Mental Health Associate

Mental Health Associate – starting at $20/hour

Pembroke Hospital is a 120-bed private psychiatric facility located south of Boston. As part of Universal Health Services (UHS), we offer a wide range of employee benefits and educational opportunities to both reward and grow our dedicated employees. If the opportunity to make a difference in other’s lives drives you, we want to talk with you! If you can actively listen to the life challenges of people struggling with mental illness, our patients need you. Pembroke Hospital is eager to welcome talented and dedicated individuals to our team of psychiatric professionals providing Optimum Patient Care through a wide range of inpatient and partial hospitalization programs and services.

Benefits for a Mental Health Associate include:

• Competitive Compensation – starting at $20/hour for bachelors level candidates and $19/hour for candidates with a high school diploma or equivalent
• Retention bonuses up to $1000 paid out in the first 12 months!
• Student loan repayment (up to $200 a month!) Up to $5000.00 annually!
• Tuition Reimbursement ($5k per calendar year)
• Excellent Medical, Dental, Vision, and Prescription Drug Plan
• FSA and HSA options with your Medical Plans!
• Employee Assistance Program.
• STD and LTD at no cost.
• Life Insurance and ability to purchase additional insurance at great rates!
• Generous Paid Time Off.
• 401(K) with company match and discounted stock purchase plan
• Career development opportunities within UHS and its Subsidiaries

As a Mental Health Associate, you will:

• Ensure a safe and therapeutic environment
• Provide routine patient care as required in a psychiatric environment
• Document and communicate unusual or erratic changes in client behaviors
• Assist with patient groups and activities
• With proper training, you will work with culturally and generationally diverse populations to meet their individual needs.
• You will be trained on psychiatric group processes, age-specific care, trauma informed care, therapeutic boundaries, crisis intervention techniques, and CPR.

Full-time, part-time and per diem positions available

Every other weekend and every other holiday is required. Positions are available on Day, Evening and Night shifts and differentials are paid for hours on evenings, nights, weekends and major holidays.

Requirements

Requires a High School Diploma or equivalent. College students who have obtained or are pursuing their degree in behavioral health, psychology or human services are strongly preferred. Must possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills, impeccable judgment & professionalism, and the ability to maintain composure in a crisis situation

EEO Statement

All UHS subsidiaries are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates. UHS subsidiaries are equal opportunity employers and as such, openly support and fully commit to recruitment, selection, placement, promotion and compensation of individuals without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), genetic information, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

We believe that diversity and inclusion among our teammates is critical to our success.

Notice

At UHS and all our subsidiaries, our Human Resources departments and recruiters are here to help prospective candidates by matching skillset and experience with the best possible career path at UHS and our subsidiaries. We take pride in creating a highly efficient and best in class candidate experience. During the recruitment process, no recruiter or employee will request financial or personal information (Social Security Number, credit card or bank information, etc.) from you via email. The recruiters will not email you from a public webmail client like Hotmail, Gmail, Yahoo Mail, etc. If you are suspicious of a job posting or job-related email mentioning UHS or its subsidiaries, let us know by contacting us at: https://uhs.alertline.com or 1-800-852-3449.

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time

Pay: From $20.00 per hour

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

Supplemental Pay:

• Bonus pay
• Signing bonus

Education:

• Bachelor’s (Preferred)

Experience:

• Behavioral health: 1 year (Preferred)

License/Certification:

• Driver’s License (Preferred)

Work Location: One location