Float Milieu Counselor / Nursing Assistant - Full-time, Nights

Location: CHA Everett Hospital 

Work Days: 8 hour shifts, w/ E/O wknd rotation and holidays as assigned  

Category: Nurse Support  

Department: Inpatient Psych Float Pool - Everett Hospital 

Job Type: Full time  

Work Shift: Night 

Hours/Week: 40.00 

Union Name: SEIU 1199

Cambridge Health Alliance(CHA) is a vibrant, innovative health system dedicated to providing essential services to all members of the community. With almost 140,000 patients in Cambridge, Somerville, and Boston’s Metro North region, CHA is a local provider of choice for primary care, specialty care, emergency services, hospital care, maternity care and behavioral health.

The float pool Milieu Counselors / Nursing Assistants provide care under the direction of the Registered Nurse. While regularly scheduled, the members of the float pool are deployed on a shift by shift basis to provide care to patients in multiple adult and geriatric psych units at Everett Hospital. 

We provide a vibrant activities program along with special group sessions and programming to provide support. A designated activity group room houses musical instruments, art supplies and other items to engage individual patient strengths and interests. Patients are cared for by a dynamic interdisciplinary psychiatry team of nurses, milieu counselors, providers and social workers. 

Job PurposeProviding quality care according to Cambridge Health Alliance standards of nursing practice and the role expectations of the Adult Psychiatric Inpatient Unit. The Milieu Counselor is a member of the multidisciplinary team who, under the supervision of a Registered Nurse, is responsible for a safe and structured unit milieu as well as attending to the individual needs of patients in crisis in an inpatient psychiatric setting.

The Milieu Counselor/ Nursing Assistant assists with ADL's, lead or co-lead groups, perform safety checks, 1:1 meetings with patients, and charts patients B/P, TPR & weight, as well as helping maintain their nutritional and hydration needs.

The Milieu Counselor/ Nursing Assistant communicates with the nurses of any changes in vital signs and accurately measures and documents patients’ intake and output.

Qualifications/Experience:

• A minimum of a High School diploma or GED required.

• Current Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers by the American Heart Association or 

• American Red Cross is required. At least one year previous inpatient clinical mental health experience in a behavioral health unit is strongly preferred

• Experience with geriatric and adult psych is highly preferred. All newly hired candidates must successfully complete a job specific physical agility test.

 
In keeping with federal, state and local laws, Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA) policy forbids employees and associates to discriminate against anyone based on race, religion, color, gender, age, marital status, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, disability or any other characteristic protected by law. We are committed to establishing and maintaining a workplace free of discrimination. We are fully committed to equal employment opportunity. We will not tolerate unlawful discrimination in the recruitment, hiring, termination, promotion, salary treatment or any other condition of employment or career development. Furthermore, we will not tolerate the use of discriminatory slurs, or other remarks, jokes or conduct, that in the judgment of CHA, encourage or permit an offensive or hostile work environment.