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NYC Health + Hospitals · 1 day ago

Treatment Aide Programming Specialist, Correctional Health Services

New York, NY

Full-time

Onsite

Entry, Mid Level

$85K/yr - $85K/yr

1+ years exp

NYC Health + Hospitals is the largest public health care system in the nation, providing essential services to 1.4 million New Yorkers every year. The Mental Health Treatment Aide Programming Specialist (TAPS) plays a crucial role in establishing programming to meet the needs of patients on therapeutic housing units, conducting clinical rounds, leading therapeutic activity groups, and performing crisis interventions.

Health CareHome Health CareHospitalMedicalNursing and Residential Care

Responsibilities

Participate in quality assurance and quality improvement with the mental health team

Utilize crisis and/or de-escalation intervention practices, when necessary and appropriate, with patients whose behavior cannot be otherwise supported without such interventions

Identify patient characteristics and environmental variables that may trigger agitated behavior(s) and communicate such information to the treatment team

Communicate clinical matters to assigned Mental Health/DOC or other professional staff as required and report any unusual findings or changes in physical/medical or emotional conditions to their supervisor that may affect the patient or the therapeutic milieu

Lead or co-lead groups/activities and practices, appropriately document group activities

Engage patients regularly and contribute to the therapeutic milieu

Perform clinical mental health rounds on the THUs as required, conference with supervisory staff

Escalate clinical concerns when identified

Where applicable, orient patients to the unit policies, procedures, rules, regulations and routine schedule

Perform 1:1 monitoring of patients for behavioral management/modification purposes

Participate in regularly scheduled, in person 1:1 supervision

Participate in departmental clinical trainings as required

Demonstrate a professional appearance and demeanor at all times

Perform other appropriate mental health duties as directed by team leaders or supervisors

Qualification

Mental health treatmentCrisis interventionQuality assuranceClinical skillsSupervisory experiencePublic AdministrationPublic HealthBusiness AdministrationInterpersonal communicationCollaborative work

Required

A Master's degree from an accredited college or university in Public Administration, Public Health, Business Administration, or a related discipline, and one (1) year of full-time experience in an administrative capacity in business management systems, general administration, health care or medical/patient systems administration; or

A Baccalaureate Degree from an accredited college or university in Public Administration, Public Health, Business Administration, or a related discipline, and two (2) years of full-time experience in an administrative capacity in business management systems, general administration, health care or medical/patient systems administration