Pediatric Mental Health Specialist I
Pediatric Mental Health Specialist I
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Job Description
Provide age appropriate coaching and supervision to patients and families hospitalized on the Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine Unit (PBMU). The PMHSs work is directed by Nursing Leaders or designee. Incumbents are required to work with complex and acute psychiatric patients and be comfortable in dealing with stressful and quickly changing environments. This includes initiating appropriate interventions that promote a healthy and safe environment for patients families and staff.
We are looking for fulltime & parttime Pediatric Mental Health Specialists to work in our Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine Unit (PBMU)!
The Pediatric Mental Health Specialist position provides the opportunity to grow your career in the mental and behavioral health field by learning deescalation skills and techniques gaining an understanding of behaviors building rapport and problem solving. We refer to our PMHSs as coaches because they have the opportunity to coach patients in various capacities. The PMHSs work directly with patients and help lead them through a series of scheduled activities including skills groups. The skills groups promote new and healthy problem solving skills as well as social and coping skills that are developmentally appropriate for each age group.
The PBMU is an inpatient crisis stabilization unit where we treat children ages 317 who are in psychiatric crisis. Our 41 bed unit is split into three programs: Child Adolescent and the Biobehavioral Inpatient Program.
These positions require working a mix of day/evening shifts as well as Saturdays/Sundays. A fulltime employee works 1.0 FTE 80 hours per biweekly pay periods). A parttime employee works either 0.9 FTE 72 hours per biweekly pay periods) or 0.8 FTE 64 hours per biweekly pay periods).
Required Education and Experience
BA or BS in psychosocial related field and/or equivalent education and direct experience
Required Credentials
Registration as a Nursing Assistant in Washington State within 6 months of employment.
Basic Life Support (BLS).
Safety Care certification (internal training) required within 3 months of hire and annually thereafter.
Ukeru training required within 3 months of hire and annually thereafter.
Preferred
Experience working with children or adolescents in group settings.
Preferred candidates will have bilingual skills.
Compensation Range
$25.85 $38.78 per hourSalary Information
This compensation range was calculated based on fulltime employment 2080 hours worked per calendar year). Offers are determined by multiple factors including equity skills experience and expertise and may vary within the range provided.
Disclaimer for Out of State Applicants
This compensation range is specific to Seattle positions located outside of Seattle may be compensated differently depending on various factors.
Benefits Information
Seattle Childrens offers a generous benefit package including medical dental and vision plans 403(b) life insurance paid time off tuition reimbursement and more. Additional details on our benefits can be found on our website www.seattlechildrens/careers/benefits.
About Us
Hope. Care. Cure. These three simple words capture what we do at Seattle Childrens to help every child live the healthiest and most fulfilling life possible. Are you ready to engage with a missiondriven organization that is lifechanging to many and touches the hearts of all #HOPECARECURE
Our founding promise to the community is as valid today as it was over a century ago: we will care for all children in our region regardless of the families ability to pay. Together we deliver superior patient care advance new discoveries and treatments through pediatric research and serve as the pediatric and adolescent academic medical center for Washington Alaska Montana and Idaho the largest region of any childrens hospital in the country.
In 2022 U.S. News & World Report once again ranked Seattle Childrens among the nations best childrens hospitals for the 30th year in a row. For more than a decade Seattle Childrens has been nationally ranked in all 10 specialty areas evaluated by U.S. News & World Report. We are honored to be the topranked pediatric hospital in Washington and the Pacific Northwest.
As a Magnet designated institution and classified among Americas best large employers by Forbes we recognize the importance of hiring and developing great talent to provide bestinclass care to the patients and families we serve. Our organizational DNA takes form in our core values: Compassion Excellence Integrity Collaboration Equity and Innovation. Whether its delivering frontline care to our patients in a kind and caring manner practicing the highest standards of quality and safety or being relentlessly curious as we work towards eradicating childhood diseases these values are the fabric of our culture and community. The future starts here.
Our Commitment to Diversity
Our community welcomes diverse experiences backgrounds and thoughts as this is what drives our spirit of inquiry and allows us to better connect with our increasingly diverse patients and families. Our organization recruits employs trains compensates and promotes without regard to race religion color national origin gender (including pregnancy childbirth or related medical conditions) sexual orientation gender identity gender expression age status as a protected veteran status as an individual with a disability or other applicable legally protected characteristics.
The people who work at Seattle Childrens are members of a community that seeks to respect and celebrate all the qualities that make each of us unique. Each of us is empowered to be ourselves within this community which cultivates and promotes equity diversity and inclusion at all levels.
Seattle Childrens is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Workplace and Affirmative Action Employer.
Required Experience:
Unclear Seniority
Employment Type
Part-Time
