About this position
Mental Health Specialist - Adult PHP
Mental Health Specialist - Adult PHP
FTE: .9 (36 hours per week)
About Us:
The Lindner Center of Hope is a nonprofit, comprehensive mental health center and global leader offering state-of-the-science diagnosis and treatment of the most pervasive mental illnesses of our time.
- One of the first centers designed as a fully integrated system of care to address deficiencies in mental health care as identified by the Institute of Medicine.
- Innovative residential assessment, inpatient and outpatient programs in partnership with UC Health serving more than 54,660 patients from around the world.
- A leader in research and collaborations that are advancing the field and positioning Cincinnati as a national leader in mental health care.
We embrace the many talents, skills, and experiences our employees bring to Lindner Center of Hope. Everyone is encouraged to use their unique gifts to express ideas, make meaningful contributions to our programs and genuine connections with patients and family, as well as strengthen donor, referrer and community relations.
At Lindner Center of Hope, you'll have the opportunity for a consistently rewarding career, working for an organization that shares your desire and ability to make a demonstrable difference in the lives of people living with mental illness.
Position Summary:
This position provides direct care to patients under the direction of the Registered Nurse (RN) and medical director. Delivers assigned, delegated, direct care consistent with the individualized treatment plan. Performs routine care consistent with established standards policies and procedures. Maintains a safe and therapeutic treatment environment.
Major Duties and Responsibilities:
- Collects & reports health data
- Gathers objective data & observations about the patient
- Differentiates between normal & abnormal observations
- Reports changes in patient status or abnormal findings to RN
- Implements established plan of care for each patient
- Understands the plan of care for each assigned patient
- Completes interventions identified on the plan of care
- Delivers delegated aspects of direct care
- Provides care based on the established treatment plan
- Involves patient & involved others in the care process
- Leads Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Radically Open Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (RO-DBT) and Wellness Groups in a classroom setting.
- Leads Eating Disorder (EDO) specific groups in the classroom setting and accompanies EDO patients on exposure outings in the community.
- Engages in individual & purposeful interactions with patients & involved others
- Completes vital signs, and weights
- Monitors patient & environmental safety continuously
- Maintains a calm, healing environment
- Secures patient's belongings
- Documents in the electronic medical record (EMR)
- Completes group notes on assigned groups
- Reflects individual patient's progress towards treatment goals
- Articulates interventions utilized and responses to the interventions
- Notes are factual and concise
- Obtains RN co-signature for EMR notes
- Demonstrates understanding of current therapeutic techniques
- Continuously participates in learning opportunities to expand inventory of intervention options
- Applies learning & experience to patient care
- Effectively responds to escalating behavior
- Observes patients for risk of aggressive behavior
- Demonstrates an ability to identify early changes in behavior that indicate escalation
- Engages with patients who are exhibiting early behavioral changes
- Applies alternatives to physical intervention
- Provides information to patients & families
- Presents information to patients & involved others utilizing age specific principles
- Reviews comprehension of information
- Facilitates customer satisfaction
- Identifies issues of customer service
- Acts to resolve customer service issues within available options
- Refers complex & unresolved issues to the charge nurse or manager
- Initiates emergency action when indicated
- Identifies emergency situations occurring in the program
- Responds to the emergency situation with immediate attention in a controlled & skilled manner
- Participates in the continuous improvement of the organization through the quality improvement process
- Completes monitors for assigned indicators
- Reports any actual or potential situation that impacts patient safety
- Implements actions that result in continuous improvement of quality & compliance
- Participates in the organization wide quality measures
- Perform other duties as assigned
Position Qualifications:
- Bachelors' Degree in Psychology, Social Work, related field with 6 months of mental health experience requires or
- Associates Degree in Mental Health Technology with five years of Mental Health experience required
- Demonstrated ability to effectively facilitate groups.
- Must have flexible eating and diet behavior to be able to eat companion and mirror meals with patients with Eating Disorder diagnoses.
- Must be willing to work early morning or evening hours 1 – 3 days a week to eat meals, or go on restaurant, volunteer or grocery outings with patients with Eating Disorder diagnoses.
- Demonstrates the knowledge and skills necessary to provide age-specific and developmentally appropriate care for the spectrum of populations admitted to LCOH.
- Ability to enthusiastically follow and model the Lindner Center of HOPE mission, vision and values.
Physical Requirements:
The physical demands of this position are consistent with those performed in a normal office environment, including occasional lifting, carrying, pushing or pulling, and sufficient manual dexterity to operate standard office equipment and ability to use a computer. Must be able to see, talk, and hear coworkers, patients, and others.
Perks and Benefits
At LCOH, we are dedicated to fostering a supportive and caring environment. As part of our team, you'll have access to:
- Affordable medical, dental, and vision plans for both full-time and part-time employees and their families
- Flexible spending and health savings accounts
- Generous paid time off
- Opportunities for tuition reimbursement and continuous education
- A company-matching 401(k) retirement plan to help you plan for the future
- Complimentary gym membership for yourself and your family
- Employer-provided short and long-term disability coverage, life insurance and an Employee Assistance Program
- A community of mission-driven individuals passionate about making a difference
All candidates extended conditional offer of employment will be subject to a WebCheck (BCI & FBI Fingerprinting). Fingerprints will be submitted to the Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). The reports from these agencies will include criminal record information. Lindner Center of HOPE will follow the requirements for employment based on the State of Ohio Administrative Code 5122-30-31, and any other regulatory requirements regarding criminal background checks. Lindner Center of HOPE also reserves the right to obtain Consumer Reports and/or Investigative Consumer Reports as defined in the Federal Fair Credit Reporting ACT (FCRA).
Lindner Center of Hope is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.