Mental Health Aide

Job title: Mental Health Aide

Job description: Your Opportunity:

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Mental Health Aide to join the Royal Alexandra Hospital Emergency Mental Health Team. Reporting to the Care Manager and under the direction and supervision of a Registered Psychiatric Nurse/Registered Nurse, the Mental Health Aide performs activities to meet the personal care needs and comforts of patients in accordance with patient care plans and hospital policies and procedures. Please attach a resume.

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
• Department: RA-Emergency Psychiatric -EDM
• Primary Location: Royal Alexandra Hospital
• Multi-Site: Not Applicable
• FTE: 0.40
• Posting End Date: 13-DEC-2021
• Employee Class: Regular Part Time
• Date Available: 23-DEC-2021
• Hours per Shift: 7.75
• Length of Shift in weeks: 4
• Shifts per cycle: 8
• Shift Pattern: Days, Evenings, Nights, Weekends
• Days Off: As Per Rotation
• Minimum Salary: $21.74
• Maximum Salary: $25.34
• 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 Basic Cardiac Life Support- Healthcare Provider (BCLS-HCP) certification required. Must be able to demonstrate excellent communication skills, flexibility and ability to work in face paced environment. Preferred Qualifications:

Experience in working with Mental Health patients in a hospital setting is preferred. Personal Support Aide Certificate, Mental Health Aide, or Nursing Aide equivalent preferred.

Please note:

All postings close at 23:59 of the posting end date indicated.

Hiring Requirements:

The following must be provided prior to your first day of work:

Security Screening: Satisfactory criminal record check and/or Vulnerable Sector Search. Additionally, all employees have an ongoing duty to disclose any charges or convictions that may occur during their employment with AHS.

COVID-19 Immunization: Proof of full immunization against COVID-19. Full immunization status is achieved when 14 days have passed after the second dose of a two-dose vaccine, or the first dose of a single-dose vaccine. See our for additional information.

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