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Behavioral Health Specialist - Flex/PRNAlan B. Miller Medical Center • Chicago, IL, United States
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Behavioral Health Specialist - Flex/PRN

Behavioral Health Specialist - Flex/PRN

Alan B. Miller Medical Center • Chicago, IL, United States
21 days ago
Job type
  • Full-time
Job description

Mental Health Specialist

The Mental Health Specialist provides direct patient care under the supervision of a registered nurse. Primary responsibilities include the provision of a safe and therapeutic milieu, crisis intervention and activities of daily living.

Qualifications:

  • Education: High School diploma or GED required accompanied with 5+ years of related psychiatric experience. Associates Degree accepted along with comparable experience.
  • Experience: One-year experience working within the mental health field, or an equivalent amount of college accredited school work or internship experience.
  • Licensure/Certification: State of IL EMT & Paramedic Certificate
  • Qualifications Desired:
    • Education: Bachelor's Degree in Psychology or related field strongly preferred.
    • Experience: One-year of experience working within an inpatient psychiatric hospital with children, adolescents and adults. Prior experience with utilizing crisis intervention verbal and physical techniques. Experience conducting group therapy sessions, performing vital signs and documenting nursing progress notes.

Essential Job Functions:

  • Perform all crisis intervention techniques (verbal and physical) and respond to code situations
  • Monitor and ensure patient safety at all times via continuous Q15 minute rounding
  • Ability to therapeutically communicate with patients
  • Ability to recognize and communicate the physical and psychological status of the patients under their care
  • Assist patient with Activities of Daily Living when necessary

Nonessential Job Functions:

  • Maintain a clean work setting and milieu
  • Assist in the transporting of patients to and from the hospital when needed
  • Performing vital signs on patients
  • Perform other duties as assigned

Success Factors/Job Competencies:

  • Positive therapeutic relationships and interventions with patients
  • Service Excellence with all customers
  • Ability to use least restrictive measures
  • Clear and concise documentation
  • Adherence to Hospital Attendance policies

Physical Demands and Work Environment:

Environmental Conditions: Exposure to psychiatric patients who may exhibit violent/aggressive behavior. Potential for exposure to communicable diseases, blood/body fluids and other hazardous waste. General hospital environment.

Physical Demands: Ability to communicate verbally and in writing. Physical agility to manage patients during physical interventions. Push, pull and lift up to 40 pounds. Intermittent sitting; prolonged standing, walking, bending and stooping. Ability to perform visual and auditory observation of patients. Drug and alcohol free as evidenced by negative results of post-offer, pre-employment urine drug screen.

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