CNA-BHA/FT/PM

Purpose statement

The Certified Nursing Assistant functions as an active part of the treatment team, providing continuous medical or therapeutic patient care, supervision, interaction, and role modeling to patients under the direction of nursing or clinical staff.

Roles and Responsibilities

Essential functions

Ensures the wellbeing of patients and provides a safe, positive, supportive, and structured environment, under direction of charge nurse or supervisor. Maintains a constant awareness and supervision of patients. Ensures patient comfort, dignity, privacy while performing duties such as feed, bath, dress, groom, or change linens.

Assists with transferring, lifting, raising or turning patients. Conducts safety checks and ensuring that supervision is conducted at 15-minute intervals or as noted in special precautions in accordance with individualized supervision guidelines. Takes and records vital signs properly.

Utilizes sound judgment during assessment and observes and documents any changes in a patient’s appearance, behavior or ability to work toward treatment plan goals. Communicates changes in patient’s condition to the charge nurse. Follows the therapeutic interventions outlined by the treatment team for each patient.

Engages with patient in activities and interactions designed to encourage achievement of treatment goals. Applies de-escalation techniques to help manage patient’s emotions, behavior and participation in treatment and assists with seclusion and restraints when necessary. Monitors behavioral improvements and reinforces these behaviors.

Reports changes and responses to treatment by communicating with the team. Reports potential crisis situations and significant changes to the nurse in charge immediately and responds in an appropriate fashion. Charts in patient records timely, accurately, and appropriately.

Assists with unit cleaning, organization of new admits charts, discharge process, filing, etc. Initiates patient/employee incident reports. Provides a verbal report/briefing to the oncoming shift. Checks patients for contraband and manages the patient’s valuables and belongings.

Assists patients through the discharge process. Facilitates patient activity groups. Serves as a positive role model for patients and peers providing examples of appropriate behaviors, effective communication, and conflict resolution.

Encourages open, honest communication to facilitate problem solving on the unit. Provides transfer or transportation for patient or coordinate transportation with appropriate staff member, as required.

Education/experience/skill requirements

High school graduate or equivalent. Additional education or training which results in certification as nursing assistant per state requirements required. Previous experience in behavioral health setting and experience working with the population of the facility preferred. Understands common psychiatric disorders and/or dual diagnosis and various treatment modalities of the population served.

Licenses/designations/certifications

Current Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) certification or license, per state requirements. CPR and de-escalation and restraint certification required (training available upon hire and offered by facility). First aid may be required based on state or facility requirements.

Work location

This position is onsite at the facility and is not a remote position.

Supervisory

Requirements

This position is an Individual Contributor Why Miramont Behavioral Health? Miramont Behavioral Health offers a comprehensive benefit plan and a competitive salary commensurate with experience and qualifications. Qualified candidates should apply by submitting a resume. Miramont Behavioral Health is an EOE. Veterans and military spouses are highly encouraged to apply. Summit BHC is dedicated to serving Veterans with specialized programming at our treatment centers across the country. We recognize and value the unique strengths of the military community in supporting our mission to serve those who have served.