Mental Health Specialist (nights)
About The Position
This position is for a Mental Health Specialist working night shifts with 12-hour shifts and requires working every other weekend. The role involves managing the milieu, providing direct patient care, facilitating therapeutic activities, and engaging in continuous learning. The specialist will promote a safe and healing environment, conduct patient rounds, set therapeutic limits, assist patients with daily living activities, and serve as a patient advocate. Additionally, the role includes leading or co-leading groups, escorting patients, and supervising them during outings. Continuous learning is expected through participation in committees, in-services, and annual training.
Requirements
- High School Diploma
- License to operate a motor vehicle in the state of Texas.
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor’s degree in Psychology or a mental health-related field
- Commensurate work experience (3 or more years in mental health care role) in lieu of completed degree
- Prior experience in a mental health setting
Responsibilities
- Promote and maintain a safe environment conducive to healing and health promotion.
- Conduct patient environmental and safety rounds in accordance with Menninger policy.
- Report patient and staff safety concerns to the charge nurse or supervisor.
- Demonstrate an understanding of the need for situation monitoring and awareness to provide a continually safe environment.
- Maintain a clean, orderly environment.
- Establish therapeutic relationships with patients.
- Provide effective and therapeutic limit setting with patients, seeking team alliance and input as needed.
- Provide direct patient care and in activities of daily living in a goal-directed manner consistent with the assigned program and plan of care.
- Collect focused data to contribute to the assessment of individual strengths and limitations.
- Directly assist patients with showering, oral hygiene, laundry and other activities of daily living as needed.
- Assure orientation of newly admitted patients to the program.
- Reinforce treatment structures for individual patients as indicated.
- Provide input to the patient‘s assigned nurse and other healthcare professionals assigned to the patient regarding patient’s progress towards treatment goals.
- Serve as a patient advocate.
- Initiate and maintain a supportive relationship with patients; facilitate the development of appropriate behaviors, self-expression, and social interaction.
- Actively encourage patient participation in assigned activities and scheduled meetings.
- Assist patients to utilize free time in a healthy manner.
- Initiate interactions in a supportive and therapeutic manner.
- Escort patients to on and off ground appointments in accordance with Menninger policy.
- Supervise patients on and off grounds during leisure time outings in accordance with program structure and Menninger policy.
- Actively participate, lead or co-lead in psycho-educational groups with patients as assigned.
- Regularly perform assigned rounds in accordance with Menninger policy.
- Maintain professional boundaries and confidences with patients and staff.
- Demonstrate good judgment and appropriate behavior for the clinical setting including characteristics such as grooming, personal appearance, speech and hygiene.
- Actively participate in unit and system wide committees.
- Attend in-services provided at TMC.
- Complete all annual training.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
High school or GED
