Mental Health Aide

LCMC Health•New Orleans, LA

About The Position

Your job is more than a job. Why a Great Place to Work: You’re more than your job. Everyone is. And that’s what makes you great at your job—all the little extras you bring to work every day, the things that make you you. At LCMC Health we value those things about you, because we know that all those little extras add up to extraordinary. And we’ve built a culture that supports and celebrates the extraordinary. You’ll see it when you come to work here, in the spirit of our places and the faces of our people. And every patient we heal, every family we comfort, every life we improve is the outcome of countless little extras adding up to an extraordinary result. Join LCMC Health, and you’ll find that our everyday makes it easy to live your extraordinary. This job description is intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by employees assigned to this department. This is not an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities, and LCMC Health reserves the right to amend and change responsibilities to meet organizational needs as necessary.

Requirements

High School Diploma/GED or equivalent OR 2 years of work experience.
Basic Life Support Health Care Provider (CPR, BLS) - American Heart Association
Non-Violent Crisis Prevention (CPI, NCI-CPI) - Crisis Prevention Institute (CPI training recommended during orientation period)

Responsibilities

Assists in maintaining a safe and therapeutic milieu by monitoring compliance with program rules.
Provides assistance to security and supportive manpower by assisting in control of patients.
Constantly monitors the facility for hazards or harmful items in the environment.
Reports any safety issues to nursing staff, assists nurses with patient care tasks and other duties assigned.
Constantly monitors patients in the facility according to precautions and completes patient observation sheets on assigned patients.
Conducts group sessions (i.e., community group and activity therapy) with and without a preset agenda and format in the absence of social workers or expressive therapists.
Actively employs therapeutically acceptable sensitivity and skills in managing inappropriate patient behavior, difficult people, and complex situations.
Actively reassesses safety and precautions prior, during and post group sessions.
Documents significant occurrences, observed behaviors, hazards I&O (if ordered), observation findings in patient charts and reports to nurse.
Performs clerical duties related to support of unit activities as assigned, assists with admission of patients, obtaining weights and vital signs, logging in patient belongings and specimen collection.
Communicates in a courteous and polite manner, responds with appropriate verbal and nonverbal expressions.
Offers assistance to visitors and other employees of the hospital as needed.
Maintains a calm, poised attitude and composure in stressful and demanding environments.
Adheres to all privacy laws and hospital policies regarding patient confidentiality.