Mental Health Technician - Intake (Santa Rosa)
Northern California Behavioral Health System
Santa Rosa, california
DESCRIPTION OF POSITION:
The Mental Health Worker provides direct patient care to all patients with emotional or psychiatric disorders, supports therapeutic milieu, ensures safety and well-being of patients and carries out general nursing assistance necessary to treatment of adolescents, adults, or older adult patients as assigned. The Mental Health Worker is the primary person responsible for the safety of the unit milieu. Environmental safety rounds are required each shift and ongoing safety assessments including securing contraband found within the milieu will be completed by the Mental Health Worker. Safety Observations are required to be documented and recorded in the patient’s medical record as ordered by the psychiatric provider or under the direction of the Registered Nurse.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
· Treatment Planning: Participate in treatment planning: (a) helps...