Mental Health Worker Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• High school graduation supplemented by at least two years of college or related experience.
• At least one year of experience in a psychiatric facility, such as an inpatient unit or outpatient psychiatric clinic.
• Ability to deal effectively with agitated or aggressive and potentially violent patients.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Ability to meet the physical demands of the role, including prolonged standing and walking; use of sight, hearing, and touch; frequent bending, reaching, pushing, pulling, twisting, and lifting; and assisting with pushing, pulling, or lifting patients weighing 5 to 300 pounds.

Responsibilities

• Provide individualized patient care that ensures patient safety and dignity, following the patient care plan while preserving safety, dignity, and autonomy.
• Assist nursing staff in maintaining a therapeutic milieu that supports safety, care, and treatment on the unit.
• Initiate individual and group patient activities and social interactions consistent with the patient's plan of care and unit safety.
• Participate in unit activities that promote competency and a safe, cohesive nursing treatment team.
• Attend staff meetings regularly and read published staff meeting information regularly.
• Demonstrate exemplary customer service to patients, families and friends, physicians, staff, and support department personnel.