Mental Health Worker

Brown-University-Health-1; Providence (RI); On-site; USD 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Brown University Health's Psychiatric Unit seeks a Mental Health Worker to support the Professional Nurse and Clinical Manager by providing direct care and maintaining a safe, therapeutic milieu for adults.

You will participate in treatment planning, communicate plans to the team, implement agreed-upon interventions, monitor patient progress, document sessions, and assist with activities of daily living and patient rounds.

Qualifications

• Associate Degree required.
• Baccalaureate Degree in a Human Service or related field preferred.
• Other education and experience may substitute at Hiring Manager's discretion.
• Must demonstrate aptitude and willingness to learn role related skills.
• Current BLS certification.
• Current RIH Crisis Management certification or current enrollment.
• Knowledge and skills to provide care to patients throughout the life span.

Responsibilities

• Actively participate in treatment planning with the nurse to develop the initial problem list and plan.
• Communicate treatment plans with the multidisciplinary team.
• Implement the plan per unit policies and maintain therapeutic limits.
• Review treatment plans and problem lists daily.
• Document significant patient/family interactions on flowsheets promptly.
• Observe activities of daily living and assist with personal care as defined by the plan.
• Establish therapeutic relationships and encourage participation in recreational activities.
• Record patient behavior during rounds and report anomalies to nursing staff.

Education

Associate Degree

Baccalaureate Degree in Human Service or related field

Current BLS certification

Current RIH Crisis Management certification

Life span care knowledge

Job description

SUMMARY

The Mental Health Worker functions under the direction of the Professional Nurse and is responsible to the Clinical Manager. This position provides direct care and maintains a safe and therapeutic milieu for a select group of patients on the Psychiatric Unit. Provides services to the adult population.Brown University Health employees are expected to successfully role model the organization's values of Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence as these values guide our everyday actions with patients, customers and one another.In addition to our values, all employees are expected to demonstrate the core Success Factors which tell us how we work together and how we get things done. The core Success Factors include:Instill Trust and Value DifferencesPatient and Community Focus and Collaborate

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Actively participates in the treatment planning process by completing selected areas on the assessment form and collaborating with the Professional Nurse to develop the initial problem list and treatment plan.
• Communicates individual treatment plans with other members of the multidisciplinary team.
• Implements the treatment plan in accordance with unit policies and procedures and demonstrates the ability to set consistent and supportive therapeutic limits within unit and department standards.
• Reviews treatment plans and problem lists on a daily basis.
• Assist in the evaluation of care by providing input at team meetings.
• Documents significant patient/family interactions on flowsheet in a timely manner.
• Observe patients in activities of daily living in accordance with the treatment plan (personal hygiene, ambulation, shaving, etc.).
• Establishes therapeutic relationships with patients and encourages their participation in recreational and other therapeutic activities.
• Consistently models appropriate and therapeutic interpersonal staff/patient interactions to other patients/families.
• Conduct patient rounds to observe and record patient's behavior and reports any unusual behavior to nursing staff.
• Initiates formalnformal supervision and incorporates feedback for improvement in job performance.
• Organizes and participates in recreational activities.
• Demonstrates analytical skills and an understanding of psychiatric illnesses and organizes recreational activities to meet psycho-social and intellectual need of patients.
• Responsible for maintaining cleanliness of the group room and reporting any safety hazards to supervisor.
• Demonstrates interpersonal and communication skills to effectively interact with patient/families as well as other members of the healthcare team.
• Manages aggressive/destructive behavior by providing timely therapeutic interventions.
• Assists in placing patients in seclusion and/or restraints according to policy and procedures.
• Assists in patient and room searches.
• Escorts patients to other departments in the hospital.
• Maintains patient confidentiality and respects patient right to privacy.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• BASIC KNOWLEDGE: Associate Degree required.
• Baccalaureate Degree ina Human Service or related field preferred.
• Other education andexperience considered and may be substituted for educational requirements atthe discretion of the Hiring Manager.
• Must demonstrate aptitude and willingnessto learn role related skills.
• Current BLS certification.
• Current RIH Crisis Management certification or current enrollment.
• Demonstrated knowledge and skills necessary to provide care to patients throughout the life span, with consideration of aging processes, human development stages and cultural patterns in each step of the care process.

WORK ENVIRONMENT AND PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• General hospital environment with occasional stressful conditions associated with patient care.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITY

• None

Pay Range:

• -

Location:

• Rhode Island Hospital - 593 Eddy Street Providence, Rhode Island 02903

Work Type:

• 7a-7p, every other weekend/holiday

Work Shift:

• Day

Driving Required:

• No

Union:

• United Nurses And Allied Professional

Brown University Health is committed to providing equal employment opportunities and maintaining a work environment free from all forms of unlawful discrimination and harassment.