Mental Health Assist I, UHS Binghamton General Hospital

Shift

Night

Hours per week:

32

Salary range:

$19.37 - $28.09 per hour, depending on experience.

Overview

Ensures that individual’s with mental health and mental illness needs receive the care and treatment they require and work to provide this in consultation with Mental Health Technicians, Registered Nurses, Social Workers, Rehabilitation Staff and Physicians. Serves all patients on the mental health services in both inpatient and outpatient settings in a manner consistent with the provider and nursing orders provided. Customers served are the patients, the families and significant other of patients, the Registered Nurses and other interdisciplinary staff of the mental health services.

Qualifications

Education/Experience

Minimum Required:

• High School Diploma or GED

Preferred:

• College courses leading to a degree in a mental health related field or Nursing

• Previous education in a Nursing Assistant program

• Previous work experience in a health care environment

License/Certification

Preferred:

• Certified Nursing Assistant

About United Health Services

United Health Services is a not-for-profit healthcare system serving more than 500,000 people in Upstate New York’s Southern Tier region. We offer integrated healthcare services across 60 locations, including four hospitals, three walk-in centers, and 22 primary care offices, in addition to home care services and senior living facilities. The United Health Services system employs more than 6,300 people and comprises 600+ providers who are all committed to providing and supporting the delivery of exceptional patient care.

United Health Services employees and providers are “LOVED!” This means we’re Living Our Values Every Day. Here, you’ll join a team that is dedicated to values-based, coordinated patient care. Every day, we outwardly live our Values of Compassion, Trust, Respect, Teamwork, and Innovation.

About New York’s Southern Tier

As an employee of United Health Services, you’ll call the Southern Tier, or more specifically, the Greater Binghamton area, home. Known for entertainment and restaurants, craft brews, outdoor experiences, minor-league sports, family-friendly events, and a keenness for local history (like our connection to the Twilight Zone and our six antique carousels), Greater Binghamton offers something for everyone. We’re a short drive away from the Finger Lakes region in Central New York, three hours from New York City, and just shy of four hours from Niagara Falls, Canada.

United Health Services in an Equal Opportunity Employer.

United Health Services, Inc. and the members of the UHS System neither are affiliated with, sponsored, endorsed nor approved by, nor otherwise associated with, Universal Health Services, Inc. (NYSE: UHS), UHS of Delaware, Inc. nor their affiliates, which can be found at www.uhsinc.com.