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Mental Health Specialist (FT)– Psychiatric Assessment Services Department Vanderbilt PsychiatricHospital 1910871 Your Role: In this role, you will
perform the patient care necessary to implement individual treatment plans
under the supervision of the registered nurse. You will participate as an
active team member in designated therapeutic groups and community meetings.
Additionally, you will assist in maintaining the therapeutic environment of the
clinical program and participate in continuous improvement and development of
assigned clinical program. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Implements therapeutic programming for assignedpopulation.
Provides direct patient care under supervision of aRegistered Nurse.
Carries out procedures under supervision of RegisteredNurse including special precautions, Handle with Care skills, seclusionand restraint correctly and safely.
Evaluates coping needs and education needs of thefamilies.
Documents all pertinent clinical information on a dailybasis, including all unusual incidents.
Completes documentation for Special Precautionsaccurately.
Contributes to the organization by activelyparticipating in shared decision making.
The responsibilities listed are a general overview ofthe position and additional duties may be assigned.
Position Qualifications: Required: Bachelor's
Degree (or equivalent experience) and < 1 year relevant industryPreferred: Candidates with
previous hands-on patient care experience are preferred. Experience with emergency,
trauma, or crisis care is desired.Position Shift: Variable
Shifts Available Department/Unit Summary: The Psychiatric
Assessment Services (PAS) Department functions as a Psychiatric Emergency Room.
We accept walk-ins and have a multitude of workflows to ensure we provide
Medical Screening Exams and crisis assessments.
Each person/job code on our team plays their own part in this. PAS is a multi-disciplinary unit that works
closely with the Adult Emergency Room.Vanderbilt
Psychiatric Hospital is a 106-bed facility.
It has three adult units in addition to a Child and Adolescent Unit. The
Adult I unit treats patients with thought disorders. These patients are typically
chronically and persistently mentally ill. Our Adult II unit treats patients
with addictions as well as a co-morbid psychiatric illness. Adult III is a
mood-disorder unit with a small geriatric component. The Child and Adolescent
Unit is one unit, but functions as two based on age; children ages 4-12 and
adolescents ages 13-18. We treat patients with a variety of diagnoses, ranging
from Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and autism, oppositional defiance
disorder, to depression and first-break psychosis. Adult IV consists of 14 beds
reserved for the voluntary treatment of primary psychotic disorders and mood
disorders. The goal in Adult IV is a supportive transition plan for outpatient
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CABachelor's Degree (or equivalent experience) and < 1 year relevant industryLicensure, Certification, and/or Registration (LCR):Physical Requirements/Strengths needed & Physical Demands:
Heavy Work category requiring exertion of 50 to 100 lbs. of force occasionally and/or up to 20 to 50 lbs. of force frequently and/or up to 10 to 20 lbs. of force continually to move objects.
Movement
Occasional: Lifting over 35 lbs: Raising and lowering objects from one level to another, includes upward pulling over 35 lbs, with help of coworkers or assistive device
Occasional: Carrying under 35 lbs: Transporting an object holding in hands, arms or shoulders, with help of coworkers or assistive device.
Occasional: Bending/Stooping: Trunk bending downward and forward by bending spine at waist requiring full use of lower extremities and back muscles
Occasional: Climbing: Ascending or descending stairs/ramps using feet and legs and/or hands and arms.
Occasional: Kneeling:Bending legs at knees to come to rest on knee or knees.
Occasional: Crouching/Squatting: Bending body downward and forward by bending legs and spine.Reaching above shoulders: Extending arms in any direction above shoulders.
Occasional: Reaching above shoulders: Extending arms in any direction above shoulders.
Occasional: Fingering: Picking, pinching, gripping, working primarily with fingers requiring fine manipulation.
Frequent: Sitting: Remaining in seated position
Frequent: Standing: Remaining on one's feet without moving.
Frequent: Lifting under 35 lbs: Raising and lowering objects under 35 lbs from one level to another
Frequent: Push/Pull: Exerting force to move objects away from or toward.
Frequent: Balancing: Maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling when walking, standing, crouching or maneuvering self, patient and equipment simultaneously while working in large and small spaces
Frequent: Reaching below shoulders: Extending arms in any direction below shoulders.
Frequent: Handling: Seizing, holding, grasping, turning or otherwise working with hand or hands.
Frequent: Bimanual Dexterity: Requiring the use of both hands.
Continuous: Walking: Moving about on foot.
Sensory
Frequent: Communication: Expressing or exchanging written/verbal/electronic information.
Continuous: Auditory: Perceiving the variances of sounds, tones and pitches and able to focus on single source of auditory information
Continuous: Vision: Clarity of near vision at 20 inches or less and far vision at 20 feet or more with depth perception, peripheral vision, color vision.
Continuous: Smell: Ability to detect and identify odors.
Continuous: Feeling: Ability to perceive size, shape, temperature, texture by touch with fingertips.
Environmental Conditions
Occasional: Chemicals and Gasses: Medications, cleaning chemicals, oxygen, other medical gases used in work area.
Frequent: Pathogens: Risk of exposure to bloodborne pathogens and other contagious illnesses.
Job Social Work/Mental Health/Other TherapiesOrganization: VPH PTU 202735Title: Mental Health Specialist (FT) – Psychiatric Assessment Services Department, Vanderbilt Psychiatric HospitalLocation: TN-Nashville-Vanderbilt Psychiatric Hospital (VPH)Requisition ID: 1910871Vanderbilt University Medical Center is committed to principles of equal opportunity and affirmative action.
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