River Vista Behavioral Health · 11 hours ago
COORD - Milieu Specialist NOC
Madera, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
5+ years expRiver Vista Behavioral Health is a new facility providing advanced behavioral health services in the Central Valley. They are seeking a compassionate Milieu Specialist to manage therapeutic milieu and ensure patient safety through training and monitoring of hospital units.
Mental Health Care
Responsibilities
Assists with monitoring new employees during the orientation period in conjunction with the Nurse Managers
Work closely with nursing in providing safety and milieu management
Responsible with patient harm reduction, verbal-Descalation and Crisis Prevention Intervention (CPI) practice and training; to assure staff and patients’ safety
Works collaboratively with staff, charges nurses, house supervisors and other leaders to address patient safety issued related to the milieu
Responsibilities include ensuring program schedules are followed, provide role modeling on managing patients with diagnosis of psychosis/aggression with aggressive/psychotic patients, training employees and implementing changes to Milieu
Will be responsible to float to all units in the Hospital
Performs assessments and recommendations related to therapeutic milieu management
Assist in providing appropriate activities for patients
Assist in group and individual training to facility staff on milieu management, and related topics through formal training sessions and mentoring direct care staff in the patient care areas
Assists in coordination with nursing leadership regarding implementation of milieu management best practices
Provides orientation and ongoing education/training for clinical staff and leadership as needed
Rounds units and reports any problem areas to nursing leadership
Assists House Supervisor as needed
Maintains regular communication with nursing leadership regarding any therapeutic milieu issues
Assists in providing oversight and coordination for assigned special projects
Demonstrates knowledge, comprehension, and compliance with all state and federal laws, rules and regulations, and agency policies and procedures, as well as the ability to enforce them
Takes initiative and responsibility for decisions as an individual and as a company. Exhibits commitment to personal and companywide goals
Participates in the ongoing development of competencies, capabilities, technology and the resources needed to achieve high standards of efficiency and effectiveness. Approaches everything with passion and desire to achieve the highest standards
Attends and participates in staff meetings, required in-services, agency process improvement activities and other meetings as requested
Utilizes material, equipment, and time in a safe, beneficial, and cost-effective manner
Organizes workload to complete responsibilities in an appropriate and timely manner
Perform other duties as assigned
Qualification
Required
High school diploma required; bachelor's degree preferred
Five (5) years of professional experience in a behavioral/mental health setting required
CPR certification and successful completion of Crisis Prevention Intervention (CPI) training
Company
River Vista Behavioral Health
Along the bluffs overlooking the San Joaquin River, this brand new, 81,600-square-foot, 128-bed facility, will provide accessible, high-quality and advanced behavioral health services to residents and visitors in the Central Valley.
201-500 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageLeadership Team
Robert Dutile, Ph.D.
Chief Executive Officer
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