QMHA - Med Tech Oregon - Behavioral Health 203
Company: Telecare Corporation
Location: Woodburn
Posted on: October 26, 2024
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Job Description:
Telecare's mission is to deliver excellent and effective
behavioral health services that engage individuals in recovering
their health, hopes, and dreams. Telecare continues to advance
cultural diversity, humility, equity, and inclusion at all levels
of our organization by hiring mental health peers, BIPOC, LGBTQIA+,
veterans, and all belief systems.As part of the Telecare Family,
the Recovery Center at Woodburn is a 15-bed sub-acute locked
forensic facility for adult males 18+, who are diagnosed with a
serious mental illness.Shifts Available:Full Time; overnights (0.8
- 4 days) - 11 pm - 7:30 am - Days VaryFull Time; Swing (0.8 - 4
days) 3:00 pm - 11:30 pm Days VaryPOSITION SUMMARYThe QMHA provides
care that responds to the physical and psychological needs of
members served. The QMHA provides direct and indirect services
according to individual service plans and Medicaid standards. When
the term "members" is used in this job description, it will mean
"residents".ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS - Demonstrates the Telecare
mission, purpose, values, and beliefs in everyday language and
contact with the internal and external stakeholders - Provides
safe, effective, and efficient implementation of direct care in
accordance with established policies, procedures, and standards of
care - Complies with Medicaid standards in the provision of care
including following a treatment plan to provide skills training,
activity therapies, and psychiatric support - Documents
interventions according to program and Medicaid standards at
intervals established by program leadership - Provides crisis
intervention - Gathers and summarizes clinical data for use in
assessments - Participates in treatment team meetings -
Establishes, maintains, and co-facilitates a therapeutic
relationship with members served; acts as a role model by
maintaining a hopeful and positive attitude and problem solving and
coping with mental illness - Attends and participates in community
meetings and groups - Facilitates groups within scope of practice -
Charts and observes client behavior - Documents client activities
of daily living, response to interventions, and significant
behavior changes as appropriate - Admits and discharges members
served as assigned; including completing associated documentation -
Assists members served with hygienic care - Provides client
monitoring including, but not limited to, rounds, seclusion and
restraint supervision and smoke breaks - Assists in client outings,
which may include driving - Practices body substance precautions at
all times - Administers medications to all facility members per LMP
orders - Practices seven rights of medication administration -
Accurately documents medication administration in member's record -
Utilizes universal precautions in handling of members' medications
- Completes vital signs and accurately documents in member's record
- Accurately tracks medication supplies during shift (completes
controlled medication count, audits medication administration
record for accuracy) - Communicates with LMP and nursing
coordinator any concerns or needs regarding medication
administration for members - Must assist with restraint of members
served in the event of assaultive behavior and pass assault
crisis/crisis prevention trainingDuties and responsibilities may be
added, deleted and/or changed at the discretion of
management.QUALIFICATIONSRequired: - High school diploma or G.E.D
and three (3 years of experience in a psychiatric mental health
setting or BA/BS with one (1) year experience in mental health
setting - Must be credentialed as a QMHA in the state of Oregon -
Must have completed approved training and pass competency test,
outside candidates must complete within 30 days of hire - Must be
at least 18 years of age - Must be CPR, Crisis Prevention Institute
(CPI), and First Aid certified on date of employment or within 60
days of employment and maintain current certification throughout
employment - All opportunities at Telecare are contingent upon
successful completion and receipt of acceptable results of the
applicable post-offer physical examination, 2-step PPD test for
tuberculosis, acceptable criminal background clearances, excluded
party sanctions, and degree or license verification. Position
requires driving, valid driver's license, a motor vehicle clearance
and proof of auto insurance is required at time of employment and
must be maintained throughout employment. Additional regulatory,
contractual or local requirements may applySKILLS - Knowledge of
basic psychiatric rehabilitation interventions - Good communication
skills - Ability to use problem-solving techniques - Ability to
interview members served to determine client needsPHYSICAL
DEMANDSThe physical demands here are representative of those that
must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential
functions of this job.The employee is occasionally required to sit,
bend, squat, kneel, crawl, twist, push, pull and lift and carry
items weighing 50 pounds or less as well as to frequently walk,
stand, twist, reach and to do simple and power grasping. The
position requires manual deviation, repetitive and dexterity and be
exposed to uneven walking ground as well as Hazardous Exposure
(Blood Borne Pathogens, Hospital Waste, Chemical & Infectious).EOE
AA M/F/V/DisabilityIf job posting references any sign-on bonus
internal applicants and applicants employed with Telecare in the
previous 12 months would not be eligible.Equal Opportunity
Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with DisabilitiesThe
contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate
against employees or applicants because they have inquired about,
discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another
employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the
compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part
of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other
employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have
access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in
response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an
investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an
investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the
contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR
60-1.35(c)
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