ND Health and Human Services
Health system employer · Based in Fargo, ND
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- open role, live count
- 3.5
- Google rating
On the floor
What the day-to-day looks like
Benefits
A sign-on bonus of at least $10,000 is posted for the team-based clinician role at Badlands Behavioral Health Clinic in Dickinson. Broader incentives for new graduates and established professionals are mentioned without dollar amounts.
What stands out
Experienced nurses
You can grow into a Psychiatry Service Team Lead seat in Fargo, hiring, training, and regularly supervising unit staff with the Center Director of Nursing.
As of 2026Source: hhs.nd.gov
Experienced nurses
As a team-based clinician you do assessments, therapy, skills training, and crisis work in the office, in homes, and out in the community.
As of 2026Source: glassdoor.com
Experienced nurses
On the Fargo psychiatry unit you work with an on-site pharmacy, and two years of behavioral health nursing is required.
As of 2026Source: hhs.nd.gov
Moving here
North Dakota put $199 million into the first year of the Rural Health Transformation Program, and ND HHS is trying to draw established clinicians into state careers.
More about working here
New graduates
ND HHS is described as incentivizing new healthcare graduates to choose North Dakota, though the incentive details are not spelled out.
Experienced nurses
A sign-on bonus of at least $10,000 is posted for the team-based clinician role at Badlands Behavioral Health Clinic in Dickinson.
As of 2026Source: glassdoor.com
Moving here
You would join a department of about 2,800 people, asked to lead with LIGHT — hope, purpose, gratitude, health, and civility.
Working conditions
- Scheduling
- Clinician roles include on-call crisis intervention and regular travel to clients in homes and communities; face-to-face service is required.
As of 2026Source: glassdoor.com
- Charge opportunities
- Psychiatry Service Team Lead provides unit leadership, hiring, training, supervision, and partners with other team leads and the Director of Nursing.
As of 2026Source: hhs.nd.gov
- Pay and benefits
- Sign-on bonus minimum of $10,000 for Clinician (team-based) at Badlands Behavioral Health Clinic, Dickinson, ND HHS
As of 2026Source: glassdoor.com
Starting out and growing here
- Preceptors and orientation
- Team lead hires, trains, and regularly supervises psychiatry unit staff with the Center Director of Nursing.
As of 2026Source: hhs.nd.gov
- Career development
- Psychiatry Service Team Lead path exists; supervisory experience preferred. Pharmacy Technician licensure required within 2 years of hire if not already licensed.
As of 2026Source: hhs.nd.gov
The city
Living in Fargo, ND
Fargo sits on the Red River along North Dakota's eastern edge, offering a friendly college-town atmosphere backed by steady healthcare demand. The city balances Midwest practicality with cultural amenities from nearby universities, making it an approachable landing spot for nurses seeking reliability over hustle.
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- Metro price level · Fargo area
- 9% below the national average
- BEA index 90.9 (100 = national)
- Median gross rent
- $946/mo
- rent and tenant-paid utilities
- Median household income
- $66,998/yr
- all local households, not nurse pay
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · 2024 metro Regional Price Parities · Census ACS 2024
Who they are
You would work for North Dakota Health and Human Services out of Fargo’s Southeast Behavioral Health Clinic, and often well beyond the clinic doors. On the psychiatry unit, an RN Team Lead oversees the work with the Director of Nursing.
More about ND Health and Human Services
There is an on-site pharmacy, and if you take the team lead seat you are expected to know state pharmacy regulations and to hold a pharmacy technician license within two years if you do not already. Two years of behavioral health nursing is required for that unit. If you come in as a team-based clinician, your days are assessments, therapy, skills training, and crisis and risk work. You do that in the office, in people’s homes, and out in the community. On-call crisis intervention is part of the job, and face-to-face service is required — home and community travel is the norm. The department’s mission is to make North Dakota the healthiest state, and staff are asked to lead with LIGHT: hope, purpose, gratitude, health, and civility. ND HHS reports about 2,800 team members and more than $6 billion in funding. The state received $199 million for the first year of the Rural Health Transformation Program. A Psychiatry Service Team Lead path is there if you want to hire, train, and supervise alongside the Center Director of Nursing; supervisory experience is preferred.
Make North Dakota the healthiest state. Staff are asked to lead with LIGHT — hope, purpose, gratitude, health, and civility.
Working here
Culture and working life
What to consider
The good
- Psychiatry Service Team Lead path with hiring, training, and supervision alongside the Director of Nursing
- On-site pharmacy on the Fargo psychiatry unit
- Community behavioral health work across office, homes, and the community
- Sign-on bonus of at least $10,000 for the team-based clinician role in Dickinson
- Staff asked to lead with LIGHT: hope, purpose, gratitude, health, and civility
- $199 million Rural Health Transformation Program investment in year one
The hard parts
- Clinician roles include on-call crisis intervention and regular travel to homes and communities; face-to-face service is required
- Two years of behavioral health nursing is required for the Fargo psychiatry unit
- Pharmacy technician licensure is required within two years of hire if you are not already licensed
- The posted sign-on bonus is for Dickinson, not Fargo, and no Fargo pay figures are in the facts
What to weigh
Home and community travel is the norm, and clinician roles include on-call crisis intervention; face-to-face service is required.
As of 2026Source: glassdoor.com
The reality check
Before you decide
Quick facts
- Relationship
- Umbrella organization
- Roles last seen active
- Aug 19, 2026
- Website
- hhs.nd.gov ↗
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Psychiatry / Southeast Behavioral Health Clinic (Fargo)
RN Team Lead oversees the psychiatry unit with the Director of Nursing; on-site pharmacy; 2 years BH nursing required.
Source location unconfirmedSource: hhs.nd.gov
Community behavioral health (team-based clinician)
Assessments, therapy, skills training, crisis/risk work in office, community, and on call; home/community travel is the norm.
Source location unconfirmedSource: glassdoor.com
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