Mental Health Worker (w/ CNA preferred) PT Eves D2

Butler Hospital; Providence (RI); On-site; USD 30,000 - 50,000; Part time

Job summary

A healthcare facility in Providence, Rhode Island is seeking a Mental Health Worker for part-time evening shifts. The role involves acting as a patient advocate, assisting registered nurses, and ensuring a safe, therapeutic environment for patients with mental health challenges. A Bachelor’s degree in social sciences is preferred, along with experience working with mentally ill individuals. Excellent written communication skills are essential for this position, which includes a pay differential for candidates with an active CNA License.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in social sciences preferred or comparable behavioral health experience.
• Experience in working with mentally ill and/or developmentally delayed clients.
• Excellent written skills are a must.

Responsibilities

• Provide role as patient advocate through role modeling and communication.
• Assist registered nurses in direct patient care and daily living activities.
• Ensure safe and therapeutic environment through observation and interaction.

Skills

Excellent written skills

Experience with mentally ill clients

Education

Bachelor’s degree in social sciences

Job description

Mental Health Worker (w/ CNA preferred) PT Eves D2

Job Summary: Provides role as patient advocate through his/ /her own role modeling of standards of performance and by communicating and meeting patients’ needs for service. Assists registered nurses in direct care of patients, specifically patients’ activities of daily living. Insures a safe and therapeutic environment on the unit through observation monitoring, interacting and providing/assisting in groups

Specifications: Bachelor’s degree in any of the social sciences preferred and/or comparable behavioral health experience may be substituted for the degree requirement.

Experience in working with mentally ill and/or developmentally delayed clients.

Candidate must have excellent written skills.

C.N.A. Preferred: 2% Pay Differential Available to Applicants who maintain an Active CNA License.

Schedule: 20/40 Part Time Nights - Every Other Weekend

Delmonico 2 (Kent Unit) is an Adult Inpatient General Treatment Unit that serves the uninsured.

EEOC Statement: Care New England is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status

Ethics Statement: Employee conducts himself/herself consistent with the ethical standards of the organization including, but not limited to hospital policy, mission, vision, and values.

Americans with Disability Act Statement: External and internal applicants, as well as position incumbents who become disabled must be able to perform the essential job-specific functions either unaided or with the assistance of a reasonable accommodation, to be determined by the organization on a case-by-case basis.