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Mental Health Therapy Aide
Qualifications:
- Experience working with the psychiatric patient population within the last 2 years preferred
- Excellent verbal and written communication and organizational skills are necessary as well as some knowledge of medical terminology
- Must successfully pass pre-employment health clearance
- Will provide both direct and indirect patient care
- Take and record vital signs
- Complete patient admission documentation
- Assist with appropriate physical examination of patients
- Collect specimens
- Monitor patient intake/output
- Transport patients
- Orient new patients to unit regulations and daily routine
- Assist patient in the completion of hygiene needs
- Advise nursing staff of patient data in a timely and accurate manner
- Develop therapeutic relationships under nursing supervision and interact therapeutically with patients during activities
- Intervene on behalf of the patient during crisis situations
- Maintain a safe environment for patients
- Attend to ADL’s as needed
- Apply clinical and psychological interventions based on age appropriateness and developmental stage
- Perform safety checks on assigned shift