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Position Summary: The Mental Health Worker is responsible for working with patients, both individually and in groups, to support and assist with the patient's inpatient care. Mental Health Workers help patients address a myriad of issues that include, but are not limited to, stress management, problems with self-esteem, issues associated with aging and mental and emotional health. The Mental Health Worker also assists patients with activities of daily living (ADL's) as assigned by nursing staff.

Qualifications: Requirements include bachelor's degree in the Behavioral/Social sciences with at least one year of previous experience in the treatment of mental illness.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities:

Maintain good rapport and cooperative relationships. Approach conflict in a constructive manner. Help to identify problems, offer solutions, and participate in the resolution.

Maintain the confidentiality of information acquired pertaining to patient, physicians, employees, and visitors to St. Joseph Mercy Chelsea/Saint Joseph Mercy Health System. Discuss patient and hospital information only among appropriate personnel in appropriately private places.

Maintain knowledge to perform the duties of the job. Assume responsibility for performance of job duties in the safest possible manner, to assure personal safety and that of coworkers, and report all preventable hazards and unsafe practices immediately to management.

Demonstrate self-directed learning and participate in ongoing professional development and complete all required competencies to maintain and enhance knowledge and skills.

Behave in accordance with the Mission, Vision and Values of Trinity Health.

Provide quality patient care by considering the age specific, development and cultural needs through competent clinical practice. Demonstrates unit/area competencies.

Identify and assist in resolution of problems related to safety, sanitation and maintenance of the environment.

Encourage patients to express their feelings and discuss what is happening in their lives, and help them to develop insight into themselves and their relationships.

Guide patients in the development of coping skills and strategies for dealing with their problems.

Complete patient-related documentation in accordance with department and hospital policy, in a timely manner, and with content that is focused on relevant issues.

Support patients, individually and in group sessions, to assist in overcoming dependencies, adjusting to life, and making changes.

Collect information about patients through interviews, observation, and tests.

Collaborate with other staff members in the multidisciplinary team to perform clinical assessments and develop treatment plans.

Evaluate patients' physical or mental condition based on review of client information and convey information to nurse and multidisciplinary team as needed.

Other Functions and Responsibilities

1) Maintains a patient caseload in accordance with department/and or program policy and needs.

2) Performs other duties as assigned.

Required Education, Experience and Certification/Licensure

1) Requirements include bachelor's degree in the Behavioral/Social sciences with at least one year of previous experience in the treatment of the mentally ill or disabled

Required Skills and Abilities

Skilled in communication, teamwork, problem-solving, and service excellence. Skilled in assisting patients with Activities of Daily Living (ADL's) including bathing, toileting, feeding

This document is intended to describe the generalized duties and responsibilities, the specialized job functions, and the essential requirements of this job. It is not intended to be an exhaustive statement of all supplemental duties, responsibilities, or non-essential requirements or reflect any accommodations made under the American’s with Disability Act, the Michigan Handicapper’s Act, or SJMHS’s Return to Work Program

1. (a) Does the job require worker to reach or work above the shoulder?

___x__Yes _____No __daily___Frequency

(b) Reaching at or below shoulder level? ___x__Yes _____No daily Frequency

2. Does the job involve exposures (e.g., fumes, chemicals, vibrations, humidity, temperature, dust,

noise, etc.): __x___Yes _____No Describe: Cleaning solutions, medical equipment alarms

3. Are there special visual (PC work) or auditory (Telephone work) requirements?

__x___Yes _____No Describe: PC and telephones.

SCHEDULING EXPECTATIONS: This position may require, based on the needs of the department:

x Flexible hours x On-call time x Working all shifts x Overtime

_x_ Working holidays and/or weekends _x_ Release time

THE INTENT OF THIS JOB DESCRIPTION IS TO PROVIDE A REPRESENTATIVE SUMMARY OF THE MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES PERFORMED BY INCUMBENTS OF THIS POSITION. INCUMBENTS MAY BE REQUIRED TO PERFORM OTHER JOB-RELATED TASKS OTHER THAN THOSE SPECIFICALLY PRESENTED IN THIS DESCRIPTION.

Where an individual cannot perform tasks in the way that is anticipated, accommodations which would enable the individual to perform such tasks in an alternative way will be explored.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

Trinity Health is a family of 115,000 colleagues and nearly 26,000 physicians and clinicians across 25 states. Because we serve diverse populations, our colleagues are trained to recognize the cultural beliefs, values, traditions, language preferences, and health practices of the communities that we serve and to apply that knowledge to produce positive health outcomes. We also recognize that each of us has a different way of thinking and perceiving our world and that these differences often lead to innovative solutions.

Our dedication to diversity includes a unified workforce (through training and education, recruitment, retention, and development), commitment and accountability, communication, community partnerships, and supplier diversity.