Job Details

Division: Within the Secure Forensic Facility (SFF) Department at ELMHS, Located in Jackson, LA
The Mission of ELMHS is to provide mental health evaluation, treatment, habilitation, and consultation for adults. Programs include inpatient interventions, jail-based evaluations, supervised group home and residential programs, forensic evaluation, care, custody, and aftercare; intermediate and long-term psychiatric services are coordinated with the total system of care in Louisiana
ELMHS is looking for a motivated, detail-oriented, and positive individual to join our team as a Psych Aide 3!
Eighteen months of experience in providing behavioral health or developmentally disabled services, or psychiatric patient care; OR
Nine semester hours of college coursework in a social sciences field, education, social work, child guidance, or nursing; OR
One year of experience in providing behavioral health or developmentally disabled services or psychiatric patient care plus a Behavioral Health Aide Diploma from a vocational technical college with an approved curriculum from the Louisiana State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education.The official job specifications for this role, as defined by the State Civil Service, can be found here.
Job Duties:
In this role, you will:
* Provides emotional/physical support as indicated based on knowledge of the patients' psychiatric disorder, communication skills, and behavior.
* Communicates to nursing staff all verbal interactions with patients.
* Maintains appropriate therapeutic staff - patient relationship and utilizes knowledge of therapeutic techniques.
* Performs specialized patient care activities, such as range of motion, postmortem care, isolation techniques and observation of restrained patients.
* Serves as lead worker over Psychiatric Aides of a lower level.
* Performs all duties of lower-level psychiatric aides.
Position-Specific Details:
Appointment Type: Probational or Promotional
Work Schedule: Days or Nights
Compensation:
* This position is eligible for an SER rate of $13.91 an hour or $1112.80 bi-weekly
* This position is eligible for the following premium pays (Per Hour Physically Worked):
* $1.00 an hour for Facility Longevity
* $1.50 an hour for Recruitment and Retention
How To Apply:
No Civil Service test score is required in order to be considered for this vacancy.
To apply for this vacancy, click on the "Apply" link above and complete an electronic application, which can be used for this vacancy as well as future job opportunities. Applicants are responsible for checking the status of their application to determine where they are in the recruitment process. Further status message information is located under the Information section of the Current Job Opportunities page.
* Information to support your eligibility for this job title must be included in the application (i.e., relevant, detailed experience/education). Resumeswill not be accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections on your application. Applications may be rejected if incomplete.
Contact Information:
For further information about this vacancy, contact:
Leigh Moore
ELMHS HR
...@LA.GOV
225-###-####
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