What are the responsibilities and job description for the Mental Health Tech, WWP position at Ashtabula County Medical Center?
Summary : The Mental Health Tech provides direct patient care of psychiatric patients under the supervision of the Registered Nurse. Facilitates groups as assigned. Monitors assess the current mental status and psychiatric symptoms of behavioral medicine patients and make appropriate interventions. Assists in ADL's, supervises meals and passes trays. Obtains vital signs. Assists other staff in milieu management. Maintains documentation on the patient charts. Additionally, this role involves Protected Health Information.Weekend Work Program Requirements
- Weekend work opportunities will be available on every shift. The positions will be offered to non-bargaining unit caregivers in the unit only and awarded based on seniority among the caregivers who hold position on that shift. A caregiver will not be permitted to change shifts to obtain a weekend work program position. These employees will be in the "Weekend Work Program, WWP".
- Weekends are defined as 7 : 00 pm on Friday to 7 : 00 am on Monday.
- WWP full-time caregivers will be required to schedule themselves (2) consecutive weekend shifts within the same weekend, and (1) additional shift during the week; or a night shift full-time caregiver may schedule themselves for (3) consecutive weekend shifts.
- WWP part-time caregivers will be required to schedule themselves (2) consecutive weekend shifts within the same weekend.
- WWP caregivers will be permitted to trade with another caregiver to work a different weekend shift and still receive the weekend pay even if the trade results in non-consecutive weekend shifts.
- Hours scheduled during the week may not be used to satisfy the weekend work commitment.
- Weekend Pay : WWP caregivers will receive a 25% differential for their weekend hours worked. No additional shift differentials would be applied.
- Weekend pay will not be paid for PTO or leaves.
- Holiday requirements are the same as for caregivers on the unit. If a holiday that the WWP caregiver is required to work falls on a weekend shift, the caregiver will receive holiday pay for the applicable holiday and weekend pay for other weekend shifts worked
- If ARMC moves a WWP caregiver off a weekend shift and requires them to work a non-weekend shift because of scheduling requirements, they will receive weekend pay for the non-weekend shift.
- A WWP caregiver shall make a three (3) month commitment to the program. Thereafter, should the caregiver wish to leave the WWP, they shall submit a thirty (30) day notice to her immediate supervisor, be returned to non-WWP status within her same shift, department, and FTE. The Medical Center may then post the WWP position to make it available to other caregivers in the department.
