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