Mental Health Coach

Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters; Norfolk (VA); Vor Ort; USD 55.000 - 75.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters seeks a dedicated pediatric mental health clinician to provide direct care, skills coaching and behavioral support within an inpatient/outpatient setting in Virginia. The role emphasizes evidence-based techniques and family collaboration to ensure safety and therapeutic progress.

Responsibilities include de-escalation, crisis response, admissions processing and coordinated communication with the treatment team to adapt plans as needed.

Qualifikationen

• Undergraduate degree in Social Work, Counseling, Mental Health, Education, Arts & Science, Healthcare or related field.
• Increased Security Clearance may be Required: FBI fingerprinting, criminal background check, and Child Protective Services registry search.
• Experience with pediatric mental health/behavioral care preferred.

Aufgaben

• Provides evidence-based skills coaching, behavioral modification and direct observation to pediatric patients with mental health diagnoses.
• Assists with crisis management and de-escalation to maintain unit safety and patient calm.
• Processes admissions in a timely, organized and client-centered fashion.
• Maintains a collaborative stance with patients and families, and updates treatment team as needed.

Kenntnisse

Crisis management

De-escalation techniques

Evidence-based behavioral coaching

Team collaboration

Patient safety awareness

Ausbildung

Bachelor's degree in Social Work, Counseling, Mental Health, Education, Arts & Science, Healthcare or related field

Jobbeschreibung

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provision of clinical care-


• Provides evidence-based skills coaching, behavioral modification and direct observation to pediatric patients with mental health diagnoses.


• Implements and reinforces strategies included in patient’s treatment or behavioral plan. Relays ineffective aspects of plan back to broader team for review and adjustment.


• Completes coping cards with each patient and encourages their use.


• May complete nursing tasks, as delegated by the RN, for medically involved clients.


• Maintains a collaborative and supportive stance with patients as a means of maintaining unit calm.


• Displays expertise in de-escalation cycle and educates patients and families daily on its use.


• Crisis Management-


• Maintains consistent awareness of where each assigned patient is on de-escalation cycle; utilizes skills appropriate for observed de-escalation level.


• Adopts a collaborative and reflective stance with patients with the goal of de-escalation in mind.


• Provides emotional first aid and de-briefing to individual patients and groups after behavioral escalations.


• Ensure safe and compliant treatment setting-


• Manages patient’s room, unit environment and team schedule, ensuring consistent structure and a priority towards safety.


• Ensures work areas are organized, safe and ready for the next activity or shift.


• Maintains constant awareness of patient location and immediately alerts nurse to changes in mental status.


• Admission/Registration/Greeter-


• Processes admissions in a timely, organized and client-centered fashion.


• Assures anyone entering the unit is free of contraband by encouraging use of assigned lockers.


• Provides updates to parent/guardian regarding patient condition and progress, information is linked to the plan of care; if unsure of boundaries consults with treatment team prior to sharing information.


• Greets families when they are present at point of access, provides guidance on way finding and unit rules.


• Emergency Department-


• Oversees Emergency Department mental health flow by acting as a liaison between provider, charge nurse, bedside nurse, evaluating therapist, admission staff, parent and child.


• Provides evidence-based skills coaching, behavioral modification and direct observation to pediatric patients with mental health diagnoses. Assistance in application of restraint when deemed medically necessary and ordered by treating physician.


• May complete nursing tasks (Activities of Daily Living (ADLs), Vital Signs, nutrition, patient weights), as delegated by the RN, for medically involved clients.


• Maintains compliant and safe environment of care including stocking, setting up rooms for admission and general cleaning.


• Attends change of shift and unit level huddles.


• Assists with de-escalation and restraint application when needed.


• Completes coping cards with each client and encourages their use.


• Maintains consistent awareness of where each assigned patient is on de-escalation cycle; utilizes skills appropriate for observed de-escalation level.


• Performs other duties as assigned.

LICENSES AND/OR CERTIFICATIONS

• None required.

MINIMUM EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS

• Undergraduate degree in Social Work, Counseling, Mental Health, Education, Arts & Science, Healthcare or related field from an accredited college/university or equivalent course work and/or previous training and direct care employment experience to demonstrate knowledge or expertise in children, adolescences or mental health. Undergraduate degree in noted disciplines preferred.


• Increased Security Clearance may be Required: FBI fingerprinting, criminal background check, and Child Protective Services registry search.

WORKING CONDITIONS

• Inpatient hospital or outpatient practice with little exposure to dust, temperature and the like.