Alvarado Parkway Institute needs your talent and compassion; API wants to hear from you!  

Alvarado Parkway Institute (API) is a free-standing psychiatric hospital in La Mesa, California with four Intensive Outpatient/Partial Hospitalization Programs. Alvarado Parkway Institute (API) provides comprehensive adult inpatient behavioral health and addictive disorders services in a 66-bed hospital setting located in La Mesa, California. At Alvarado Parkway Institute, we are committed to improving the mental health and well-being of our community. Alvarado Parkway Institute, in La Mesa, is San Diego's leading provider of comprehensive mental health and substance abuse care. API offers a variety of Outpatient Services designed to assist patients in functioning at the highest level. API provides Partial Hospitalization services and Intensive Outpatient services. These programs emphasize symptom management, community integration, and prevention of hospitalization or re-hospitalization. Value-added services enhance the patient's treatment experience. Benefits: Alvarado Parkway Institute Behavioral Health System (API) offers a comprehensive benefit package for our full time and part-time employees including a generous PDO (Paid Days Off) accrual rate, sick time, medical, dental, vision, flexible spending accounts (FSA), 401(k) and other value-added plans including accident insurance, long term care insurance and legal assistance. Our mission at API is to improve mental health and quality of life by helping people maximize their potential.

Full-Time, Part-Time and Per Diem Mental Health Worker Positions are currently available.


Job Description:

The Mental Health Worker is responsible for monitoring patients and provides basic nursing care to all patients under RN supervision, supports therapeutic milieu and ensures the safety and well-being of patients. Carry out general nursing assistance necessary to the treatment of adult patients as assigned.


Key Duties and Responsibilities:

Patient Care: Monitor patients' progress, communicate information regarding patients to other members of the treatment team. Encourages and facilitates patients' participation in therapeutic activities, supervises patients to ensure their safety and involvement in treatment and provide input during shift report.

Patient Attendant: Assists patients in carrying out activities of daily living. Maintains a safe, orderly, and therapeutic physical environment for patients.

Patient Records: Maintain patient, program, department, and related documentation. Carry out clerical and administrative assignments to support patient care and department and organization operations.

Training Activities: Complete orientation and competency assessments as required for position. Participate in activities enhancing professional growth and development.

Other Duties: Upholds the Organization's ethics and customer service standards. Performs related duties, as requested.

High school, GED, or equivalent required.

Psychology, Nursing, or other healthcare-related courses preferred but not required.

Current BLS Certification for Healthcare Providers issued by the American Heart Association

Prior healthcare experience or CNA preferred but not required.

Join our team of compassionate healthcare professionals and commit to improving mental health and quality of life by helping people maximize their potential. Work where you can make a positive impact and lasting difference in people's lives.