Patient Care Assistant - PRIDE Health : Job Details

📌 Key Job Details

• Job Title: Patient Care Associate (PCA) – Psychiatry
• Facility: Mount Sinai Health System ($25 to $28 per hour )
• Location: New York, NY 10025
• Facility/Unit: Psychiatry Unit – CPEP (will float to Adult Psych, Geri-Psych, Child/Adolescent)
• Start Date: August 26, 2025
• End Date: November 22, 2025
• Assignment Duration: 13 weeks
• Shift: 11:00 PM – 7:15 AM
• Hours per Week: 37.5
• Hours per Day: 7.5
• Days per Week: 5
• Weekend Requirement: Some weekends required
• Patient Ratio: 1:5

✅ Must-Have Requirements

• Education:
• HS Diploma or GED and 2 years of full-time experience in:
• Law Enforcement, Nursing, Psychiatric/Behavioral Health, Mental Health, Counseling, or Group/Family Dynamics

OR

• Associate's degree in Mental Health or related field

• Certifications & Licenses:
• BLS – American Heart Association
• CPI or PMCS Certification
• Certificate of Medical Assistant Training
• SEL (Staff Exclusion List) clearance
• SCR (Statewide Central Register) clearance

• Experience:
• 2+ years in psychiatric/behavioral health or related field
• Venipuncture experience
• EKG skills

🛠️ Job Duties & Responsibilities

• Function as part of a multidisciplinary team for inpatient psychiatric care
• Assist with patient admission, orientation, personal hygiene, and safety measures
• Search and secure patient belongings, explain unit policies, and ensure compliance
• Support therapeutic care plans and implement behavioral interventions
• Take and record vitals, perform EKGs, assist with dressing changes, and collect specimens
• Help with discharge planning, patient escorting, and social support (transportation, clothing, etc.)
• Lead/co-lead group activities and recreational sessions
• Respond to behavioral emergencies, apply restraints as necessary
• Assist in seclusion/restraint care, initiate CPR, support Code 77 procedures
• Maintain infection control and provide emotional support to patients and families
• Carry a caseload and provide consistent patient monitoring and documentation