Mental Health Aide

CareWell Health Medical Center; East Orange (NJ); On-site; USD 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

CareWell Health Medical Center seeks a Mental Health Aide to join the unit team and support the patient’s therapeutic treatment plan under the direct supervision of a Registered Nurse. The role includes collecting routine specimens, taking vital signs, and participating in behavioral safety procedures as needed.

Responsibilities include assisting patients with daily activities, performing 15-minute checks, and maintaining safety and infection control standards.

Qualifications

• High school diploma required.
• Certifications: BLS-CPR, EKG, Phlebotomy.
• 1 year+ experience in Behavioral Health preferred.

Responsibilities

• Assist assigned patients with activities of daily living.
• Provide and document 15-minute checks as assigned.
• Provide 1:1 observation in a safe and effective manner.
• Accurately take and record vital signs, weight, and height as needed.
• Observe patient progress and report status to the staff nurse.

Education

High school diploma

BLS-CPR

EKG Certificate

Phlebotomy Certificate

Job description

The Mental Health Aide participates as a member of the unit team providing care to assigned patients under the direct supervision of the Registered Nurse. Collects routine urine specimens, takes vital signs including blood pressure and weighs patients. Intervenes with escalating patients and actively participates in behavioral codes utilizing mechanical restraints or personal hold under the direct supervision of the registered nurse.

Job Summary

Performs selected patient care activities. The Mental Health Aide is a member of multidisciplinary treatment team and provides support for the patient’s therapeutic treatment plan.

Essential Functions

• Assists assigned patient with activities of daily living.
• Provides and documents 15 minutes checks as assigned.
• Provides 1:1 observation in a safe an effective manner.
• Accurately takes and records vital signs as well as weight and height when needed.
• Observes patient progress and reports status to staff nurse.
• Ensures that all assigned patients are wearing an identification band.
• Helps maintain unit cleanliness and neatness for patient comfort.
• Ensures facility is safe and reports deficiencies to the nurse.
• Checks for and reports malfunctioning or damaged equipment, destruction of property or signs of contraband.
• Demonstrates the ability to follow the infection control policies of the hospital.
• Demonstrates an awareness of the treatment goals and objectives of assigned patients.
• Able to provide support for the patient’s therapeutic treatment plan.
• Seeks direction from the charge nurse as needed to provide optimum care for assigned patients.
• Demonstrates therapeutic skills when communicating with patients and families.
• Demonstrates ability to communicate with other team members in a way that promotes a positive and cooperative work environment.
• Demonstrates knowledge of work practice and emergency procedures
• Assumes responsibility for ongoing training and development by attending in-service programs, and staff meetings.
• Demonstrates an ability to support patient education done by the professional staff
• Demonstrates knowledge of the warning signs of aggressive behavior as outlined to secure training.
• Demonstrates an ability to use skills taught in secure training.

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Minimum Education/Certifications

High school diploma

Certifications required: BLS-CPR

EKG, Phlebotomy Certificate

Minimum Work Experience

1 year or more experience in Behavioral Health preferred.

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work:

Must be willing to work holidays, weekends and provide additional coverage as needed.

Physical Demands Analysis

The following tables detail the individual physical demands using the following six categories: Mobility, Strength, Upper Extremity Postural Activity, Sensory/Perceptual, Work Environment, and Conditions of Work.