Mental Health Worker
Stockton, CAJob$34.38–38.83/hrSeen 3 days agoSeen in employer's feed 3 days ago
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Job overview
The Mental Health Worker supports the Behavioral Health Center under the direction of the Nursing Supervisor. The role involves observing, reporting, and recording patient behaviors; helping maintain a safe therapeutic environment; and transporting documents or patients. The worker provides service to diverse age populations and performs care-related tasks while supporting patients and families.
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Job Summary and Responsibilities
As our Worker, Mental Health, under the direction of the Nursing Supervisor, you will participate in observing, reporting, and recording of patient behaviors, and help provide a safe and secure therapeutic environment for patients and families.
Every day, you may transport documents or patients for the Behavioral Health Center. This position requires providing service to diverse age populations with an understanding of their functional/developmental age. You must fully understand and actively participate in fulfilling our Mission, demonstrating behavior consistent with our Core Values, and supporting our strategic plan and Performance Improvement Plan.
To be successful in your role, you will meticulously observe, report, and record patient behaviors, actively contributing to a safe, secure, and therapeutic environment for all patients and families. You will demonstrate exceptional attention to detail, provide compassionate care across diverse age populations, and exemplify our Core Values, all while supporting our mission and strategic goals within the Behavioral Health Center.
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Allows for privacy and modesty in the provision of care.
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Identifies self by name and title to patient/family.
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Determines presence/type of Advanced Directive.
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Reports suspected cases of abuse/neglect, if identified.
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Understands role of, and how to access, the Bioethics Committee.
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Ensures physical assessment/care includes all major body systems.
Job Requirements
Required
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High School Graduate or GED
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One (1) year direct hands on patient experience as a Certified Nurses Asst or Nursing Assistant in an acute care setting (hospital or LTC) or
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Six (6) months psychiatric experience and
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Six (6) months customer service experience
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Driver's License: CA
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Basic Life Support - CPR, through the American Heart Association
Preferred
- Certified Nursing Assistant: CA, upon hire
Where You'll Work
Founded in 1974, Dignity Health - St. Joseph’s Behavioral Health Center is a 35-bed, acute care, nonprofit hospital located in Stockton, California. Serving over 3,000 patients annually, the center offers a full complement of services including behavioral evaluations, a chemical recovery program, and inpatient services. Additionally, St. Joseph’s Behavioral Health Center has been recognized as an LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality High Performer by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation. It is the only psychiatric and substance abuse hospital in the area.
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Pay Range
$34.38 - $38.83 /hour
We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.
How this job compares
Set against the 3,383 open Patient Care jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 3, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$34.38–38.83/hr
- California median$28–37/hr112 hourly ranges
- US median$24–34/hr1,917 hourly ranges
This range's midpoint, $36.61/hr, is 7% above the California median midpoint ($34/hr) — in the middle half of Patient Care hourly ranges in California.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 170 open Patient Care jobs in California and 3,383 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in California
- CVS Health35 open
- Kaiser Permanente25 open
- Sutter Health22 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 1 year of experience; Patient Care postings that state a minimum ask for 1 year at the median (877 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a high school diploma; 2,038 of the 3,383 open Patient Care jobs (60%) ask for a high school diploma or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 3, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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