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PSYCHIATRIC AIDE 3 (MENTAL HEALTH TECHNICIAN) -WAE/PRN - RESIDENTIAL FACILITY

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PSYCHIATRIC AIDE 3 (MENTAL HEALTH TECHNICIAN) -WAE/PRN - RESIDENTIAL FACILITY

Salary

Depends on Qualifications

Location

Mandeville, LA

Job Type

Classified

Job Number

208544-PA3WAE-FTC

Department

LDH-Florida Parishes Human Services Authority

Opening Date

05/13/2025

Closing Date

5/20/2025 11:59 PM Central

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About this Job

EMBRACING OUR DIVERSITY MAKES US STRONGER

We believe that our individual differences are our strength, and it forms the foundation that allows our agency to empower individuals to experience a greater quality of life.

Our agency’s vision is that all people will be empowered to lead meaningful and productive lives among friends, relatives, and neighbors regardless of behavioral health needs or developmental disabilities. We have been lighting the path forward into r ecovery by providing person-centered services to adults and children who meet the treatment criteria for substance use disorders, developmental disabilities, and/or mental health.

To learn more about our agency, please Visit our website. (http://fphsa.org/)

For more detailed information on some of these benefits, you may click on the “Benefits” tab located above .

This Psychiatric Aide 3 position is for a vacancy located in our inpatient residential facility, Fontainebleau Treatment Center/Alcohol & Treatment Center, in Mandeville, Louisiana .

Please see the Examples of Work below for additional information for this position.

This position will be filled as a Classified WAE (When Actually Employed or PRN) limited to 1,245 hours in a 12 month period. Psychiatric Aides shall be compensated shift differential rates for actual hours worked. These rates have been established by the FPHSA policy and approved by the Civil Service Commission. Shift Differential Rates may range from $0.25/hour to $1.60/hour, depending on both the shift and the day worked.

No Civil Service test score is required in order to be considered for this vacancy.

To apply for this vacancy, click on the "Apply" link above and complete an electronic application which can be used for this vacancy as well as future job opportunities. Applicants are responsible for checking the status of their application to determine where they are in the recruitment process.? Further status message information is located under the information section of the Current Job Opportunities page.

* Resumes WILL NOT be accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections on your application. Applications may be rejected if incomplete. *

For additional information about this vacancy contact:

Emily Barthelemy

FPHSA Human Resources

835 Pride Drive, Suite B

Hammond, LA 70401

[email protected]

Minimum Qualifications

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

Eighteen months of experience in providing behavioral health or developmentally disabled services, or psychiatric patient care; OR

Nine semester hours of college coursework in a social sciences field, education, social work, child guidance, or nursing; OR

One year of experience in providing behavioral health or developmentally disabled services or psychiatric patient care plus a Behavioral Health Aide Diploma from a vocational technical college with an approved curriculum from the Louisiana State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education.

Job Specification

FUNCTION OF WORK:

To perform responsible non-professional nursing support work involving direct patient care and the implementation of a variety of planned therapeutic techniques.

LEVEL OF WORK:

Advanced

SUPERVISION RECEIVED:

General from a professional nurse, physician or other medical personnel of a higher level.

SUPERVISION EXERCISED:

Lead worker over Psychiatric Aides 1, 2.

LOCATION OF WORK:

State health care facilities and rehabilitation centers.

JOB DISTINCTIONS:

Differs from Psychiatric Aide 2 by the implementation of a variety of planned therapeutic techniques.

Job Duties and Other Information

This Psychiatric Aide 3 position provides direct care to clients receiving substance use treatment in a 24-hour residential facility. This facility is an ASAM Level III.5 Adult Clinically Managed High Intensity, residential substance use treatment program. This position provides direct nursing-aide coverage on the unit, which may include the following duties : continuous observation of clients, taking vital signs, performing room checks, collecting urine drug screens or urinalysis by order of physician or charge nurse, ensur ing clie nt s stay on schedule with labs and clinical appointments, maintaining documentation in the electronic health record (EHR), monitoring and/or auditing chart orders and checking/auditing MD orders nightly, creating & preparing documentation for clients with special dietary needs, and working collaboratively with other clinical and administrative staff. Driving and alternating shift work may also be required, and the chosen applicant will be required to possess (or obtain) a Chauffeur’s/Class D driver’s license if hired.

Louisiana State Government represents a wide variety of career options and offers an outstanding opportunity tomake a differencethrough public service. With an array of career opportunities in every major metropolitan center and in many rural areas, state employment provides an outstanding option to begin or continue your career.

As a state employee, you will earn competitive pay, choose from a variety of benefits, and have access to a great professional development program:

Insurance Coverage More information can be found at https://info.groupbenefits.org/

Parental Leave– Up to six weeks paid parental leave

More information can be found athttps://www.civilservice.louisiana.gov/Parental-Leave/Default.aspx

Holidays and Leave – State employees receive the following paid holidays each year:

+ New Year's Day

+ Martin Luther King, Jr. Day,

+ Mardi Gras,

+ Good Friday,

+ Memorial Day,

+ Independence Day,

+ Labor Day,

+ Veteran's Day,

+ Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.

***** Additional holidays may be proclaimed by the Governor

State employees earn sick and annual leave which can be accumulated and saved for future use. Your accrual rate increases as your years of service increase.

Retirement – State of Louisiana employees are eligible to participate in various retirement systems (based on the type of appointment and agency for which an employee works). These retirement systems provide retirement allowances and other benefits for state officers and employees and their beneficiaries. State retirement systems may include (but are not limited to):

+ Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (www.lasersonline.org). LASERS has provided this video (https://lasersonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Your\_Retirement\_System.mp4) to give you more detailed information about their system

+ Teacher's Retirement System of Louisiana (www.trsl.org),

+ Louisiana School Employees Retirement System (www.lsers.net), among others

01

Do you have a current Louisiana Chauffeur's license? NOTE: If you are chosen for this position, you will be required to obtain a Chauffer's license within your first 30 days of employment if you do not already have one.

+ Yes

+ No

02

What shift will you be available to work?

+ 7:00 am - 3:00 pm

+ 3:00 pm - 11:00 pm

+ 11:00 pm - 7:00 pm

+ All available shifts

03

Have you completed nine (9) semester hours of college coursework in a social sciences field, education, social work, child guidance, or nursing?

+ Yes

+ No

04

If you answered "yes" to the previous question, please type each course name, semester hours earned, and the accredited university. If you answered "no", type N/A. Example: Acct 2001 - Introductory Financial Accounting - 3 hrs - LSU

05

Do you possess a Behavioral Health Aide Diploma from a vocational technical college with an approved curriculum from the Louisiana State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education?

+ Yes

+ No

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Employer

State of Louisiana

Address

For agency contact information, please refer to

the supplemental information above.

Louisiana State Civil Service, Louisiana, 70802

Phone

(866) 783-5462

Website

http://agency.governmentjobs.com/louisiana/default.cfm

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