Psychiatric Care Specialist

2 days ago


Bangor, Maine, United States Northern Light Health Full time
Job Title: Psychiatric Care Specialist

Join our team at Northern Light Health as a Psychiatric Care Specialist, providing therapeutic care for individuals with mental illness, substance use disorders, and intellectual disorders.

Job Summary:

The Psychiatric Care Specialist functions within the multidisciplinary treatment team under the supervision of professional staff. This role assists patients with activities of daily living, including personal care, and aids in recovery with a focus on social, emotional, and physical wellbeing.

Responsibilities:
  • Monitor patients' physical and emotional well-being and report changes in behavior or physical ailments to professional staff.
  • Respond to patient needs, taking into consideration developmental stage and psychiatric symptoms.
  • Maintain a safe environment, complying with Northern Light Health policies and procedures, and report and directly address environmental hazards and violations of patient safety policy and/or protocol when involved or observed.
  • Perform other duties as requested.
Requirements:
  • High School Diploma/General Educational Development (GED) required.
  • Ability to work with computers, typing, reading, or writing.
  • Prolonged periods of sitting, standing, and walking.
  • Lifting, moving, and loading less than 20 pounds.
About Northern Light Health:

Northern Light Health is a broad behavioral health delivery system centrally managed from its location in Bangor, Maine. We are a leader in providing comprehensive inpatient and outpatient services, tele-psychiatry, consultations to regional emergency departments, school-based and employer-based services, and integration into primary and specialty care practices.

We offer innovative programming in the form of eating disorder services and a geriatric mood and memory clinic, which is involved in multiple clinical trials for promising Alzheimer's medications. Our hospital is also the parent organization of Northern Light Acadia Healthcare, which provides a substance use disorder treatment program, case management, and other outpatient mental health services serving patients from all corners of Maine.

We are committed to service excellence and high-quality care, as evidenced by our commitment to achieve Center of Excellence status in the delivery of behavioral health services.

Bangor, Maine is a vibrant small city with easy access to Maine's spectacular coast, mountains, and lakes. Schools rank among New England's best, with the flagship campus of the University of Maine located in the neighboring town of Orono. Bangor serves as the regional hub for medicine, the arts, and commerce, with Bangor International Airport offering direct and one-stop service to many major destinations.



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