(3) non-profit) for its own full-time staff, toward forgiveness of federal Direct Loans after 120 qualifying payments. The federal PSLF Help Tool confirms an employer by the EIN on your W-2. Every PSLF-eligible hospital hiring.

What Minnesota law requires of the employer

  • Public reporting of staffing: Minnesota hospitals must file unit core staffing plans and quarterly actual direct care hours, which the hospital association publishes. Minn. Stat. § 144.7055 subd. 3(b) (source: Minn. Stat. § 144.7055 subd. 3(b))
  • Limits on mandatory overtime: Partial: a nurse may decline extra consecutive hours beyond a normal work period if unsafe in the nurse's judgment, without retaliation; emergencies excepted. Not a flat ban (covers nurses in hospitals and other licensed health care facilities (not nursing facilities)). Minn. Stat. § 181.275 (source: Minn. Stat. § 181.275)

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About the job

Find your purpose working in a dynamic, team oriented, fast paced environment providing mental health interventions to patients with acute mental health urgencies in an Observation setting! The Behavioral Health Observation RN will also appreciate the opportunity to collaborate with our EmPATH team and various community partners involved in developing Community Treatment plans.

EmPATH is a dedicated healing environment separate from the emergency department, staffed with a multidisciplinary psychiatric team providing Em ergency, P sychiatric, A ssessment, T reatment, and H ealing to those initially presenting to emergency rooms with mental health urgencies.

Schedule

  • Full-time | 60 hours every two weeks | Onsite- St. Cloud Hospital
  • 12-hour night shift | 7 p.m. - 7:30 a.m. | Every third weekend (Fri-Sun)| Holiday rotation

Pay and Benefits

  • Pay based on experience and degree
  • Associate/Diploma in nursing starting at $44.57 per hour
  • Bachelor’s in nursing starting at $46.11 per hour
  • Master’s in nursing starting at $47.65 per hour
  • Pay range: $44.57 - $74.37 per hour
  • Earn extra pay for working evening, night, and weekend shifts.
  • benefits : medical, dental, PTO, retirement, employee discounts and more!
  • $3,500 hiring bonus potential!
  • $5,000 relocation assistance bonus for those who qualify!

Qualifications

  • Graduate from a nursing program required; Bachelors or Masters in Nursing preferred.
  • A minimum of a Bachelor's degree in Nursing must be obtained within three years of hire.
  • Current licensure as a registered nurse in the State of Minnesota required.
  • 4 years minimum experience as a psychiatric or chemical dependency registered nurse preferred.
  • Knowledge of at least the following areas: abuse issues, chemical dependency, adult/adolescent/child clinical assessments.
  • Knowledge of crisis theory and intervention, psychiatric diagnosis, psychotropic medications, including use and side effects and knowledge of community resources and intervention.
  • American Nurses Association (ANA) Psychiatric – Mental Health Certification preferred.
  • Nonviolent Crisis Intervention (NCI) initial and on-going training required and provided.

To be eligible for the hiring and relocation bonus you must be an external candidate who is hired into an eligible full or part time benefited position. Previous employees qualify if they have not worked for CentraCare for at least 9 months at the date of hire. To be eligible for the relocation bonus, you must currently reside more than 50 miles away from St. Cloud Hospital and relocate to within 30 miles of it. CentraCare hiring incentives to include but not limited to, hiring and relocation bonuses may be discontinued at any time.

CentraCare has made a commitment to diversity in its workforce. All individuals including, but not limited to, individuals with disabilities, are encouraged to apply. CentraCare is an EEO/AA employer.

From CentraCare's job posting, checked 9 Nov 2026. The employer's own page is the final word on requirements and availability.

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About CentraCare

CentraCare is a health system based in St. Cloud, Minnesota, with hospitals, clinics and senior care across central Minnesota.

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