Psych Aide 1 (WAE)

About this Job

Division : Within the Nursing Department at ELMHS Located in Jackson LA but may be used to fill a vacancy within another department

The Mission of ELMHS is to provide mental health evaluation treatment habilitation and consultation for adults. Programs include inpatient interventions jail based evaluations supervised group home and residential programs forensic evaluation care custody and aftercare; intermediate and long term psychiatric are in coordination with the total system of care in Louisiana

ELMHS is looking for a motivated detail-oriented and positive individual to join our team as a Psych Aide 1.

Minimum Qualifications

No experience or training required.

Job Specification

The official job specifications for this role as defined by the State Civil Service can be found here .

Job Duties and Other Information

In this role you will :

• Attend report and accepts patient care assignment for assigned shift.
• Maintain a therapeutic environment correctly identify patient growth and development stage and communicate according to level of understanding stage of growth and development.
• Ensure patient safety and demonstrate ability to identify potential or real safety hazards corresponding to individual patient stage of growth and development.
• Conduct patient groups under the direction of RN staff and documents patient participation; participate in treatment team staffing provide nursing input and notifies appropriate personnel when patient conditions or behaviors change.
• Perform routine nursing duties according to level of competency and within licensure guidelines and documents findings or patients responses accurately and timely.
• Maintain open communication with supervisors reports accidents injuries according to policy and procedure and participates willingly in investigations provides incident reports when appropriate.
• Maintain a current and unencumbered motor vehicle license

Position-Specific Details :

Appointment Type : WAE

Louisiana is a State As a Model Employer (SAME) that supports the recruitment hiring and retention of individuals with disabilities.

How To Apply :

No Civil Service test score is required in order to be considered for this vacancy.

To apply for this vacancy click on the Apply link above and complete an electronic application which can be used for this vacancy as well as future job opportunities. Applicants are responsible for checking the status of their application to determine where they are in the recruitment process. Further status message information is located under the Information section of the Current Job Opportunities page.

Contact Information :

For further information about this vacancy contact :

Leigh Moore

ELMHS HR

Key Skills

Culinary Experience,Restaurant Experience,Food Preparation Experience,Food Service,Kitchen Experience,Dietary Aide Experience,Serving Experience,Cooking,Dietary Department Experience,Sanitation,Food Production Experience,Meal Preparation

Employment Type : Unclear

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1

Monthly Salary Salary : 1733 - 3120