Support Care Professional III

Position: Support Care Professional III

General Summary

Third-level Support Care position accountable for taking vital signs, assisting with care plan activities, observing and reporting patient conditions and behaviors, and participating in rehabilitation, ambulation, and transfers. May mentor or direct the work of lower-level employees. Communicates with doctors, patients, and families, and educates patients on care. May provide transport to offsite appointments and application of restraints when necessary.

Qualifications

• Requires High School Diploma or high school equivalency


• 2-3 years of experience


• May require a Certified Nurse Assistant (CNA) designation.

Key reasons to come work with us:

• Paid Holidays – Mississippi State Personnel Board


• Paid Leave – Mississippi State Personnel Board


• Personal Leave (accrued monthly)


• Major Medical Leave


• Compensatory Time


• Military Leave


• Parental Leave


• State Retirement (Public Employees’ Retirement System of Mississippi) – PERS


• Employee Assistance Program


• Career Development


• Career Trajectory / Promotion


• Tuition Reimbursement / Education Support


• Health, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance


• Stability & State Support

Equal employment opportunity for all individuals regardless of race, color, creed, sex, religion, national origin, age, physical handicap, disability, or political affiliation is the policy of the Department of Mental Health. In order to assure non-discriminatory personnel administration, the Department of Mental Health promotes non-discriminatory practices and procedures in all phases of state service personnel administration. Department of Mental Health equal opportunity policy, therefore, prohibits any form of unlawful discrimination based on the foregoing and other considerations made unlawful by federal or state laws.