Psych Care Worker (Temp)

About This Role

This is a temporary Psychiatric Care Worker (PCW) role where you will provide staffing and clinical support to patients under the direction of medical staff. You will assist patients with daily living activities, manage challenging behaviors, and contribute to patient assessment and care planning.

Responsibilities

• Provide staffing and clinical support to patients under the direction of the Medical Director and Clinical Nurses
• Oversee and support patients in activities such as eating, dressing, grooming, social manners, and care for rooms and belongings
• Assist patients in controlling aggressive or destructive behavior by providing therapeutic and/or physical intervention under supervision
• Participate in patient assessment and patient care planning by communicating oral and written observations and behavioral information to the assigned nurse
• Participate in discussions with nursing staff concerning individual relationships with patients and their response to therapy and treatment
• Assist in the preparation of patients and their families for hospitalization by providing information on the hospital environment, operational and routine
• Assist patients with or administer routine personal hygiene
• Transport, ambulate, move and lift patients
• Perform emergency first aid measures, such as handling of convulsions or fainting
• Function as a sitter by providing constant, alert observation of patients as assigned by nurse

Requirements

• Minimum of two years of college
• Effective writing and verbal communication skills
• Responsible work pattern including outstanding attendance record and punctuality
• Able to take and process direction from multiple people

Qualifications

• A minimum of two years of college

Nice to Have

• Bachelor’s degree in psychology or Nurse Aid/Tech/Medical Assistant course
• Progressively responsible experience working with psychiatric patients, or an equivalent combination of education and experience in a related field