BWH- Mental Health Counselor Per Diem

Bournewood Health Systems; Brookline (MA); On-site; USD 50,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Bournewood Health Systems is seeking a Mental Health Counselor to join the treatment team. The counselor serves as the primary patient contact and has milieu responsibilities, guided by the treatment plan and unit management.

Responsibilities include ensuring a safe environment, observing changes in mental status, participating in de-escalation, assisting with admissions/discharges, recording vital signs and patient responses, and maintaining confidentiality and ongoing trainings.

Responsibilities

• Observes patients for changes in mental status and safety on unit checks.
• Participates in de-escalation using early intervention skills; applies restraints only if imminent risk (per procedures).
• Assists with admissions, discharge, orientation and transfers as directed.
• Takes and records patients' vital signs as directed.
• Facilitates patient self-management of Activities of Daily Living.
• Coordinates activities of assigned patients.
• Participates in discussions to inform interventions and outcomes.
• Implements Treatment Plan by carrying out counselor activities.
• Documents daily patient participation and response to interventions.
• Adheres to boundaries and patient confidentiality; completes required trainings.

Job description

Job Summary: The Mental Health Counselor is a member of the treatment team. This incumbent is the primary patient contact and also has milieu responsibility. The MHC receives guidance through the treatment plan and through unit management.Essential Functions:Assists patients to clarify their course of treatment through providing a safe environment and performing assignments as needed.Consistently observes patients for changes in mental status and changes in safety on unit checksParticipates in de-escalation using early intervention skills to assist, and restraints if needed (strictly for imminent risk only) of patients according to procedures and standards.Participates in accompanying the patient through admissions, discharge, orientation and transfer as directed.Takes and records patients vital signs as directed.Assists with or facilitates patient's self management of Activities of Daily LivingCoordinates activities of assigned patientsParticipates in discussion of patients, contributing to understanding/interventions for effective outcomesImplements Treatment Plan through carrying out counselor activities in treatment planDocuments daily patients' participation in treatment and observed response to interventionsAdheres to policies surrounding boundaries, patient confidentiality, and stays up to date on required trainings.Physical Criteria:Must be able to walk the grounds of the facility and potentially sprint short distances.Must be able to assist with patient care surrounding lifting, turning and restraining patients if needed.Must be able to lift 50-60 pounds.