Mental Health Associate - Per Diem/ Day/ Weekends

Description

Penn Medicine is dedicated to our tripartite mission of providing the highest level of care to patients, conducting innovative research, and educating future leaders in the field of medicine. Working for this leading academic medical center means collaboration with top clinical, technical and business professionals across all disciplines.

Today at Penn Medicine, someone will make a breakthrough. Someone will heal a heart, deliver hopeful news, and give comfort and reassurance. Our employees shape our future each day. Are you living your life's work?

Location: Princeton, NJ

Address: 905 Herrontown Road Princeton, NJ

Hours: As per need basis, 7 am – 3:30 pm, minimum of one weekend a month. Able to work FULL shift hours Sat and Sun.

*** Mandatory training during the Day Shift hours for 1.5 weeks (From Date of Hire)

Why join our amazing Princeton Penn Medicine Metal Health Department?

This is an opportunity to join a team of professionals in a high paced and rewarding healthcare environment. If you have your sights on developing your career in the healthcare industry, this is your chance for a growth opportunity! We are an “all hands-on deck team”, we provided amazing training opportunities, and we do cross-train our employees to the highest standards. We are a growing team, and we have a work-life-balance approach!

Benefits You'll Receive at Princeton/Penn Medicine:

· Generous Paid Time Off benefits, including eight paid holidays that will give you the work-life balance today’s world needs

· Medical, Dental, Vision, and Prescription coverage plan options that best fit your personal & family needs

· Tuition Assistance for both Part-Time (20+ hours) and Full-time (40 hours) employees.(0.5 FTE and over)

· Access to company paid life insurance, temporary disability. Employee discounts and perks, including but not limited to free secure employee-only parking, optional life insurance and other. Please click on this LINK for more information regarding our amazing benefits package.

Summary:

• Provides milieu management and clinical support as a member of an interdisciplinary treatment team in general hospital setting, with inpatients and partial hospital patients with a primary diagnosis of an eating disorder from childhood and adolescence and through adulthood.

Responsibilities:

· Assists in monitoring and maintaining the environmental standards for the physical environment, by ensuring the safety and organization of public patient spaces on the unit (including but not limited to group rooms/lounges, partial hospitalization patient lockers and partial hospitalization patient socialization areas).

· Performs behavioral observations, completes unit rounds, checks and monitors patients as assigned.

· Assists staff in ensuring that patients get to scheduled program activities, including groups and meals, in a timely manner.

· Conducts room searches as ordered by physician and in accordance with established protocols.

· Assists in emergencies and codes according to established protocols.

· 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.

· Obtains vital signs every shift

· Assists in processing new admissions, transfers, and discharges.

· Provides orientation to unit for new patients, including completing patient searches at admission.

· Conducts tours of the unit for families of prospective patients.

· Ensures that appropriate discharge information is communicated to the next provider of care.

· Conducts community meetings.

· Assists therapists and nutritionists with psychoeducational and nutrition groups as assigned.



Credentials:

• Driver's License (Required)
• Valid driver’s license in employee's state of residence with a record in good standing with the State of NJ Department of Motor Vehicles.
• Basic Cardiac Life Support (Required)
• Basic Life Support (BLS) for health care providers certification from American Heart Association (AHA) required

Education or Equivalent Experience:

• Bachelor of Arts or Science (Required)
• A minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree, in a Social Science preferred

We believe that the best care for our patients starts with the best care for our employees. Our employee benefits programs help our employees get healthy and stay healthy. We offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits program that includes one of the finest prepaid tuition assistance programs in the region. Penn Medicine employees are actively engaged and committed to our mission. Together we will continue to make medical advances that help people live longer, healthier lives.

Salary Range:

$18.11 - $28.86/Hourly

As part of their job offer, successful candidates are provided a specific rate, taking into consideration various factors including experience and education.

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Live Your Life's Work

We are an Equal Opportunity employer. Candidates are considered for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, marital status, familial status, genetic information, domestic or sexual violence victim status, citizenship status, military status, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable law.