Title : Mental Health Worker

Location : Concord, NH

Duration : 13 weeks

Pay : $21 / hr on w2

Shift : 5x8, 3p-11p evening shift, EOW

Job Summary / qualifications :

• Assisting in admission procedures.
• Searching for contraband.
• Orienting the patient to the unit / hospital environment.
• Identifying and recording patient valuables.
• Completing documentation requirements.
• Communicating any significant changes in patient status and reporting all untoward patient actions or symptoms to medical staff in charge to assure safety and continuity of care.
• Supervising and supporting patients as necessary in bathing, showering and other hygiene needs.
• Maintaining awareness of patients' dietary needs and providing records of nutritional intake.
• Monitoring and providing a safe and clean environment as prescribed by standards relating to fire safety and infection control.
• Utilizing a supportive approach with anxious and agitated patients.
• Identifying needs for walk groups or any other activities that will allow patients space to feel supported and to de-escalate potential situations that could create unsafe environments for staff and patients.
• Demonstrating basic knowledge of patient histories and conditions.
• Providing testimony during legal proceedings to provide support while maintaining patient confidentiality.
• Implementing individualized plans of care by reinforcing treatment goals during daily, continual interactions.
• Purposely observing patient behaviors by documenting objective data as well as subjective inference (i.e. suicidal tendencies, patient gait, medication side effects).
• Escorting, supporting and supervising patients at appointments, legal proceedings, home placements and other activities as necessary to ensure patient safety.
• Participating in quality improvement data collection and completing all mandatory review classes to maintain competencies.
• Seeking out and appropriately utilizing supervision from Nursing Coordinator or designee in order to ensure safe practices.
• Exploring opportunities to expand scope of knowledge where applicable through continuing education.

Should you be interested, let's discuss this briefly at your earliest convenience and please feel free to contact me at 703-652-6500, my name is Katie, I am available from Mon to Fri at 8a-5p EST.

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Last updated : 2024-05-21