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Strength Through Diversity

Ground breaking science. Advancing medicine. Healing made personal.

CAM Assesor Technician: The CAM Assessor Technician is a member of the Hospital Delirium Program at MSH who primarily engages in the assessment of hospitalized medical and surgical patients for the presence of Delirium and a pre-Delirious state. This entails reviewing patients designated as high risk for Delirium, ensuring that these patients are assessed utilizing medical chart review, caregiver and treatment team reports and direct patient assessment; with the results recorded in the electronic medical record appropriate flowsheets. In addition to fulfilling these roles, Delirium Assessor And Interventionists spend part of their day providing behavioral/cognitive and environmental based interventions to complement the medically-based treatment of Delirious patients

• Requirements:\

Bachelor’s degree in Biology, Psychology, Neuroscience, or related fields, or, a graduate with a Bachelor’s degree with pre-medical undergraduate educational track.

• Highly familiar and comfortable with widely available computer programs, and able to learn how to work within an electronic medical records system.
• Interested in learning about the diagnosis, causes and treatment of delirium in the hospitalized geriatric patient population.
• Able and willing to work with hospitalized medical and surgical patients and their families and caregivers in a professional and compassionate manner.
• Able and willing to work with medical and nursing staff involved in the care of the patients being evaluated, in a professional manner.
• Demonstrate commitment to professional development.
• Willing to make a two year commitment.
• trong background in psychology, neuroscience or biological sciences.
• xperience working with patients in a volunteer or paid position, or subjects participating in research.
• Strong interest in pursuing a clinical career in psychology, mental health counseling, medicine, nursing or clinical research.

Strength Through Diversity

The Mount Sinai Health System believes that diversity, equity, and inclusion are key drivers for excellence. We share a common devotion to delivering exceptional patient care. When you join us, you become a part of Mount Sinai’s unrivaled record of achievement, education, and advancement as we revolutionize medicine together. We invite you to participate actively as a part of the Mount Sinai Health System team by:Using a lens of equity in all aspects of patient care delivery, education, and research to promote policies and practices to allow opportunities for all to thrive and reach their potential
Serving as a role model confronting racist, sexist, or other inappropriate actions by speaking up, challenging exclusionary organizational practices, and standing side-by-side in support of colleagues who experience discrimination
Inspiring and fostering an environment of anti-racist behaviors among and between departments and co-workers
We work hard to acquire and retain the best people and to create an inclusive, welcoming and nurturing work environment where all feel they are valued, belong, and are able to professionally advance.

We share the belief that all employees, regardless of job title or expertise, contribute to the patient experience and quality of patient care.

Explore more about this opportunity and how you can help us write a new chapter in our history!

Who We Are

Over 42,000 employees strong, the mission of the Mount Sinai Health System is to provide compassionate patient care with seamless coordination and to advance medicine through unrivaled education, research, and outreach in the many diverse communities we serve.Formed in September 2013, The Mount Sinai Health System combines the excellence of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai with seven premier hospitals, including Mount Sinai Beth Israel, Mount Sinai Brooklyn, The Mount Sinai Hospital, Mount Sinai Queens, Mount Sinai West (formerly Mount Sinai Roosevelt), Mount Sinai St. Luke’s, and New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai.

The Mount Sinai Health System (MSHS) provides equal employment opportunity to all its employees and applicants for employment without unlawful discrimination on the basis of their actual or perceived race, creed, color, religion, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, gender identity, age, disability, marital or parental status, sexual orientation, veteran, immigration, citizenship, or other protected status.

EOE including Veterans and DisabledCompensation

The Mount Sinai Health System (MSHS) provides a salary range to comply with the New York City Law on Salary Transparency in Job Advertisements. The salary range for the role is $58,661.00 - $60,000.00 Annually. Actual salaries depend on a variety of factors, including experience, education, and hospital need. The salary range or contractual rate listed does not include bonuses/incentive, differential pay or other forms of compensation or benefits.

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Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $58,661.00 - $60,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Disability insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance

Physical setting:

• Hospital

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

• New York, NY 10029: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person

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