Mental Health Aide

🔍 Edmonton Zone, Edmonton, U of A Hospital

📁: Mental Health

📅   : ALB00017173 Requisition #

📅   : Dec 08, 2017 Post Date

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Classification: Mental Health Aide

Union: AUPE AUX

Department: UA-Float Pool-EDM

Primary Location: U of A Hospital

Multi-Site: At

FTE: 0.00

Posting End Date: 18-DEC-2017

Employee Class: Casual/Relief

Date Available: 08-JAN-2018

Hours per Shift: varied

Length of Shift in weeks: varied

Shifts per cycle: varied

Shift Pattern: Days, Evenings, Nights, Weekends

Days Off: Other

Minimum Salary: $21.74

Maximum Salary: $25.34

Vehicle Requirement: N/A

Required Qualifications:

Completion of Grade 12. Completion of Personal Care Aide or Mental Health Aide Certificate or equivalent. Current Basic Cardiac Life Support - Health Care Provider (BCLS-HCP).

Additional Qualifications:

Strong verbal communication skills that support verbal messages being received and understood. Active listening skills. Congruent non-verbal communication skills. Ability to establish and maintain relationships built on mutual respect, appropriate sensitivity and transparency, empathy, and compassion with patients, families, colleagues, professional and medical staff. Ability to manage emotions and strong feelings, maintain a calm and tactful composure under a broad range of challenging circumstances, and to think clearly and stay focused under pressure. Ability to work cooperatively and productively with others. Ability to enhance, support, empower and otherwise increase patient engagement in treatment and change. Ability to follow instructions and complete assigned tasks. An excellent attendance record.

Preferred Qualifications:

Health care aide certification Post-secondary education in social sciences, psychology or health services Experience working with persons with addiction and/or mental health issues in a hospital setting

Please note:

All postings close at 23:59 MT of the posting end date indicated.

Security Screening:

A satisfactory criminal record check and/or Vulnerable Sector Search is required prior to your first day of work. Additionally, all employees have an ongoing duty to disclose any charges or convictions that may occur during their employment with AHS.

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