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Employer & Industry UsageCommon in healthcare, wellness, and corporate sectorsUsed in similar settings, often for supplemental income or flexible schedules

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Mental Health Coach

Childrens Hospital of The Kings Daughters

Norfolk, VA • On-site

$20.67/hr

Full-time

Re-posted 23 hours ago

Key responsibilities

  • Provides evidence-based skills coaching, behavioral modification, and direct observation to pediatric patients with mental health diagnoses.

  • Maintains a safe and compliant treatment setting by managing the patient's room, environment, and team schedule, and alerting nurses to changes in mental status.

  • Assists with de-escalation, crisis management, and application of restraint when necessary, including providing emotional first aid and de-briefing after behavioral escalations.

Children's Hospital Of The King's Daughters rating

7.8

Company rating: 7.8 out of 10

Based on 31 frontline employees who took The Breakroom Quiz

198th of 1,065 rated hospitals

Job description

  • GENERAL SUMMARY
    • The Mental Health Coach is responsible for establishing a therapeutic relationship with pediatric mental health clients, modeling pro-social and positive self-coping skills. Maintains a safe and regulatory compliant treatment setting and collaborates with patient and team stakeholders to ensure an effective treatment experience. May function in on-call capacity as necessary to meet the needs of the organization. Reports to the Nurse Manager.
  • ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
    • Provision of clinical care-
      • Provides evidence-based skills coaching, behavioral modification and direct observation to pediatric patients with mental health diagnoses.
      • Implements and reinforces strategies included in patient's treatment or behavioral plan. Relays ineffective aspects of plan back to broader team for review and adjustment.
      • Completes coping cards with each patient and encourages their use.
      • May complete nursing tasks, as delegated by the RN, for medically involved clients.
      • Maintains a collaborative and supportive stance with patients as a means of maintaining unit calm.
      • Displays expertise in de-escalation cycle and educates patients and families daily on its use.
    • Crisis Management-
      • Maintains consistent awareness of where each assigned patient is on de-escalation cycle; utilizes skills appropriate for observed de-escalation level.
      • Adopts a collaborative and reflective stance with patients with the goal of de-escalation in mind.
      • Provides emotional first aid and de-briefing to individual patients and groups after behavioral escalations.
    • Ensure safe and compliant treatment setting-
      • Manages patient's room, unit environment and team schedule, ensuring consistent structure and a priority towards safety.
      • Ensures work areas are organized, safe and ready for the next activity or shift.
      • Maintains constant awareness of patient location and immediately alerts nurse to changes in mental status.
      • Completes regular environmental assessment.
    • Admission/Registration/Greeter-
      • Processes admissions in a timely, organized and client-centered fashion.
      • Assures anyone entering the unit is free of contraband by encouraging use of assigned lockers.
      • Provides updates to parent/guardian regarding patient condition and progress, information is linked to the plan of care; if unsure of boundaries consults with treatment team prior to sharing information.
      • Greets families when they are present at point of access, provides guidance on way finding and unit rules.
    • Emergency Department-
      • Oversees Emergency Department mental health flow by acting as a liaison between provider, charge nurse, bedside nurse, evaluating therapist, admission staff, parent and child.
      • Provides evidence-based skills coaching, behavioral modification and direct observation to pediatric patients with mental health diagnoses. Assistance in application of restraint when deemed medically necessary and ordered by treating physician.
      • May complete nursing tasks (Activities of Daily Living (ADLs), Vital Signs, nutrition, patient weights), as delegated by the RN, for medically involved clients.
      • Maintains compliant and safe environment of care including stocking, setting up rooms for admission and general cleaning.
      • Attends change of shift and unit level huddles.
      • Assists with de-escalation and restraint application when needed.
      • Completes coping cards with each client and encourages their use.
      • Maintains consistent awareness of where each assigned patient is on de-escalation cycle; utilizes skills appropriate for observed de-escalation level.
      • Performs other duties as assigned.
  • LICENSES AND/OR CERTIFICATIONS
    • None required.
  • MINIMUM EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS
    • Undergraduate degree in Social Work, Counseling, Mental Health, Education, Arts & Science, Healthcare or related field from an accredited college/university or equivalent course work and/or previous training and direct care employment experience to demonstrate knowledge or expertise in children, adolescences or mental health. Undergraduate degree in noted disciplines preferred.
    • Supplemental trainings in mental health disorders, crisis response, behavioral planning preferred.
    • Increased Security Clearance may be Required: FBI fingerprinting, criminal background check, and Child Protective Services registry search.
  • WORKING CONDITIONS
    • Inpatient hospital or outpatient practice with little exposure to dust, temperature and the like.
  • PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
    • Click here to view physical requirements.

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