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Mental health technician/Cna - Days

Corterra of Wichita, LLC

#Behavioral Health #Patient Advocacy #CNA #HIPAA #Vital Signs #Infection Control #Mental Health Technician #Patient Privacy #Psychiatric Care #Therapeutic Treatment #Suicide Precautions #Seclusion and Restraints

Full Time On Site 0-2 yrsPosted 1 month ago

Location

Wichita, Kansas

Quick overview

Provide direct therapeutic care and physical assistance to mental health patients, including monitoring vital signs and behavioral observations. Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to implement treatment plans and ensure a safe, compassionate environment.

Requirements summary

Candidates must be able to perform CNA-level duties and follow strict safety and confidentiality protocols. Ability to intervene in aggressive situations and assist with seclusion or restraints under RN direction is required.

professional certificatePatient CareCrisis InterventionPatient SafetyEmotional SupportInfection ControlVital Signs MonitoringMedical DocumentationPatient ObservationBehavioral Health SupportTherapeutic Treatment Planning

Job description

Essential Functions and Responsibilities

Restores and promotes patient health by assisting in their individual therapeutic treatment plan
Conducts activities in accordance with patient diagnosis and needs
Attends to patient personal needs (oral hygiene, toileting, bathing, dressing, transferring, etc.) as required
Escorts and monitors patients during admissions, transfers, and discharges; and provides line-of-sight or one-to-one support to patients as ordered by the physician
Checks and documents luggage and personal belongings upon admission; maintains patient property list
Regularly observes and records patients’ behaviors, temperature, pulse, respiration, blood pressure, and weight
Monitors and documents patient food and fluid intake; feeding patients as required
Completes and documents 15-minute (or less) visual checks on patients per hospital policy
Ensures patient dignity and respects patient values
Establishes a compassionate environment by providing emotional and psychological support to patients, families, and friends
Maintains patient privacy and confidentiality; and protects operations by keeping patient and hospital information confidential
Operates within ethical standards
Collaborates with physicians, nurses, and multidisciplinary team members
Assures quality of care by adhering to therapeutic standards, measuring health outcomes against patient care goals and regulatory standards
Coordinates and supervises therapeutic activities for individual patients and for groups in accordance with patient care treatment plans
Helps maintain hospital cleanliness and neatness for patient comfort
Assists in orientation for patients and families
Per RN direction, and using approved methods, assists in safely placing patients in seclusion or restraints; observes suicide/seclusion precautions
Monitors visitors and supervises visitation
Intervenes with patients who disregard, violate, or ignore safety rules. Reports any signs of increasing aggression, suicidal behavior, danger of elopement, violation of smoking rules, or violation of any other facility safety rules
Assists in emergency care if necessary
Maintains continuity among peers by documenting and communicating actions, irregularities, and continuing needs
Protects patients and employees by adhering to safety standards, infection-control policies and protocols, storage procedures, and controlled substance regulations
Uses hygienic practices and teaches patient hygienic practices
Attends and contributes to therapeutic groups, community meetings, and activities
Attends appropriate facility in-service training programs
Completes all required educational settings, including staff meetings and competencies per hospital policy
Ensures operations of equipment by completing preventative maintenance requirements, calling for repairs, and evaluating new equipment and techniques
Assists with tele-psych equipment as required
Provides feedback to supervisor on an ongoing basis regarding concerns, improvements, changes, etc.
Other duties as required and assigned

Mental health technician/Cna - Days

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Requirements summary

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Essential Functions and Responsibilities

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