MHW RESPONSIBILITIES ON PES

MISCELLANEOUS DUTIES

¨ Call kitchen with # of dinners needed--ex 311

¨ Laundry

¨ Trash

PAPERWORK

¨ Phone contact records

¨ Adult/Minor observation record

¨ Service activity log [SAL]; 1651 = adult, 1652 = minor

COMPUTER OPERATIONS

¨ DESKTOP ICON: CMHC: most client info; #2 =case #, DOB; #3, 6, 7, 13, 14 also used often

¨ DESKTOP ICON: MEDS: MediCal info; can use this even if they aren’t in our system – see codes/password index card for access

ADMITTING NEW CLIENTS: prepare as much as possible beforehand when you know for sure they’re coming

¨ Central log: get time they arrived

¨ Possession to get: anything dangerous or valuable – belts, shoes, lighters, sharp objects, hats; do pat down and/or use wand

¨ Vital signs in evaluation form as well as info at top of first page if possible (NOTE: Eval form is in one of the form boxes on far wall)

¨ Name, case number, SSN, etc on each page of eval

¨ Client info form: if LPS, client doesn’t need to sign; copy of insurance card; get MediCal info off computer (NOTE: Client info form also in a wall box)

¨ Pages 5 and 7 in evaluation form – be sure to sign at the bottom

¨ Notice of Privacy Practices NOPP (NOTE: these forms are on a clipboard hanging on the wall)

1. Received packet, signed form? Look under CMHC #3, top right of screen

1. No: give packet, sign form

2. Yes: no more to do

¨ Release of info forms – separate forms for friends / family, physicians

TRANSFERRING CLIENT TO SV

¨ Copy entire chart

¨ Do Level II check on purple sheet if time allows

¨ Communicate with SV MHW whether you started an admit pack – to prevent duplication

¨ SV gets originals of: psychiatric evaluation, 5150, pink copy of client info form, property sheet, admission order sheet