Reynolds Memorial Hospital - Glen Dale, WV
posted 22 days ago
Full-time
Glen Dale, WV
Nursing and Residential Care Facilities
About the position
The Mental Health Specialist I position at Reynolds Memorial Hospital involves delivering paraprofessional mental health care under direct supervision. The role focuses on facilitating therapeutic processes, collaborating with interdisciplinary teams, and providing community-based mental health care to clients, ensuring their safety, rights, and comfort are prioritized.
Responsibilities
- Facilitates or co-facilitates the therapeutic group process.
- Applies effective communication techniques in collaborating with members of the interdisciplinary team and in interacting with clients and significant others in therapeutic relationships.
- Assists clients to structure their lives in a therapeutic manner.
- Serves as an active member of the mental health team, considering the developmental age of the client as directed by the master treatment plan.
- Provides community-based mental health care, ensuring safety and comfort for clients.
- Utilizes the master treatment plan to identify and implement age-appropriate interventions with clients.
- Supports and reinforces clients' appropriate and pro-social behavior while setting limits on inappropriate behavior within program guidelines.
- Identifies verbal and non-verbal cues for potential aggressive behavior and applies de-escalation techniques.
- Implements appropriate interventions and documents clients' responses in the medical record.
- Identifies thought patterns and behaviors associated with psychiatric diagnoses and intervenes appropriately.
- Provides assistance to clients' family members and other supportive individuals according to program standards.
- Performs basic medical tasks such as obtaining and documenting vital signs.
Requirements
- Obtain certification in BLS within 30 days of hire date.
- West Virginia state criminal background check, and federal, if applicable, required for DHHR regulated area.
- Two years of college study OR two years of experience in inpatient acute psychiatric care.
Nice-to-haves
- Bachelor of Science in Psychology, Social Work, or Nursing.
- Valid driver's license.
