Mental Health Worker Days, 36 hours/week, every other weekend
Core
Provides direct clinical care and safety monitoring for adult psychiatric patients in an inpatient setting, implementing treatment plans under nursing supervision.
Role type
Inpatient Mental Health Worker
Builds
Patient safety and therapeutic milieu
Domain
Healthcare / Psychiatry
Deliverable
physical/clinical work
Required skills
crisis intervention, physical de-escalation, patient care assistance, therapeutic group facilitation, patient/family education, progress evaluation, contraband search, vital signs monitoring, ADL support
Preferred skills
direct patient care experience
Technologies
medical equipment
Responsibilities
Participate in crisis intervention using verbal and physical de-escalation; assist RN in administering physical care and personal hygiene; lead and co-lead therapeutic activity groups; provide patient and family education on milieu programming; conduct patient safety checks and monitor unit mood; evaluate patient progress toward discharge goals; assist with vital signs, intake/output, and orientation checks.
Seniority
Entry-level, hands-on IC