Mental Health Treatment Aide - Correctional Health Services Tuesday-Saturday (2pm-10pm) Various Locations (29807)

Physician Affiliate Group of New York•New York, NY

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Employed by PAGNY for The Division of Correctional Health Services (CHS) of New York City Health + Hospitals (H+H), this role is responsible for delivering medical care, mental health care, and discharge planning within the jail system. Approximately 25% of new admissions to the NYC jail system annually receive care on the mental health service. This service aims to provide safe, holistic, and evidence-based therapeutic interventions for a diverse range of mental health issues, from serious mental illness to the challenges associated with incarceration. The service offers comprehensive and unique treatment modalities, including specialty housing units for individuals with serious mental illness, a 24-hour on-call psychiatric service, robust creative arts programming, a strong DBT training program, clinics in each facility, substance use treatment, integrated re-entry services, and collaborations with multiple training institutions across the city. PAGNY is one of the largest multi-disciplinary groups in the country, nurturing healthcare providers for the most vulnerable patients in New York City, comprising over 4,000 physicians and healthcare professionals who serve NYC Health + Hospitals.

Requirements

An associate's degree in criminal justice, Social Services or health related area
A High School diploma or a GED and two years of full-time experience in Nursing Behavioral Health or another related field.
Ability to carry out written and oral instructions
Ability to establish successful interpersonal relationships with patients and co-workers

Responsibilities

In collaboration with the interdisciplinary team, perform crisis and/or de-escalation interventions, therapeutic observations, conducts groups, conducts patient supervision and other behavioral health related duties.
Orients patients to the unit policies, procedures, rules, regulations and routine schedule
Utilizes crisis and/or de-escalation intervention practices, when necessary and appropriate, with patient whose behavior cannot be otherwise supported without such interventions
Identifies patient characteristics and environmental variables that may trigger agitated behaviors(s) and communicates such information to the treatment team
Performs patient's checks/rounds as required
Communicates clinical matters to assigned Mental Health/DOC or other professional staff as required; reports any unusual findings or changes in physical/medical or emotional conditions to their supervisor that may affect the patient or the therapeutic milieu
Escorts patient to groups or other required locations as directed
Performs 1:1 monitoring of patients for behavioral management/modification purposes
Participates in departmental clinical training as required
May lead or co-lead groups/activities in areas such as anger management techniques and practices, and appropriately documents group activities
Responds appropriately to patient emergencies and cooperates with DOC staff when necessary to support the safety of the unit
Participates in regularly scheduled, in person 1:1 supervision with the MHTA supervisor or designee
Demonstrates a professional appearance and demeanor at all times
Performs other appropriate mental health duties as directed by team leaders or supervisors
Engage DOC staff when there is any incident of violence on the unit or when contraband is found on the unit or there is suspicion of contraband
Prior to each tour, appropriately debrief DOC custodial staff regarding problematic patients or issues on the unit
When officers arrive on the unit for an emergency the MHTA must take a secondary role in resolving the crisis