Mental Health Worker-Psychiatry Inpatient

JOB DETAILS

Department: Psychiatry Inpatient
FTE: 0.7 (56 hours per pay period)
Workdays: Varied, including every other weekend
Shift(s): Rotating Days and Overnights
Shift Length: 8 hours 

Purpose of this position: Under direct supervision of nursing staff, performs work of routine difficulty in assisting in the treatment of clients in an acute care inpatient setting

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provides patient care to inpatients or patients in the psychiatric emergency department of HCMC under supervision of nursing staff; therapeutic 1:1, evaluates, intervenes, and reports to and works with nursing staff to follow individualized patient care plans
• Participates in planning and implementing treatment team recommendations concerning individual and group patient programming
• Follows the problem-oriented method for patient charting or reporting on behaviors observed
• Promotes and maintains a healthy and safe treatment setting
• Provides patient care with ADL’s
• Maintains an organized and clean milieu
• Provides milieu support to patients and nursing staff.  May provide patient care activities and clerical activities
• May perform various technical procedures after training, competency validation, and upon delegation from a Registered Nurse, such as phlebotomies
• Performs related work as required, but only after appropriate training

QUALIFICATIONS:
Minimum Qualifications:

• One year experience providing direct patient care services in a psychiatric or mental health setting

-OR-

• Relevant college coursework in the social or behavioral sciences and/or approved demonstrated skills and ability to care for acutely mentally ill individuals

-OR-

• An approved equivalent combination of training, experience, and education that may include experience such as working as an HCA/NA; nursing student; or group home experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• One year of related experience in a similar healthcare environment (behavioral health, nursing)
• Actively enrolled in or a graduate of a two-year or four-year behavioral health or registered nursing program
• Training in (or willingness to learn) motivational interviewing techniques

Knowledge/ Skills/ Abilities:

• Ability to de-escalate sometimes stressful patient situations
• Knowledge of motivational interviewing skills and techniques
• Basic computer skills
• Ability to support and provide patient and family centered care in a team environment
• Ability to meet the diverse needs of the patient population(s) being served