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Supplemental Information

This vacancy is located in the Nursing Department of Eastern Louisiana Mental Health System in Jackson, LA (East Feliciana Parish). ELMHS is the largest 24-hour, multi-site, state psychiatric complex, comprised of residential, outpatient and inpatient services.

*This posting may be used to fill vacancies in other divisions or units at Eastern Louisiana Mental Health System .

This position may be filled as either a Probational or Job Appointment (open to all qualified applicants); a Promotion (open to all statewide classified and Agency-wide permanent status employees), by Detail to Special Duty; or as a part-time WAE. Current permanent status, classified employees may be required to accept a Probational appointed if selected for a full-time position.

SPECIAL ENTRANCE RATE (SER) OF PAY:
$1112.80-biweekly/$13.91-hourly

Premium Pay; paid for each hour worked:
Retention pay - $1.50 per hour worked
Facility Longevity Pay – starting at $1.00 per hour worked

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

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 by selecting the 'Applications' link after logging into their account.

For further information about this vacancy, please contact:
LDH-ELMHS Human Resources
Jackson, LA. 70748
225-634-0571
ELMHS-HR@LA.GOV

Specific information about this job will be provided to you in the interview process, should you be selected. However, there is no guarantee that everybody that applies to this posting will be interviewed.

Minimum Qualifications

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

Eighteen months of experience in psychiatric patient care or in providing care, guidance or training to the developmentally disabled, physically disabled or chemically dependent.

SUBSTITUTIONS:

College training with at least six semester hours per year in one or a combination of education, psychology, counseling, social work, sociology, child guidance, or nursing will substitute for the required experience on the basis of thirty semester hours for one year of experience.

A Mental Health Aide Diploma from a vocational technical college with an approved curriculum from the Louisiana State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education will substitute for six months of the required experience.

NOTE:

Most vacancies will be filled by promotion. Completion of an in- service training program administered by the department may be required.

Job Concepts

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.

Examples of Work

Provides emotional/physical support as indicated based on knowledge of the patients' psychiatric disorder, communication skills, and behavior.

Communicates to nursing staff all verbal interactions with patients.

Maintains appropriate therapeutic staff - patient relationship and utilizes knowledge of therapeutic techniques.

Performs specialized patient care activities, such as range of motion, postmortem care, isolation techniques and observation of restrained patients.

Serves as lead worker over Psychiatric Aides of a lower level.

Performs all duties of lower-level psychiatric aides.