Mental Health Worker IV (Night)

The Metro Boston Mental Health Unit at Lemuel Shattuck Hospital seeks a compassionate, skilled caregiver to become part of a dynamic nursing team..

The selected candidate provides programmatic direct care services to clients, assists in the implementation of rehabilitative behavior and recreational programs, performs client related housekeeping duties, attends client review meetings, accompanies clients to various appointments, provides leisure activities to clients. The incumbent will serve as a role model for the Mental Health Worker (MHW I, MHW II and, MHW III).

Please Note: This is a full-time (40h/week) Night shift position with alternating weekends off. Shift Hours: 11:00 PM - 7:00 AM. Days off: Week 1: Sunday/Thursday; Week 2: Monday/Saturday. 

Employees in this position will be required to perform "mandatory overtime"

Duties and Responsibilities (these duties are a general summary and not all inclusive):

• Administers adherence to Unit instructions and guidelines.
• Actively and therapeutically involved with patients.
• Communicates clinical urgencies/observation to Charge Nurse
• Completes required paperwork of the coverage.
• Regularly appears and actively joins in weekly team meetings.
• Works together with the team’s nurse coordinator, team coordinator, and the patient in the progress and updating of patient’s treatment plans.
• Accurately documents behavioral observations in the Electronic Medical record on each given patient before finishing the shift.
• Meets with patient and, in collaboration with the charge nurse, finishes the Milieu admission database, admission note, and the admission nursing care plan.
• Checks and searches patient's possessions and completes belongings checklist.  Confiscates sharp and contraband (razors, matches etc.) according to Policy and Procedure.
• Is aware of importance of providing a safe atmosphere and has information of relevant Joint Commission’s National Patient Safety goals. Gives insight to RN concerning any safety issues.  Asks comment from patients about safety.
• Shares in constant clinical supervision and in the performance assessment process by identifying detailed performance goals with supervisor.
• Seeks helpful feedback and supervision from colleagues for the purpose of improvement of skills and overall job performance.
• Offers constructive supportive, polite communication to patients, families, visitors, and hospital employees.
• Joins in the assessment process of the patient's treatment program in team meetings through precise and short reports of patient progress and suggestions for changes in the treatment plan and provides supervision for subordinate staff in this area.
• Facilitates the training and orientation of new staff to the role of PCG.
• Oversees team counselors on an ongoing basis.
• Participates in the ongoing supervision and teaching as directed by Nursing Administration.

Required Qualifications:

• Ability to read, write and speak English effectively.
• Capacity to interact effectively with patients/clients, professionals, paraprofessionals, and visitors.
• Ability to organize work, understands hospital structure and follow through on scheduled activities

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working with individuals with serious, persistent mental illness, substance abuse and/or who have experienced homelessness.
• Given the population served, bilingual or multilingual fluency.

Agency Mission:

We take pride in helping people recover from illnesses and conditions that are often underserved or difficult to manage in other health care settings. The DMH units within the Hospital provide inpatient psychiatric services to adults with serious mental illness with the goal of enhancing autonomy, safety and return to the community.

Patients are treated by a multidisciplinary team, led by attending psychiatrists