United Health Services Hiring for Mental Health Assist I- $1K Sign-On Bonus at Binghamton Full Time

Experienced candidates may be eligible for a sign-on bonus of up to $1,000. Candidates with no experience may qualify for a sign-on bonus of $500.

Mental Health Assistant – BGH

United Health Services is seeking a Mental Health Assistant (MHA) to join our Binghamton General in Binghamton, NY. The MHA is responsible to monitor patients’ behavior and progress, assist patients with basic care like bathing and eating, and update medical records. You may also take patients’ vital signs, provide therapeutic care, and engage patients in social and recreational activities. This is a benefits eligible position.

Shift: Days Hours per week: 40.0 Salary range: $15.25-20.59/hour, depending on experience

Mental Health Assistant Overview

Ensures that individuals 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.

Key Responsibilities and Expectations

• Provide care to patients in a manner that promotes safety, comfort, and the therapeutic environment

• Monitor patient’s behavior and progress

• Assist patients with basic care

• Update medical records as requested

• Assis the Mental Health team

• Demonstrate commitment to organizational Values of Compassion, Trust, Respect, Teamwork, and Innovation

  Position Qualifications

  Minimum:

• 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

  Employee Benefits at United Health Services

  When you work at United Health Services, you become part of our family. We’re proud to offer competitive benefits and compensation to our employees who make an impact every day.

• Health, dental, and vision insurance

• Voluntary benefits, including cancer, pet, and life insurance

• 403(b) retirement plan with company match model

• Immediate accrual of paid time off

• Wellness program rewards and insurance discounts

• Employee Assistant Program (EAP) counseling and concierge services

• Free, extensive online training through HealthStream

  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.