Mental Health Assistant

Assists patients or provides complete care including bathing, dressing, grooming, hydration and nutrition, and care of personal space and belongings.

Performs clinical measurements including Vital Signs, Intake and Output and documents findings.

Ensures comfort and safety in the environment for individual patients, families, self and coworkers through good body mechanics when assisting patients with mobility and transportation, proper use of equipment, following policy for restraints and seclusion, and use of monitoring techniques.

Makes frequent rounds observing patients to anticipate possible patient needs.

Plans, initiates, and assists patients with unstructured activities to address leisure time needs and encourages patient participation in all activities.

Reports patient or unit problems to the appropriate RN or Mental Health Tech.

Assists with ECT treatments according to procedure including obtaining, set up and cleaning of equipment; providing support and assistance to physicians and nurses; transporting patients; and monitoring patient oral intake post ECT recovery.

Follows procedures in caring for the potentially violent patient and the patient in danger of hurting him/herself or others including monitoring all levels of observation, assisting with the initiation of seclusion and application of restraints, and caring for restrained and secluded patients.

Responds to Code Blue situations in all areas of the hospital as directed utilizing all CPI principles in verbal de‐escalation, physical restraint (appropriate to age), 4 point restraint and maintaining a safe environment in all situations, under the clinical supervision of a CPI trained RN. Initiates and maintains app