3rd Shift LEAD TECH - MH/BH (NO DEGREE)

UHS • College Park, GA

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About The Position

The Lead Mental Health Aide provides direct care to adolescents and adult patients with psychiatric disorders to ensure the safety and well-being of the patients. Lead MHAs have the primary responsibility for ensuring the patient’s safety on the unit. Lead MHAs are responsible for understanding and using the least restrictive interventions per facility policy and avoiding seclusion and restraint whenever possible.
Act as Team Leader for other Mental Health Aide Tech, providing supervision support to MHA’s as directed by charge nurse and milieu manager.
About Universal Health Services
One of the nation’s largest and most respected providers of hospital and healthcare services, Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS) has built an impressive record of achievement and performance. Growing steadily since its inception into an esteemed Fortune 500 corporation, annual revenues were $15.8 billion in 2024. UHS was again recognized as one of the World’s Most Admired Companies by Fortune; listed in Forbes ranking of America’s Largest Public Companies. Headquartered in King of Prussia, PA, UHS has approximately 99,000 employees and continues to grow through its subsidiaries. Operating acute care hospitals, behavioral health facilities, outpatient facilities and ambulatory care access points, an insurance offering, a physician network and various related services located all over the U.S. States, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom. www.uhs.com

Requirements

• High school diploma required
• 1 to 3 years of experience

Responsibilities

• Assist in providing nursing unit orientation to new hire MHAs, including duties and responsibilities.
• Assist in the admission process, including obtaining vital signs, safety search of patient and belongings, obtaining urine specimens and orienting new patients to the unit and their program.
• Monitor vitals signs and assist patients with activities of daily living. Monitor unit MHAs compliance with assigned vital signs and ADLs
• Ensure precaution protocols are followed, and encourage patients to actively participate in all program activities.
• Assign group coverage as directed by Charge Nurse, monitor that groups are appropriately planned and presented for designated population.
• Participate in hospital emergency codes necessary to the unit’s and the hospital’s safe operation.
• Maintain patient, program, department and related documentation ensuring that forms are properly and promptly completed and routed. When assigned by Charge Nurse, assist the milieu manager to oversee that MHAs on unit are completing assigned paperwork.
• Performs safety rounds on assigned unit and completes required documentation.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees