Behavioral Health Associate

Carolina Dunes Behavioral Health; Leland (NC); On-site; USD 40,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefit plan

Competitive salary commensurate with经验

Job summary

Carolina Dunes Behavioral Health in Leland, North Carolina, seeks a Behavioral Health Associate I to support a multidisciplinary treatment team. You will monitor patient behaviors, deliver continuous care, and assist in data collection under licensed nurse supervision.

The role includes medication-related safety, patient interactions, and participation in group activities to reinforce treatment goals within an onsite facility.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Six months or more experience with the specific population preferred.
• Knowledge of common psychiatric disorders and various treatment modalities preferred.

Responsibilities

• Maintain a safe, supportive environment under supervision.
• Assist with activities of daily living (toileting, bathing, dressing, grooming, meals, hydration).
• Conduct safety checks and supervise per guidelines.
• Check patients for contraband and manage belongings.
• Interact with patients and communicate observations to the supervisor.
• Engage patients in activities to achieve treatment goals.
• Facilitate educational-rehabilitative groups on social and coping skills.
• Take and record vital signs and report significant changes to the clinical team.
• Chart in patient records timely and accurately.
• Apply de-escalation techniques and assist with restraints when necessary.
• Assist with unit cleaning, admits/discharges, filing, and incident reporting.
• Coordinate transportation or transfer of patients as needed.
• Receive shift reports and provide thorough handoff to the oncoming shift.

Education

High school graduate or equivalent

Job description

Behavioral Health Associate | Carolina Dunes Behavioral Health | Leland, North Carolina

About the Job

PURPOSE STATEMENT: The Behavioral Health Associate I works under the direct supervision of a licensed nurse as an integral part of the multidisciplinary treatment team and is responsible for monitoring and reporting of patient behaviors; providing continuous patient care, supervision, interaction, and role modeling; assisting in patient data collection, recording, and maintenance; and responding in crisis situations and medical emergencies as needed.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Ensures the wellbeing of patients and provides a safe, positive, supportive, and structured environment, under direction of charge nurse or supervisor. Maintains a constant awareness and supervision of patients.
• Assists clients with activities of daily living, such as toileting, bathing, dressing, grooming, oral hygiene, meals, snacks, hydration and changing bed linens.
• Conducts safety checks, ensuring that supervision is conducted at intervals in accordance with individualized supervision guidelines.
• Checks patients for contraband and manages the patient’s valuables and belongings.
• Interacts routinely with patients, observes behaviors and communicates significant observations to supervisor.
• Engages with patient in activities and interactions designed to encourage achievement of treatment goals.
• Facilitates patient educational-rehabilitative groups which cover a variety of topics including social skills, coping skills and independent living skills.
• Takes and records vital signs properly and communicates significant changes in patient’s condition to the clinical team.
• Charts in patient records timely, accurately, and appropriately.
• Applies de-escalation techniques to help manage patient’s emotions, behavior and participation in treatment and assists with seclusion and restraints when necessary.
• Assists with unit cleaning, organization of new admits charts, discharge process, filing, etc. Initiates patient/employee incident reports.
• Provides transfer or transportation for patients or coordinates transportation with appropriate staff members as required.
• Receives report from previous shift to utilize information in planning shifts; give accurate and thorough report to oncoming shift.

Education / Experience / Skill Requirements

• High school graduate or equivalent required.
• Six months or more experience working with the specific population of the facility preferred.
• Knowledge of common psychiatric disorders and/or dual diagnosis and various treatment modalities of the population served preferred.

Licenses / Designations / Certifications

• CPR and de-escalation and restraint certification required (training available upon hire and offered by facility).
• First aid may be required based on state or facility requirements.

Work Location

This position is onsite and is not a remote position.

Supervisory Requirements

This position is an Individual Contributor.

Why Carolina Dunes Behavioral Health?

• comprehensive benefit plan
• competitive salary commensurate with experience and qualifications

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