Mental Health Specialist - Per Diem Adolescent

Brigham and Women’s Hospital • Middleborough, MA, United States • $200k - $250k / year • 4w ago

Job Description - Mental Health Specialist - Per Diem Adolescent (3309478)

McLean Hospital will be opening a 68-bed facility in Middleborough, Massachusetts during the summer of 2021. This will give candidates an opportunity to advance their careers at a comprehensive psychiatric hospital affiliated with Harvard Medical School and the Mass General Brigham health system.

McLean is committed to providing easy access to superior quality, cost-effective mental health services in the Boston area, Massachusetts and beyond. Since 1811, McLean has been a world leader in the treatment of mental illness and chemical dependency, research into the cause of mental illness, and the training of generations of mental health care providers.

For the Child Adolescent Inpatient unit:

We value highly people who enjoy kids and are passionate about working with kids.
We value people who believe strongly in working as part of a team.
We value people who are open to learning about our field, particularly through the process of giving and receiving feedback.
We value people who are aware of their own challenges, but who are always able to put the needs of our patients first.
We value people who have a sense of direction in their professional lives and goals of gaining experience that could lead to further study and work as a professional.

All McLean team members are expected to consistently demonstrate our values of integrity, compassion, respect, diversity, teamwork, excellence, and innovation in their work activities and interactions.

Responsibilities:

Under the direction of the Registered Nurse, the MHS provides direct patient care and participates in the therapeutic milieu. The successful candidate will provide accurate and timely documentation of AFS, progress notes, and observation sheets. Establish therapeutic relationships with patients while maintaining professional boundaries. Identify patient behaviors that contribute to the development of a crisis; utilize non-verbal and verbal techniques to de-escalate crisis situations. Participate in planning and implementation of patient groups. Conduct active milieu assessments while assigned to checks, particularly attuned to safety concerns. Assist patients in their activities of daily living.

Minimum Requirements:

High School Diploma or GED required; Bachelor's degree preferred. Requires verbal and written communication skills and the ability to work in collaboration with others. No experience required; one year of patient care or related experience preferred, preferably in a psychiatric setting. Employees are expected to remain awake and alert at all times on all shifts. All employees must possess basic computer skills to use a variety of electronic or online systems for communication, clinical, and administrative purposes. Required to complete electronic medical records training and demonstrate 80% accuracy on the competency test within 30 days of hire.

It is the policy of McLean Hospital to affirmatively provide equal opportunity to all qualified applicants for employment and existing employees without regard to their race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, ancestry, protected veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy or a condition related to pregnancy including, but not limited to, lactation or the need to express breast milk for a nursing child, or any other basis that would be in violation of any applicable law or regulation.