Milieu Counselor / Nursing Assistant Float - Adult and Geriatric Psych - E/O Weekend

About the role

Location: CHA Everett Hospital Category: Nurse Support Department: Lewis 2 Psychiatric Nursing Job Type: Part-time Union Name: SEIU 1199 Shifts: Nights, 11pm to 7:30 am - Every other Saturday and Sunday Hours/Week: 16 hours/wk, every other weekend Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA) is a vibrant, innovative health system dedicated to providing essential services to all members of the community. With almost 140,000 patients in Cambridge, Somerville, and Boston's Metro North region, CHA is a local provider of choice for primary care, specialty care, emergency services, hospital care, maternity care and behavioral health. Lewis 2 is a 22 bed Geriatric Behavioral Health Unit for patients who are aged 55 and older. We provide a vibrant activities program along with special group sessions and programming to provide support. A designated activity group room houses musical instruments, art supplies and other items to engage individual patient strengths and interests. Patients are cared for by a dynamic interdisciplinary psychiatry team of nurses, milieu counselors, providers and social workers. The schedule for this position is two weekend days and evenings (rotation), Sat and Sun, every other weekend only . Even though it is a limited schedule, it does require an extensive paid orientation which includes 7 consecutive full days (typically 8am-4:30pm) of hospital orientation (offsite) in Malden as well as about 3-5 weeks of regular shifts (about 24 hours per week or 3 eight hour shifts per week ) on the unit until you've completed the unit orientation. After that you would start with your regular every other weekend schedule. Job Purpose Providing quality care according to Cambridge Health Alliance standards of nursing practice and the role expectations of the Adult Psychiatric Inpatient Unit. The Milieu Counselor is a member of the multidisciplinary team who, under the supervision of a Registered Nurse, is responsible for a safe and structured unit milieu as well as attending to the individual needs of patients in crisis in an inpatient psychiatric setting. The Milieu Counselor/ Nursing Assistant assists with ADL's, lead or co-lead groups, perform safety checks, 1:1 meetings with patients, and charts patients B/P, TPR we are looking for smart, committed, compassionate people who want to be part of making our vision of better health and equity a reality. At CHA, you can believe in where you work and go home every day knowing you made a difference. Join our team and help us bring Care to the People.