Behavioral Health Technician

Title: Behavioral Health Technician

Responsibilities:

• • Monitors child and adolescent patients' daily functioning and assists in mental health symptom management
  • Ensures safety of patients and staff during programming by constantly monitoring the milieu for potential safety risks and reports issues appropriately.
  • Effectively uses therapeutic approaches to manage milieus with a focus on reducing the use of restraint and seclusion when possible
  • Completes documentation in a timely manner
  • Plans and facilitates psychoeducational groups with patients when scheduled during shift
  • Responsible for creating a therapeutic and healing environment providing the best patient experience and care
  • Maintains current competency in child/adolescent psychiatric/mental health nursing including the safe use of restraints and seclusion and effective de-escalation of patients using collaborative problem solving, therapeutic self, relationship-based care, and trauma informed practice
  • Maintains confidentiality in matters related to patients and families
  • Knowledgeable of and performs safe infection control practices including good hand hygiene, standard precautions, cleaning equipment and the environment.
  • Monitors and helps to ensure tidiness and cleanliness in the patient care areas.

Patient Population:

• Pediatric and Adolescent (4 - 18 years old, majority are 13 - 18)

Shift:

• 8, 8 hour shifts in a two week period
• Pay Differentials for Evenings & Weekend shifts!
• Day: 7am-3:30pm
• Evening: 3pm-11:30pm
• Night: 11pm-7:30am

Perks:

• Incredibly meaningful & impactful work
• Speciality & State of the Art Facility
• Open to new grads & especiallty individuals who have a passion for Mental Health!

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