PSYCHIATRIC AIDE SUPERVISOR 2 Print (https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/louisiana/jobs/newprint/4797086) Apply  PSYCHIATRIC AIDE SUPERVISOR 2 Salary $2,432.00 - $4,375.00 Monthly Location Jackson, LA Job Type Classified Job Number VILLA/MP/20250117 Department LDH-Office of Aging & Adult Services Opening Date 01/17/2025 Closing Date 1/24/2025 11:59 PM Central + Description + Benefits + Questions Supplemental Information This vacancy is located inJACKSON, LOUISIANA atVILLA FELICIANA MEDICAL COMPLEX in theNURSING SERVICE DEPARTMENT. This position may be filled by Probation or Promotion of a permanent state employee. The shift is a12-hourshift with rotating weekends. This position is a sub-professional Nursing Work involving more specialized and advanced non-professional nursing procedures to provide the personal care to assist in recuperation or rehabilitation of residents/patients. This position supervises and manages a resident/patient care service consisting of a number of wards during an assigned shift. This involves specific nursing assignments and will be responsible for total resident/patient care. Will provide comfort, maintain cleanliness and safety for the residents/patients. This position has a Special Entrance Rate of $16.45/hour. This position offers additional pay: Longevity Pay and Shift Differential Pay. There is no guarantee that all applicants will be interviewed. The hiring manager has 90 days from the closing date of the announcement to make a hiring decision. Should you be selected for an interview, you will be notified by the contact information listed on your application. All candidates for hire must undergo drug screening and may require additional background check(s).This position is located inEast Feliciana Parish, Jackson, Louisiana.Applicants mustselect thisparish on their applicationto indicate that they are available to work in the parish of this vacancy. A Resume will not be accepted in lieu of work experience. An application may be considered incomplete if the work experience and education sections are not completed. No Civil Service test scoreis required in order to be considered for this vacancy. To apply for this vacancy, click on the “Apply” link above and complete an electronic application, which can be used for this vacancy as well as future job opportunities. Applicants are responsible for checking the status of their application to determine where they are in the recruitment process. Further status message information is located under the Information section of the Current Job Opportunities page. For further information about this vacancy contact: Villa Feliciana Medical Complex – Human Resources Marsha Perry, Sara Barton, or Lacey Bradham, HR Dept. 5002 Highway 10 Jackson, LA 70748 Phone Number 225-634-4011 Minimum Qualifications MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: Four years of experience in providing behavioral health or developmentally disabled services, or psychiatric patient care; OR Twenty-four semester hours of college coursework in a social sciences field, education, social work, child guidance, or nursing; OR Three years and six months of experience in providing behavioral health or developmentally disabled services or psychiatric patient care plus a Behavioral Health Aide Diploma from a vocational technical college with an approved curriculum from the Louisiana State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education. Job Concepts Function of Work: To provide supervision to subordinate paraprofessional healthcare staff on a service consisting of a number of wards. Level of Work: Supervisor. Supervision Received: General from a higher-level healthcare professional. Supervision Exercised: Direct over lower-level paraprofessional healthcare staff, including supervisory positions. Location of Work: State healthcare facilities and rehabilitation centers. Job Distinctions: Differs from Psychiatric Aide Supervisor 1 by the presence of supervisory responsibilities over several wards. Psychiatric Aide Supervisor 2 positions serve as second-line supervisors. Differs from the Psychiatric Aide Training Instructor by the lack of responsibility for assisting the professional staff with the instruction of formalized comprehensive training programs for psychiatric aides and by the presence of direct-line supervisory responsibilities over psychiatric aides. Examples of Work This position is sub-professional Nursing Work involving more specialized and advanced non-professional nursing procedures to provide personal care to assist in recuperation or rehabilitation of residents/patients. This position supervises and manages a resident/patient care service consisting of a number of wards during an assigned shift. This involves specific nursing assignments and will be responsible for total resident/patient care. Will provide comfort, maintain cleanliness and safety for the resident/patients. VFMC is a specialized 24-hour medical facility operating with 150-175 staffed beds, with a license capacity of 299 beds. All beds are licensed hospital beds. The facility operates a small hospital unit surveyed by health standards using hospital licensing requirements. The remainder of the facility is surveyed annually under CMS and state standard guidelines for long term care facilities. Specialized units include 10 beds for acute and sub-acute care for clinically complex patients (respiratory care, bariatric care, complex wound care, etc.) and the only inpatient tuberculosis program in the state. One patient care building house 100-110 residents with a combination diagnosis of mental illness/chronic medical conditions. The facility is staffed with a table organization of 216 classified positions and 20 + unclassified positions with a budget in excess of $25 million. The physical plant consists of two patient care buildings, administrative building, activity buildings, support service buildings, staff residences and a variety of storage and special purpose structures located on a 157 acre site with its own fresh water system, sewer system, chiller and boiler systems and electrical distribution systems. This facility has control of passage with a security gate at entrance. 35% Supervises and manages resident/patient care services consisting of a number of units during an assigned shift; prepares work schedule and assignments for Nursing Assistants and follow-up on assignments as designated. Approves and disapproves leave as requested by Nursing Assistants. Submits work schedule and leave paper to timekeeper as required. 35% Instructs and supervises Nursing Assistants in the proper care and supervision of resident/patients and therapeutic intervention. Orients new employees to unit/building. Evaluates job preferences of Nursing Assistants. Participates in administering disciplinary action when needed. 10% Make rounds of inspection, review/records, and monitors the enviroment to ensure unit safety and sanitary conditions. Reports observations of residents/patients' needs to the nurse in charge. Assists in restraints as needed. 5% Performs duties of Nursing Assistant when necessary. 5% Assists in emergency situations. 5% Exchange report of activities as shift change. 5% Performs other duties necessary for a smooth operation of the unit. Louisiana State Government represents a wide variety of career options and offers an outstanding opportunity tomake a differencethrough public service. With an array of career opportunities in every major metropolitan center and in many rural areas, state employment provides an outstanding option to begin or continue your career. As a state employee, you will earn competitive pay, choose from a variety of benefits, and have access to a great professional development program: Insurance Coverage More information can be found at https://info.groupbenefits.org/ Parental Leave– Up to six weeks paid parental leave More information can be found athttps://www.civilservice.louisiana.gov/Parental-Leave/Default.aspx Holidays and Leave – State employees receive the following paid holidays each year: + New Year's Day + Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, + Mardi Gras, + Good Friday, + Memorial Day, + Independence Day, + Labor Day, + Veteran's Day, + Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day. ***** Additional holidays may be proclaimed by the Governor State employees earn sick and annual leave which can be accumulated and saved for future use. Your accrual rate increases as your years of service increase. Retirement – State of Louisiana employees are eligible to participate in various retirement systems (based on the type of appointment and agency for which an employee works). These retirement systems provide retirement allowances and other benefits for state officers and employees and their beneficiaries. State retirement systems may include (but are not limited to): + Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (www.lasersonline.org). LASERS has provided this video (https://lasersonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Your\_Retirement\_System.mp4) to give you more detailed information about their system + Teacher's Retirement System of Louisiana (www.trsl.org), + Louisiana School Employees Retirement System (www.lsers.net), among others 01 Have you ever been disciplined for any acts of resident abuse or neglect attributed to you? + Yes + No 02 Have you ever been aware of any acts of abuse or neglect and failed to report these acts? + Yes + No 03 Do you have any prior state service? + Yes + No 04 Have you listed all previous state service on your application? + Yes + No 05 Were you a permanent state employee? + Yes + No 06 Have you completed all experience and education sections of the application? + Yes + No 07 Please indicate below which shift you will be interested in. DAY, NIGHT OR BOTH (DAY: 5:45am to 6:15pm NIGHT: 5:45pm to 6:15am). 08 Have you selected East Feliciana Parish as a parish you are interested in working In? + Yes + No Required Question Agency State of Louisiana Address For agency contact information, please refer to the supplemental information above. Louisiana State Civil Service, Louisiana, 70802 Phone (866) 783-5462 Website http://agency.governmentjobs.com/louisiana/default.cfm Apply Please verify your email addressVerify Email