Duties/Responsibilities:
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- Assisting in admission procedures.
- Searching for contraband.
- Orienting the patient to the unit/hospital environment.
- Identifying and recording patient valuables.
- Completing documentation requirements.
- Communicating any significant changes in patient status and reporting all untoward patient actions or symptoms to the medical staff in charge to assure safety and continuity of care.
- Supervising and supporting patients as necessary in bathing, showering, and other hygiene needs.
- Maintaining awareness of patients' dietary needs and providing records of nutritional intake.
- Monitoring and providing a safe and clean environment as prescribed by standards relating to fire safety and infection control.
- Utilizing a supportive approach with anxious and agitated patients.
- Identifying needs for walk groups or any other activities that will allow patients space to feel supported and to de-escalate potential situations that could create unsafe environments for staff and patients.
- Demonstrating basic knowledge of patient histories and conditions.
- Providing testimony during legal proceedings to provide support while maintaining patient confidentiality.
- Implementing individualized plans of care by reinforcing treatment goals during daily, continual interactions.
- Purposely observing patient behaviors by documenting objective data as well as subjective inference (i.e. suicidal tendencies, patient gait, medication side effects).
- Escorting, supporting, and supervising patients at appointments, legal proceedings, home placements, and other activities as necessary to ensure patient safety.
- Participating in quality improvement data collection and completing all mandatory review classes to maintain competencies.
- Seeking out and appropriately utilizing supervision from the Nursing Coordinator or designee to ensure safe practices.
- Maintaining current knowledge of hospital, departmental, and unit-based changes by participating in staff meetings and reading policies and procedures to maintain skill level.
- Exploring opportunities to expand the scope of knowledge where applicable through continuing education.
- MHW, under the direction of an RN, carries out assigned tasks and provides direct service to patients/residents in an acute psychiatric care facility.
- BLS certification. from AHA or ARC only.
- Covid-19 vaccinations.