Milieu Counselor / Nursing Assistant Float - Adult and Geriatric Psych - E/O Weekend in Everett, Massachusetts at Cambridge Health Alliance
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Job Description
Location: CHA Everett Hospital
Category: Nurse Support
Department: Lewis 2 Psychiatric Nursing
Job Type: Part-time
Union Name: SEIU 1199
Shifts: Nights, 11pm to 7:30 am - Every other Saturday and Sunday
Hours/Week: 16 hours/wk., every other weekend
Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA) is a vibrant, innovative health system dedicated to providing essential services to all members of the community. With almost 140,000 patients in Cambridge, Somerville, and Boston’s Metro North region, CHA is a local provider of choice for primary care, specialty care, emergency services, hospital care, maternity care and behavioral health.
Lewis 2 is a 22 bed Geriatric Behavioral Health Unit for patients who are aged 55 and older. We provide a vibrant activities program along with special group sessions and programming to provide support. A designated activity group room houses musical instruments, art supplies and other items to engage individual patient strengths and interests. Patients are cared for by a dynamic interdisciplinary psychiatry team of nurses, milieu counselors, providers and social workers.
A full nursing orientation is required for this position. This is offered every two weeks and goes from Mon through Tue of of the following week, 7 business days in total. Orientation is held during the day.
Job Purpose
Providing quality care according to Cambridge Health Alliance standards of nursing practice and the role expectations of the Adult Psychiatric Inpatient Unit. The Milieu Counselor is a member of the multidisciplinary team who, under the supervision of a Registered Nurse, is responsible for a safe and structured unit milieu as well as attending to the individual needs of patients in crisis in an inpatient psychiatric setting.
The Milieu Counselor/ Nursing Assistant assists with ADL's, lead or co-lead groups, perform safety checks, 1:1 meetings with patients, and charts patients B/P, TPR & weight, as well as helping maintain their nutritional and hydration needs.
The Milieu Counselor/ Nursing Assistant communicates with the nurses of any changes in vital signs and accurately measures and documents patients’ intake and output.
Qualifications/Experience:
A minimum of a High School diploma or GED required.
Current Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers by the American Heart Association or
American Red Cross is required. At least one year previous inpatient clinical mental health experience in a behavioral health unit is strongly preferred
Experience with geriatric and adult psych is highly preferred. All newly hired candidates must successfully complete a job specific physical agility test.
In keeping with federal, state and local laws, Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA) policy forbids employees and associates to discriminate against anyone based on race, religion, color, gender, age, marital status, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, disability or any other characteristic protected by law. We are committed to establishing and maintaining a workplace free of discrimination. We are fully committed to equal employment opportunity. We will not tolerate unlawful discrimination in the recruitment, hiring, termination, promotion, salary treatment or any other condition of employment or career development. Furthermore, we will not tolerate the use of discriminatory slurs, or other remarks, jokes or conduct, that in the judgment of CHA, encourage or permit an offensive or hostile work environment.