Patient Care Assistant PRN; DOH​/SATC

Posting Details

This is a continuous posting intending to fill multiple vacancies. This posting will be used for ongoing recruitment and may close at any time. Applicant lists may be screened more than once.

$18.15 - $27.23 Hourly
$37,752 - $56,628 Annually
This position is a Pay Band C3

The position assists in the dally monitoring of residents, working closely with clinical, education, and other milieu staff. Duties may include but are not limited to, developing life skills, recreation and social activities and re-directing patient behavior. This position will require working days, evenings, nights, weekends, and/or holidays and includes mandatory mandating.

Crisis Prevention Intervention and Trauma Informed Care are the cornerstone of treatment at Sequoyah Adolescent Treatment Center. De-escalation techniques and coping mechanism are offered to residents and life skills are taught to assist with success upon discharges.

Our facility is a secure facility which serves the needs of adolescent males age 13-17 with a history of violence and aggression.

• Will have experience:
  Working in a residential treatment facility;
• Working in a therapeutic MILIEU;
• Working recover-oriented and/or trauma-informed-care environments

High School Diploma and one (1) year of experience as it pertains to the essential duties of the classification. Any combination of education from an accredited college or university in a related field and/or direct experience in this occupation totaling one (1) year may substitute for the required experience.

Must possess and maintain a valid Driver's License. Pre-employment background investigation is required and is conditional pending results.

Work is performed in an adolescent treatment center, with exposure to mentally and/or behaviorally challenged residents, who may exhibit unpredictable behaviors. This position may work in an office setting using related office equipment, with exposure to Visual Video Display Terminal and extensive personal computer and phone usage. Pushing, pulling, lifting and/or carrying.

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Agency Contact Information:
Yvette Fournier, , Email

For information on Statutory Requirements for this position, click the Classification Description link on the job advertisement.

This position is not covered by a collective bargaining agreement.