Mental Health Technician Senior - BHU - Part Time - Forbes Hospital

Highmark Health; Monroeville (Allegheny County); Vor Ort; USD 36.000 - 52.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Highmark Health, based in Pittsburgh, PA, is seeking a qualified healthcare professional to support patient care within a multidisciplinary team. The role involves direct patient care, data collection, and applying crisis intervention as needed in a dynamic clinical setting.

Requirements include a Bachelor's degree or 3 years of related experience, CPR certification, and background clearances. The position emphasizes teamwork, documentation, and adherence to privacy policies in a large national

Qualifikationen

• Minimum Bachelor’s degree or 3 years of relevant experience.
• CPR certification required (American Heart Association).
• Criminal Background Clearance Act 34/33/73 and FBI fingerprinting may be required.

Aufgaben

• Collaborates with the multi-disciplinary team to assess patient status and gather data; provides crisis intervention.
• Provides direct patient care including ADLs, vital signs, specimen collection, exams, treatments, and documents changes.
• Leads or co-leads social, recreational, and therapeutic activities to enhance social skills.
• Participates in unit activities such as supplies stocking, patient transport, and equipment cleaning.
• Performs other duties as assigned or required.

Kenntnisse

Patient care

Crisis intervention

Vital signs

Documentation

Group facilitation

Team collaboration

Ausbildung

Bachelor’s degree or 3 years relevant experience

Jobbeschreibung

General Overview

Maintains safety and structure of the milieu, observing and recording patient information pertinent to the treatment plan and reports information to appropriate staff.

Essential Responsibilities

• Collaborates with the multi-disciplinary team to provide for an on-going assessment of changes in patient status and gathers pertinent patient care data using all available resources; provides crisis intervention to maintain safety (40%)
• Provides direct patient care and activities, such as activities of daily living, vital signs, specimen collection, assistance with exams, treatments and procedures and patient focused testing; group facilitation, reports any changes in physical, mental, or emotional conditions to nursing staff and documents same; suggests modifications to the master treatment plan (40%)
• Leads or co-leads in social, recreational, and therapeutic activities that enhance patient's social relationships and interpersonal skills (15%)
• Participates in unit activities such as supplies stocking, patient transport, and equipment / appliance cleaning, checks and retrieval. (5%)
• Performs other duties as assigned or required.

Qualifications

• Minimum Bachelor’s degree or 3 years of relevant experience and/or education as determined by the company in lieu of bachelor's degree.
• Preferred None

Additional Employment Requirements

• CPR – American Heart Association Act 34
• Criminal Background Clearance Certificate Act 33
• Child Abuse Clearance Certificate Act 73
• FBI Fingerprinting Criminal Background Clearance Certificate

Disclaimer

The job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and essential duties and responsibilities of work performed by employees within this job title. It may not contain a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees to do this job.

Compliance Requirement

This job adheres to the ethical and legal standards and behavioral expectations as set forth in the code of business conduct and company policies. As a component of job responsibilities, employees may have access to covered information, cardholder data, or other confidential customer information that must be protected at all times. In connection with this, all employees must comply with both the Health Insurance Portability Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) as described in the Notice of Privacy Practices and Privacy Policies and Procedures as well as all data security guidelines established within the Company’s Handbook of Privacy Policies and Practices and Information Security Policy. Furthermore, it is every employee’s responsibility to comply with the company’s Code of Business Conduct. This includes but is not limited to adherence to applicable federal and state laws, rules, and regulations as well as company policies and training requirements. Highmark Health and its affiliates prohibit discrimination against qualified individuals based on their status as protected veterans or individuals with disabilities and prohibit discrimination against all individuals based on any category protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. California Consumer Privacy Act Employees, Contractors, and Applicants Notice Highmark Health is a national, blended health organization that includes one of America’s largest Blue Cross Blue Shield insurers and a growing regional hospital and physician network. Based in Pittsburgh, Pa., Highmark Health’s 35,000 employees serve millions of customers nationwide through the nonprofit organization’s affiliated businesses, which include Highmark Inc., Allegheny Health Network, HM Insurance Group, United Concordia Dental, HM Health Solutions and HM Home & Community Services. Highmark Health’s businesses proudly serve a broad spectrum of health-related needs including health insurance, health care delivery, population health management, dental solutions, reinsurance solutions, and innovative, technology solutions.