Mental Health Specialist Adult Unit

Mental Health Specialist (days) - Adult A Unit

Full Time Technical Houston-Main, Houston, TX, US

2 days ago Requisition

Days; 7a-7p, every other weekend required

• a. Promotes and maintain a safe environment conducive to healing and health promotion.
• b. Conducts patient environmental and safety rounds in accordance with Menninger policy.
• c. Reports patient and staff safety concerns to the charge nurse or supervisor.
• d. Demonstrates an understanding of the need for situation monitoring and awareness to provide a continually safe environment.
• e. Maintains a clean, orderly environment.
• f. Establishes therapeutic relationships with patients.
• g. Provides effective and therapeutic limit setting with patients, seeking team alliance and input as needed.
• a. Provides direct patient care and in activities of daily living in a goal-directed manner consistent with the assigned program and plan of care.
• b. Collects focused data to contribute to the assessment of individual strengths and limitations.
• c. Directly assists patients with showering, oral hygiene, laundry and other activities of daily living as needed.
• d. Assures orientation of newly admitted patients to the program.
• e. Reinforces treatment structures for individual patients as indicated.
• f. Provides input to the patient‘s assigned nurse and other healthcare professionals assigned to the patient regarding patient’s progress towards treatment goals.
• g. Serves as a patient advocate.

• a. Initiates and maintains a supportive relationship with patients; facilitate the development of appropriate behaviors, self-expression, and social interaction.
• b. Establishes therapeutic relationships with patients
• c. Actively encourages patient participation in assigned activities and scheduled meetings.
• d. Assists patients to utilize free time in a healthy manner.
• e. Initiates interactions in a supportive and therapeutic manner.
• f. Assists with ADL’s as indicated
• g. Escorts patients to on and off ground appointments in accordance with Menninger policy.
• h. Supervises patients on and off grounds during leisure time outings in accordance with program structure and Menninger policy.
• i. Actively participates, leads or co-leads in psycho-educational groups with patients as assigned.
• j. Regularly performs assigned rounds in accordance with Menninger policy.
• k. Maintains professional boundaries and confidences with patients and staff.
• l. Demonstrates good judgment and appropriate behavior for the clinical setting including characteristics such as grooming, personal appearance, speech and hygiene.
• m. Provides effective and therapeutic limit setting with patients.

• Actively participates in unit and system wide committees.
• Attends in-services provided at TMC.
• Completes all annual training.

High School Diploma

Bachelor’s degree in Psychology or a mental health-related; will consider commensurate work experience (3 or more years in mental health care role) in lieu of completed degree.

License to operate a motor vehicle in the state of Texas.

Prior experience in a mental health setting is desired.