Job Description

Your Opportunity:

Duties include, but are not limited to, assisting in the provision of routine care to meet patient’s hygiene, nutrition, mobility, recreation and safety needs. The Psychiatric/Mental Health Aide also assists in the maintenance of a safe environment for patients, families, staff and visitors. Off campus patient escort duties may be assigned. The Mental Health Aide will demonstrate: Strong verbal communication skills that support verbal messages being received and understood. Congruent non-verbal communication skills & active listening skills. Ability to establish and maintain relationships built on mutual respect, appropriate sensitivity and transparency, empathy, and compassion with patients, families, colleagues, professional and medical staff. Ability to manage emotions and strong feelings, maintain a calm and tactful composure under a broad range of challenging circumstances, and to think clearly and stay focused under pressure. Ability to work cooperatively and productively with others. Ability to enhance, support, empower and otherwise increase patient engagement in treatment and change. Ability to follow instructions and complete assigned tasks.

Description:

As a Mental Health Aide, you will work as a collaborative member of the multidisciplinary team to provide a welcoming and safe care environment. You will assist in the provision of direct patient/client care as delegated in a person-centered, recovery oriented and safe manner. In this position, you will assist and / or promote independence to patients/clients in completing activities of daily living as well as assisting other health professionals with providing treatments and observing and reporting relevant patient/client information to professional staff. You will assist new patients/clients and families with orientation, and assist in the general support of the work area.

• Classification: Mental Health Aide
• Union: AUPE AUX
• Unit and Program: Psychiatry Float Pool
• Primary Location: Royal Alexandra Hospital
• Location Details: As Per Location
• Multi-Site: Not Applicable
• FTE: 0.00
• Posting End Date: 29-AUG-2022
• Employee Class: Casual/Relief
• Date Available: 12-SEP-2022
• Hours per Shift: Varies
• Length of Shift in weeks: Varies
• Shifts per cycle: Varies
• Shift Pattern: Days, Evenings, Nights, Weekends, On Call
• Days Off: Other
• Minimum Salary: $21.96
• Maximum Salary: $25.59
• Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable

Required Qualifications: Completion of Grade 12. Completion of Health Care Aide or Mental Health Aide Certificate or equivalent. Additional Required Qualifications: Current BCLS-HCP certification required. English language proficiency required. Preferred Qualifications: Post-secondary education in social sciences, psychology or health services. Experience working with persons with addiction and/or mental health issues in a hospital setting.