Mental Health Associate
Core
Provides direct patient care, safety monitoring, and milieu management in a psychiatric unit, assisting with ADLs, vital signs, and crisis de-escalation.
Role type
Entry-level clinical support staff (Mental Health Worker/Associate)
Builds
Safe therapeutic environment and patient care plans
Domain
Healthcare / Psychiatry
Deliverable
physical/clinical work
Required skills
Patient vitals monitoring, ADL assistance, crisis de-escalation, restraint/seclusion assistance, 1:1 observation, specimen collection, body mechanics, AVADE principles
Preferred skills
Nursing assistant experience, EMT experience, psychology/social work student status
Technologies
Nursing Assessment Form, Progress Notes
Responsibilities
Monitor patient vital signs and intake/output, assist with ADLs and transfers, perform 1:1 observation for high-risk patients, assist in crisis situations and restraint application, document patient status and safety checks, participate in interdisciplinary treatment planning meetings
Seniority
Entry-level, hands-on IC