Mental Health Care Specialist

3 weeks ago


Morgantown, West Virginia, United States WVU Medicine Full time

Welcome to WVU Medicine, where we're dedicated to providing exceptional care to our patients. As a Mental Health Specialist, you'll play a vital role in delivering paraprofessional mental health care under supervision. In collaboration with nursing staff, you'll maintain a therapeutic milieu, ensuring a safe and supportive environment for our patients.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Facilitate and/or co-facilitate the therapeutic group process
  • Apply effective communication techniques in collaborating with members of the interdisciplinary team and in interacting with patients and significant others in therapeutic relationships
  • Provide structure and maintain a therapeutic milieu, as an active member of the mental health team, taking developmental age of patient into account (as determined and directed by the master treatment plan)
  • Utilize the master treatment plan for assistance in identifying and implementing developmental age appropriate interventions with patients
  • Implement appropriate interventions and document patient's responses in the medical record using the DAR format under the supervision of a registered nurse

Requirements:

  • Two years of college study OR Two years of experience in inpatient acute psychiatric care
  • Obtain certification in HeartSaver First Aid within 30 days of hire date
  • Successful completion of the criminal identification bureau check and maintenance of a personal record that would not disqualify him/her for employment due to illegal activities

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Bachelor of Science in Psychology, Social Work, or Nursing preferred

Working Environment:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Heavy/hard work: work requires strength and/or stamina, lifting, moving, stooping, reaching, standing, walking, and occasionally physical restraint of a patient.



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