Mental Health Support Specialist

1 week ago

Bakersfield, California, United States Integrated Practice Management LLC Full time
Job Summary

We are seeking a skilled Mental Health Worker to join our team at Integrated Practice Management LLC. As a Mental Health Worker, you will play a vital role in providing basic care, comfort, and safety to our residents. You will establish a therapeutic relationship with assigned guests and facilitate the maintenance of a therapeutic milieu.

Key Responsibilities
  • Monitor guests for safety and needs throughout the shift
  • Daily calling guests and assignment of facility amenities, such as shower availability
  • Updating patient schedule
  • Monitoring unit for safety
  • Patient care: assuring relevant information is passed on to the treatment team
  • Documents changes in observed or reported patient behaviors
  • Intervenes in crisis situations
  • Maintains awareness of guests' rights
  • Answers the phone as needed
  • Assists LVN in seeing guests in the home, and physicians and other medical personnel in completing encounters outside of the home
  • Maintains unit rules
  • Assists guests on smoke breaks
  • Assists with new admissions including search of guests and their belongings, inventory belongings of new admissions, orient new guests to the home, start new 15-minute check on new admissions
  • Maintains safety and cleanliness of home and guests
  • Encourages guests to attend services
  • Charts observation notes in record
  • Empties soiled linen hamper
  • Documents group intervention progress notes
  • Monitors guests during visiting hours and visits off the Unit
  • Provides continual observation to one or two guests, as needed in elevated risk situations
  • Provides hands-on restraint as directed by Handle With Care procedures when risk to safety of patient or others is required
  • Provides CPR/First Aid intervention using certified trained techniques when life of the guest is in danger, following BLS protocols
  • Facilitates med pass schedule by reminding patients of times when meds are prescribed and reading directions out loud for each patient, prior to patient self-administration
  • Assists patients to monitor selfcare for chronic disease management, including assisting patients to use supportive devices such as blood pressure monitors, when the LVN is not available
Requirements
  • High school diploma; Bachelor degree in health-related field preferred
  • One-year experience in inpatient psychiatric setting or supportive congregate housing setting preferred
  • Current BLS
Physical Demands

a. Physical Activity: Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 to 25 pounds of force frequently, and/or greater than negligible up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.

b. Working Hazards or Risks – routine hazards and risks involved in performing nursing activities, including potential exposure to infectious processes, potential exposure to hazardous substance, potential musculoskeletal injuries.

Handle With Care certification or substantially similar certification in crisis de-escalation (e.g. PART, Pro-Act) required and may be provided by employer

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