joyce c.

Provides staff supervision and performance management to mental health technicians and completes interim and annual evaluations. Assist CSU Program Coordinator with MH Technician call-outs prior to on-call hours to ensure adequate coverage. Completes Electronic Health Record audit & Quality Assurance of group notes. Assists with hiring of Mental Health Technician staff and provides new staff orientation. Participates in agency management and planning meetings, as needed. Responds to emergencies and assists in crisis intervention. Monitors and maintains unit safety; monitors clients and assists with their activities of daily living; monitors eating/sleeping and hygiene habits. Schedules and facilitates every other month All Tech staff meetings. Facilitates and assists with the development of program groups and completes group documentation and shift documentation, shift report, and 15MC. Performs direct client service duties by meeting and greeting clients upon arrival to the unit and taking an inventory to check for contraband and pests; makes beds and orients client to the unit. Maintains the cleanliness of the unit and client laundry; assists clients with special needs; serves meals. Engages and provides verbal support for clients face to face constantly and completes progress notes for every engagement. Facilitates discharges in full consultation with the case management team.

Provides for activities of daily living by assisting with serving meals, feeding patients as necessary and ambulating, turning, and positioning patients; and providing fresh water and nourishment between meals. Provides adjunct care by administering enemas, douches, non-sterile dressings, surgical preps, ice packs, heat treatments, sitz and therapeutic baths; and applying restraints. Maintains patient stability by checking vital signs and weight; testing urine and recording intake and output information. Provides patient comfort by utilizing resources and materials; transporting patients; answering patients' call lights and requests; and reporting observations of the patient to nursing supervisor. Documents actions by completing forms, reports, logs, and records. Maintains work operations by following policies and procedures. Protects organization's value by keeping patient information confidential. Serves and protects the hospital community by adhering to professional standards, hospital policies and procedures; federal, state, and local requirements; and jcaho standards. Updates job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities, reading professional publications, participating in professional organizations, and maintaining licensure. Enhances nursing department and hospital reputation by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests; and exploring opportunities to add value to job accomplishments

Assisting with personal care: bathing and grooming, dressing, toileting, and exercise Basic food preparation: preparing meals, shopping, housekeeping, laundry, and other errands General health care: overseeing medication and prescriptions usage, appointment reminders and administering medicine Mobility assistance: help with getting in and out of a wheelchair, car or shower Personal supervision: providing constant companionship and general supervision Transportation: driving to and from activities, running errands, and help getting in and out of wheelchair-accessible vehicle Emotional support: being a stable companion and supporter in all matters personal, health-related and emotional Care for the elderly: orienting or grounding someone with Alzheimer's disease or dementia, relaying information from a doctor to family members Back-up care (or respite) services: providing other caregivers a break Home organization: help with organizing, packing or cleaning for a trip, or general house care and cleaning Health monitoring: following a care plan and noticing any changes in the individual's health, recording and reporting any differences