--- type: 'JobPosting' title: 'Mental Health Specialist/Safety - ST Health McKeesport' url: 'https://pepper.socialhost.dev/job/23362673/mental-health-specialist-safety-st-health-mckeesport/' job_id: '23362673' organization: 'SFX Demo' location: 'Mckeesport, PA' employment_type: 'Full-Time' date_posted: '2026-02-05T13:00:17.62Z' date_modified: '2026-05-18T09:14:27.83Z' --- # Mental Health Specialist/Safety - ST Health McKeesport - Location: Mckeesport, PA (On-site) - Employment type: Full-Time - Category: Behavioral Health - Shift: Rotating - Business unit: ST Health McKeesport - Pay: $19.39–$29.69 / hr - Organization: SFX Demo - Posted: 2026-02-05T13:00:17.62Z ## Description **ST Health McKeesport is currently hiring a fulltime Mental Health Specialist/Safety to join our team!** Are you a behavioral health professional who is interested in working at a world-renowned medical center with an up-beat environment? Are you looking for a meaningful career with endless opportunities? Do you enjoy working hands on with patients, their families, and a supportive team to provide excellent patient care? If so, you might be a great fit for a role at ST Health! ST Health McKeesport is currently hiring a fulltime Mental Health Specialist/Safety to join our team. This position will work various shifts (including day, evening and overnight) and have weekend/holiday responsibility. ST Health offers a competitive benefits package and provides the opportunity to continue to grow professionally from both a technical and managerial standpoint. Candidates will be placed in the correct job title/salary grade based on education and experience. We invite you to explore our opportunities today! **Purpose:** Responsible for assisting in the development and maintenance of a therapeutic environment for patients experiencing emotional disturbance. Also assists with the specialized patient care needs of each individual patient using principles of adult development and knowledge of psychopathology. **Responsibilities:** - Develop supportive interpersonal relationships with individuals and groups of patients in accordance with treatment plan goals and that will continue the patient's development as an adult. - Acknowledge the specific nature of the patient's dysfunction and considers the effect with community, caregivers, family members, and program staff. - Contribute in the development and implementation of individualized patient care plans and assists in the integration into comprehensive treatment plans. - Supervise and assist patients with personal hygiene tasks including bathing, dressing, eating, caring for clothing, and organizing personal belongings on a daily basis. - Participate as a Treatment Team member in assessing the social and emotional needs of the patient. - Assist in physical restraint techniques necessary in an attempt to control violent, combative patients and maintain a safe environment with respect to age-specific competencies and guidelines in conformance with seclusion and restraint policies and positive approaches training. - Initiate debriefing sessions and provide feedback to staff after seclusion and restraint situations and any crisis situation. - Assess for changes in patient behavior that may require a 1:1 interaction to provide early intervention. - Document patient encounters in medical record/progress note. - May engage/encourage patients to participate in a safety related group/activity. - May assist with Mental Health Hearing process based on staffing needs. - Assure commitment documentation is complete. - Monitor visiting hour activity assuring no visiting takes place in patient rooms, no contraband is passed off by visitors to patients, and milieu remains calm. - Demonstrate knowledge of each patient as an individual within the framework of the family. - Plan and participates in educational, social and recreational activities for individuals and groups of patients in accordance with treatment plan goals. - Conduct proactive safety rounds throughout the units, monitoring the milieu. - Conduct Environmental Safety Rounds each shift and document/report any unsafe conditions as well as any security violations. - Monitor the milieu for any safety concerns or risks. - Provide assistance as requested to clinical staff in the care and safety of patients, staff or visitors. - Respond to all Condition M calls in a professional manner with respect to age-specific guidelines and competencies. - Provide trainings in safety issues specific to the needs of the units based on specific need of patients and staff. - Assist in investigating reports of incidents to include patient related issues, and any other areas considered to be of importance in the day-to-day operation of the unit. - Associate Degree with 2 years work experience within MH/MR service, - OR Enrolled in Bachelor degree program in associated field of study with 2 years of related experience (hospital or community setting with psychiatric patients), - OR Bachelors degree in Human Services field. - May in the course of their job duties be in rooms where medications are stored. No contact with medications is allowed. **Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances:** - Basic Life Support (BLS) OR Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) **ST Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran** ## Apply - [Apply for this role](https://sfxdemo.site.findly.com/job/apply-form) - [This posting on the web](https://pepper.socialhost.dev/job/23362673/mental-health-specialist-safety-st-health-mckeesport/)