📌 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