Mental Health Worker I

Job Summary

The Mental Health Worker I functions as a member of the interdisciplinary team to assess the functional abilities, impairments, and needs of each patient and address these individually. Provides support to the nursing staff and patient care through the direction and guidance of licensed staff and leaders.

Essential Functions

• Ensures supplies and equipment for patient care are readily available and organized in an efficient manner.

• Correctly identifies and uses appropriately personal protective equipment.

• Responds to patient and family requests promptly.

• Accurately monitors and records patient information, test results and stats.

• Provides care to assigned patients including the activities of daily living, non-medication pain management and other interventions.

• Accurately follows patient care policies, practices and protocols i.e. sterile technique and skin care protocol.

• Assists with personal hygiene and elimination needs.

• Provides patient with clean linen and towels at the beginning of shift and changes both as needed.

• Answers call system promptly and intervenes appropriately.

• Cleans equipment as directed.

• Ensures continuity of professional care and participates in program development and process improvement.

• Follow proper procedures during verbal and physical de-escalation of patients. Able to individually individually perform crisis intervention and restrain violent patients. Responds to all Code White alerts.

• Performs other duties as assigned.

• Complies with all policies and standards.

Qualifications

• 0-2 years of experience as a patient care assistant in a mental health hospital setting required

Licenses and Certifications

• BCLS - Basic Life Support required

• De-escalation Training Certification required

Equal Employment Opportunity

This organization does not discriminate in any way to deprive any person of employment opportunities or otherwise adversely affect the status of any employee because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, citizenship, veteran status, or military or uniformed services, in accordance with all applicable governmental laws and regulations. In addition, the facility complies with all applicable federal, state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment. This applies to all terms and conditions of employment including, but not limited to: hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall,