Evening Mental Health Support Specialist

Day Kimball Health; Putnam (CT); On-site; USD 30,000 - 44,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Sick Time Accrual

Pay-for-Performance Opportunities

Shift Differentials – Evening/Night/2e

Career Pathways – internal growth, etc

401(k) Retirement Plan

Pet Insurance

Weekly Pay

Job summary

Day Kimball Health is seeking a Medical Health Worker for the BHS Department on a per diem 2nd shift in Putnam, CT. The role involves assisting RNs, maintaining a therapeutic milieu, and handling clerical tasks to support patient care.

Responsibilities include helping with activities of daily living, data collection for assessments, admissions/transfers/discharges, monitoring patient status, and ensuring safety through interventions and proper charting.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalency diploma required.
• CPR certification required.
• Successful completion of Crisis Intervention training required.
• One year of previous experience in Mental Health or related field preferred.
• Computer experience preferred.
• Previous experience in a hospital environment preferred.

Responsibilities

• Assists in meeting the physical needs of patients and attends to activities of daily living.
• Collects clinical data for the RNs to use in the assessment of the patient's mental and physiological status.
• Assists in the unit admission (e.g., search), transfer and discharge procedure.
• Observes patients, their milieu, interactions, identifies changes, and reports any changes observed in patient's mental status or behaviors to the RN.
• M1akes patient milieu safety rounds as assigned and documents patient's whereabouts.
• Must be trained and subsequently show competence in responding to events where a patient is out of control or exhibiting inappropriate behavior through the application of effective verbal and behavioral interventions, including restraining patients as directed.
• Facilitates patient group interactions and activities, utilizing all resources.
• Utilizes correct format for charting, documenting patient's response to interventions and milieu activities.
• Accurately transcribes physicians' orders, completes all necessary forms, requisitions, and communications required to implement orders identifying STAT orders, recognizing and using hospital accepted codes when needed. Copies medication orders onto the medication sheets.
• Files diagnostic and laboratory reports accurately in appropriate patient's chart after they have been seen by MD and/or RN.

Education

High school diploma or equivalency diploma required

B.A. preferred

CPR certification required

Crisis Intervention training required

One year of previous experience in Mental Health or related field preferred

Computer experience preferred

Previous experience in a hospital environment preferred

Job description

Day Kimball Health is seeking a Medical Health Worker for the BHS Department on a per diem 2nd shift in Putnam, CT. The role involves assisting RNs, maintaining a therapeutic milieu, and handling clerical tasks to support patient care.

Responsibilities include helping with activities of daily living, data collection for assessments, admissions/transfers/discharges, monitoring patient status, and ensuring safety through interventions and proper charting.