General Description:

Under direct supervision of the Charge RN and Program Manager will utilize behavioral interventions, medical and technical skills to provide support to the patient care team.

Essential Responsibilities:

Responsibilities listed in this section are core to the position. Inability to perform these responsibilities with or without an accommodation may result in disqualification from the position.

• Assists in identifying patients’ problems, needs, and strengths.

• Assists in providing treatment plan to patient based on observations of patients’ behavior; and provide input into discharge planning.

• Participates in implementing patients’ treatment plan by monitoring patients’ progress; and communicates information regarding patients’ behavior to other members of the team.

• Detects and identifies unsafe environmental conditions and patient behaviors.

• Facilitates patients in therapeutic activities.

• Monitors patients in clinical and medical therapies.

• Monitors, engages in and promotes a safe patient milieu.

• Continuous monitoring of the therapeutic environment for safety concerns.

• Assists patients in carrying out activities of daily living; such as hygiene needs that can include showering and toileting

• Accompanies and transports patients.

• Takes/records blood pressures, temperatures, pulse and weighs patients.

• Performs blood glucose monitoring.

• Collects specimens as directed.

• Completes annual  NCI and behavioral health specific training modules

• Takes emergency actions as required.

• Reports symptoms and significant changes in patient’s condition or behavior to RN.

• Assists with admission, discharge and transfer process.

• Transports patients to and from various treatment areas within the hospital when necessary; assists transporters in moving patients in and out of stretchers and wheelchairs.

• Keeps the patient’s room in clean and orderly condition; makes beds, replaces soiled linen.

• Assists in restocking rooms with supplies and equipment as directed.

• Duties may be performed for one patient or more than one patient.

• When assigned to one patient as a safety attendant (1:1 assignment), provides care, observes the patient and remains within 3 feet of the patient at all times with constant visual monitoring.

• Restores and maintains a safe and secure environment by implementing measures under NCI.

• Intervenes with NCI during patient episodes of aggressive and potentially violent behavior causing risk of harm to self or other patients on the unit.

General Responsibilities:

• Performs other duties as assigned

Minimum Qualifications:

Education: None

Experience: Six (6) months experience in a healthcare setting OR completion of a related vocational health education course of at least 3 months OR completion of the first semester of courses in the major of an Associate or Bachelor’s Degree program in Psychology, nursing, or related field.

License(s)/Certification(s)/Registration(s) Required: Current Basic Life Support issued by the American Heart Association required upon hire.  Nonviolent Crisis Intervention training required within 3 months of hire.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Ability to work with others as a team to ensure quality patient care.

• Basic  knowledge of computer systems and good interpersonal skills.

• Good interpersonal skills.

• Ability to work effectively in stressful situations.

• Ability to respond appropriately to emergency situations. Knowledge of Nonviolent Crisis Intervention (NCI).