Behavioral Health - Department Assistant

Texas Health Resources; Texas; On-site; USD 34,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401k plan

Paid time off

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Education assistance

Job summary

Texas Health Resources, Inc. is seeking a Department Assistant for Behavioral Health at Texas Health Springwood in TX. The role supports admissions, scheduling, and compliance documentation while ensuring patient safety and data accuracy.

The position requires a high school diploma and 1 year of office experience with specific clinical training. Responsibilities include monitoring patient activity, documenting data, conducting breathalyzer tests and vital signs as per protocol, and maintaining

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• 1 year office experience preferred.
• BCLS (Basic Cardiac Life Support) prior to independent patient care and maintained quarterly.
• ACPI (Advanced Crisis Prevention Intervention) training maintained annually 30 days required.

Responsibilities

• Provides administrative clinical support services (admissions, scheduling, ensuring legal/ethical/compliance documents are obtained and signed).
• Meets and exceeds patient care and safety standards; monitors patient activity and documents data per unit standards.
• Identifies escalating behaviors/signs and notifies Intake Staff.
• Performs breathalyzer testing and vital sign checks per protocol.
• Maintains service recovery efforts and inventories patient belongings per unit standards.
• Completes unit tasks (charts, breaking down charts, copying, faxing).
• Maintains daily Epic work queue.

Skills

Office experience

Epic experience

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Tools

Epic

Job description

Behavioral Health - Department Assistant

Bring your passion to THR so we are Better + Together

Work location: Texas Health Springwood, 1600 Hospital Parkway TX 76022

Work hours: Full time (36hours) Monday - Friday

Department highlights

• Team based environment
• Emphasis on work/life balance for employees
• A strong culture of respect and collaboration

Here’s What You Need

• High school diploma or equivalent required
• 1 year office experience preferred
• BCLS - Basic Cardiac Life Support prior to providing independent patient care and maintained quarterly Required
• And ACPI - Advanced Crisis Prevention Intervention Training maintained annually 30 Days Required

What You Will Do

• Provides various administrative clinical support services (admissions, scheduling, ensures applicable legal/ethical/compliance documents are obtained and signed by appropriate parties).
• Meets and exceeds the standards of patient care and safety: Consistently monitors patient activity and collects and documents patient data according to unit standards.
• Proficiently identifies escalating behaviors/signs and symptoms in patients and immediately notifies Intake Staff
• Demonstrates the ability to provide breathalyzer testing and vital sign checks per entity protocol
• Maintains and provides service recovery efforts
• Collects and inventories patient belongings per unit standards
• Completes unit tasks as needed (i.e. making charts, breaking down charts, copying and faxing)
• Maintains daily Epic work queue

Additional perks of being a Texas Health employee

• Benefits include 401k, PTO, medical, dental, Paid Parental Leave, flex spending, tuition reimbursement, Student Loan Repayment Program as well as several other benefits.
• A supportive, team environment with outstanding opportunities for growth.
• Explore our Texas Health careers site for info like Benefits, Job Listings by Category, recent Awards we’ve won and more.

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