PSYCH CARE WORKER

Michigan Medicine improves the health of patients, populations and communities through excellence in education, patient care, community service, research and technology development, and through leadership activities in Michigan, nationally and internationally. Our mission is guided by our Strategic Principles and has three critical components: patient care, education and research that together enhance our contribution to society.

Responsibilities

• Support patients in activities of daily living, including assistance with hygiene, ambulation, laundry, and environmental cleanliness and safety.
• Participate in patient care including taking vital signs and checking blood glucose levels.
• Communicate observations and relevant patient information to multidisciplinary team and document in patient health record as needed.
• Rotate between three different roles performing required safety checks, supporting the patient milieu, and working with patients and families in the neurodevelopmental subunit.
• Provide therapeutic and/or physical interventions under supervision of Nursing.
• Transport patients to off-unit procedures or tests.
• At times, serve as a 1:1 patient attendant by providing constant and vigilant observation of assigned patient.

Requirements

• Recent experience as a psychiatric care worker (or like position) on an inpatient child psych unit (or like area).
• Evidence of a responsible work pattern including an outstanding attendance record and arriving on time for your shift.
• In good standing.

Qualifications

Required

• Recent experience as a psychiatric care worker (or like position) on an inpatient child psych unit (or like area).

Desired

• A minimum of two years of college.

Benefits

• Excellent medical, dental and vision coverage effective on your very first day.
• 2:1 Match on retirement savings.

Schedule

This position consists of a 32 hour per week appointment. The schedule will include every other weekend with the shift position of evening shifts during the week and day shifts for the weekends.

About Michigan Medicine

Michigan Medicine is one of the largest health care complexes in the world and has been the site of many groundbreaking medical and technological advancements since the opening of the U-M Medical School in 1850. Michigan Medicine is comprised of over 30,000 employees and our vision is to attract, inspire, and develop outstanding people in medicine, sciences, and healthcare to become one of the world’s most distinguished academic health systems.