Mental Health Assistant - Full Time - Shift/Hours Varies - Atlantic Health Morristown Medical Center, NJ
About The Position
The Mental Health Assistant at Atlantic Health's Morristown Medical Center is responsible for performing basic, routine duties related directly and indirectly to the nursing care of patients. Atlantic Health is one of the leading non-profit health care systems in the nation, headquartered in Morristown, New Jersey, with over 22,000 team members. Their promise is to provide the highest quality care delivered at the right time, at the right place, and at the right cost. The system includes various medical centers, groups, and services, and has received numerous awards and recognitions, including being chosen for 17 years by Fortune as one of the magazine’s “100 Best Companies to Work For” and named by Newsweek as one of the “World’s Best Hospitals.” Morristown Medical Center specifically is a nationally-recognized leader in cardiology and heart surgery, orthopedics, gynecology, geriatrics, gastroenterology and GI surgery, pulmonology and lung surgery, and urology. It is a Magnet Hospital for Excellence in Nursing Service and a Level I Regional Trauma Center. Atlantic Behavioral Health emphasizes the significant role behavioral health plays in the healing process, offering a variety of mental health services on an inpatient and outpatient basis, including intensive outpatient programs, with a team of highly trained psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, and licensed clinicians.
Responsibilities
- Takes and records TPR and reports deviations from normal to primary or Charge Nurse.
- Obtains specimens as assigned (e.g., urine, stool, sputum).
- Weighs patient and records weight.
- Assists patient with activities of daily living including skin care (e.g., bathes, dress, ambulate and assists with meals).
- Records oral intake and urinary output.
- Performs assigned treatments (e.g., changes simple dressings).
- Communicates effectively with Charge Nurse/primary nurse regarding patients needs and requests.
- Orients patient to environment and develops rapport with patients, family and significant others.
- Assists in patient management including de-escalation, alternative activities to prevent restraint and seclusion and physically assists in patient containment, restraint or seclusion under the direction of the Registered Nurse.
- Performs admission and unit searches as assigned by the Registered Nurse to include shake, pat and observation of patient belongings as well as visual searches of same gender patients on admission.
- Keeps patient unit and non-patient unit clean (e.g., wipes tables, neatens storage rooms, pantries and other areas).
- Prepares bedside unit for new admissions (e.g., stocks with bedpan, tissues, water, cups).
- Applies principles of infection control and safety in the work environment.
- Reports significant unit problems to charge nurse.
- Ensures that contraband is not introduced into the unit environment by property search, unit rounds and visitor monitoring.
- Monitors visiting sessions as assigned by the Charge Nurse.
- Assists in transporting patients to/from designated areas as assigned (e.g. recreation activities, testing, court).
- Assists with unit therapeutic activities as directed by the Registered Nurse.
- Ensures a safe unit environment through rounding, patient observation, reporting environmental issues or patient problems to the Registered Nurse.
- Effectively utilizes the hospital computer system as it pertains to job responsibilities and in accordance with hospital policy.
- Participates in orientation of mental health assistants.
- Participates in unit committees.
- Assists other personnel as necessary.
Benefits
- Medical, Dental, Vision, Prescription Coverage (22.5 hours per week or above for full-time and part-time team members)
- Life & AD&D Insurance.
- Short-Term and Long-Term Disability (with options to supplement)
- 403(b) Retirement Plan: Employer match, additional non-elective contribution
- PTO & Paid Sick Leave
- Tuition Assistance, Advancement & Academic Advising
- Parental, Adoption, Surrogacy Leave
- Backup and On-Site Childcare
- Well-Being Rewards
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Fertility Benefits, Healthy Pregnancy Program
- Flexible Spending & Commuter Accounts
- Pet, Home & Auto, Identity Theft and Legal Insurance
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
Number of Employees
501-1,000 employees
