Job Summary
Support behavioral health patients with daily care, safety, and therapeutic activities. This role includes assisting with admissions, monitoring patients, recording observations, and promptly communicating changes in condition to the registered nurse. The position helps maintain a safe, clean care setting and follows established infection control practices.
Responsibilities
- Assist patients with activities of daily living and admission procedures.
- Take and record vital signs, and complete safety checks every 15 minutes.
- Support patients’ participation in group programming.
- Document care provided and relevant patient observations.
- Keep the environment clean and safe, and follow infection control procedures.
- Notify the registered nurse of abnormal findings or changes in a patient’s condition.
Qualifications
- High school diploma or equivalent.
- Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) certification, to be obtained within 30 days of hire.
- Basic computer skills and effective communication and interpersonal abilities.
- Ability to move and lift patients using appropriate equipment.
UnityPoint Health provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
