Mental Health Associate Professional-Bridges/FT Evenings
Centra Health · Lynchburg
Acts as preceptor to all student interns and staff on orientation status
Assists in managing and monitoring aberrant behaviors
Assists residents in meeting individual appointments for assessment and/or treatment
Collects data on each resident and prepares information for staffing
Ensures that therapeutic programming is implemented
Chairs all team debriefings before, during and after shift
Notifies the treatment team on any major incidents (e.g., elopement, therapeutic holds, injuries or seclusions)
Acts as contact person for on duty RN regarding medical issues as well as consults and debriefs directly with RN regarding all precautions, elopements, utilization of time out and therapeutic holds, staff/patient injuries or any other major incidents
Provides milieu documentation and monitors records with supervision
Assists in assuring that correct staff/resident ratios are met and adjusted as needed according to acuity
May perform other duties as assigned or requested and job specification can be modified or updated at any time.