Mental Health Associate - Behavioral Emergency Department - Plainsboro, NJ (Full-Time Night)

Responsibilities:

• Participates as a member of the treatment team for the patient’s individualized treatment program.
• Maintains a safe and therapeutic milieu by enforcing program rules, regulations and limits. Assists in monitoring and maintaining the environmental standards for the physical environment.
• Performs behavioral observations, completes unit rounds, checks and monitors patients as assigned.
• Assists in emergencies and codes according to established protocols.
• Provides orientation to unit for new patients, including assisting with patient searches.
• Demonstrates competency in the knowledge, skills and attitudes necessary to meet patients’ physical, psychological and social needs with those growth and development levels/patient populations served within the department.
• Assists with documentation and completion of paperwork as needed.
• Supports customer service and performance improvement goals of the department; collaborates with other caregivers/staff, within and outside the Department, to develop means of enhancing patient care and services.
• Offers support and guidance to patients as needed
• Identifies significant changes in patients' clinical status and communicates to appropriate member(s) of the treatment team.
• Maintains standards of confidentiality.
• Complies with department uniform requirements.
• Performs other duties and projects as assigned

Credentials:

Education or Equivalent Experience:

• Bachelor of Arts or Science (Required)
• Bachelors' degree in social science or related specialization. Previous experience in behavioral health preferred, with psychiatric population required.