Mental Health Worker I - Continuous Posting

Description

This is an open and continuous posting for Full-time positions on ALL shifts (days, evenings, and nights).

The Lemuel Shattuck Hospital and the Department of Mental Health (DMH) are seeking dynamic candidates who will provide direct care services to individuals by participating and instructing activities of daily living including, but not limited to personal care, supporting autonomy / independence and recreation / leisure to ensure daily needs and human rights are met.

Our Mental Health Workers ensure dignity and respect with our patients through interactions which affirm the individual’s needs and preferences and by optimally integrating their perspective into all facets of care.

Schedule :

• Day shift - 6 : 45am- 3 : 15pm
• Evening shift - 2 : 45pm- 11 : 15pm
• Night shift - 11 : 00pm -7 : 00 am

Employees in this position will be required to perform mandatory overtime.

Duties and Responsibilities (these duties are a general summary and not all inclusive) :

• Provide direct care services in the skills of daily living by instructing and / or assisting patients in feeding, bathing, toileting, dressing, cleaning, and clothing maintenance, oral and physical hygiene, and self-preservation.
• Assist in taking and reporting vital signs to ensure the daily needs, dignity and human rights of the patients are met.
• Establish rapport with all patients, in order to better serve them and to promote safety; as well as practice the principles of Safety, Hope and Healing.
• Deliver trauma-informed care, utilizing de-escalation techniques and the patients’ Individual Crisis Plans.
• Provide 15-minute checks and 1 : 1 or constant observation as ordered; responding efficiently and effectively to emergency situations.
• Champion a commitment to treating all patients with dignity and respect through interactions which affirm the individual’s needs and preferences and by optimally integrating the patient’s perspective into all facets of care.
• Advocate for patients, facilitate timely resolution of patient concerns and assist patients in the exercise of their rights.
• Attend patient / client related review meetings and act as a member of an interdisciplinary team as needed.

Required Qualifications :

• Demonstrated ability to follow written and oral instructions by gathering information through observing and questioning individuals.
• Ability to communicate effectively in oral expression, writing clearly and concisely, and developing ideas in logical sequence.
• Ability to perform basic mathematics.
• Ability to interact with people who are under emotional stress.
• Ability to maintain a calm manner in stressful or emergency situations.
• Capacity to work in a team setting and in group situations.

Preferred Qualifications :

• Experience working with individuals with serious, persistent mental illness, substance abuse and / or who have experienced homelessness.
• Given the population served, bilingual or multilingual fluency
• Knowledge of safety practices and procedures followed in a mental health facility.

About Shattuck Hospital :

At the Lemuel Shattuck Hospital, we take pride in helping people recover from illnesses and conditions that are often underserved or difficult to manage in other health care settings.

The DMH units within the Hospital provide inpatient psychiatric services to adults with serious mental illness with the goal of enhancing autonomy, safety and return to the community.