Behavioral Health Specialist - BILINGUAL (SPANISH)

Hartgrove Behavioral Health System; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 25,000 - 33,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Wages & Shift Differentials

Career Advancement

Leadership Commitment to Safety

Benefits Package

Job summary

Hartgrove Behavioral Hospital in Chicago is seeking a Bilingual Behavioral Health Specialist to provide direct patient care under RN supervision, creating a safe, therapeutic milieu and performing crisis intervention.

Qualifications include a high school diploma or GED with 5+ years in psychiatric settings; translation program training is required; a bachelor’s in psychology is preferred. The position offers competitive wages, shift differentials, and advancement opportunities.

Qualifications

• High School diploma or GED with 5+ years of related psychiatric experience.
• One year of mental health experience or equivalent college coursework/internship.
• Completion of translation program training (e.g., 40-hour interpretation course).
• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology or related field strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Perform crisis intervention techniques (verbal and physical) and respond to code situations.
• Monitor and ensure patient safety with continuous 15-minute rounding.
• Therapeutically communicate with patients and assess their status.
• Assist patients with activities of daily living as needed.

Skills

Bilingual Spanish

Education

High School diploma or GED

Associate degree acceptable

Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology preferred

Job description

Responsibilities

Join Our Patient Care Team!

Bilingual (Spanish) Behavioral Health Specialist with $1.50 Translation Differential.

Job Summary:

The Behavioral Health Specialist provides direct patient care under the supervision of a registered nurse. Primary responsibilities include the provision of a safe and therapeutic milieu, crisis intervention and activities of daily living.

A Career with Hartgrove Behavioral Hospital Offers....

• A rewarding career improving the lives of youth
• Highly competitive wages & shift differentials
• Career advancement and mobility
• An engaged leadership team with a commitment to patient and staff safety
• Competitive benefits packages inclusive of medical/dental/vision, 401K company matching, tuition reimbursement benefits, UHS employee discount offerings, etc.
• And much more!

For information about the benefits we offer, please visit UHS Benefits Service Center.

Qualifications

QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED

Education: High School diploma or GED required accompanied with 5+ years of related psychiatric experience. Associates Degree accepted along with comparable experience.

Experience: One-year experience working within the mental health field, or an equivalent amount of college accredited school work or internship experience.

Certification: Completion of translation program training (such as a 40-hour interpretation course or equivalent).

QUALIFICATIONS DESIRED

Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology or related field strongly preferred.

Licensure/Certification: State of IL EMT & Paramedic Certificate

Experience: One-year of experience working within an inpatient psychiatric hospital with children, adolescents and adults. Prior experience with utilizing crisis intervention verbal and physical techniques. Experience conducting group therapy sessions, performing vital signs and documenting nursing progress notes.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

The Essential Job Functions are defined as the fundamental job-related duties that are necessary to the position. An employee is deemed qualified for this position if he or she can perform the following duties with or without accommodations:

• Perform all crisis intervention techniques (verbal and physical) and respond to code situations
• Monitor and ensure patient safety at all times via continous Q15 minute rounding
• Ability to therapeutically communicate with patients
• Ability to recognize and communicate the physical and psychological status of the patients under their care
• Assist patient with Activities of Daily Living when necessary

NONESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

• Maintain a clean work setting and milieu
• Assist in the transporting of patients to and from the hospital when needed
• Performing vital signs on patients
• Perform other duties as assigned.

SUCCESS FACTORS/JOB COMPETENCIES

• Positive therapeutic relationships and interventions with patients
• Service Excellence with all customers
• Ability to use least restrictive measures
• Clear and concise documentation
• Adherence to Hospital Attendance policies

PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORK ENVIRONMENT

The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions:

Environmental Conditions: Exposure to psychiatric patients who may exhibit violent/aggressive behavior. Potential for exposure to communicable diseases, blood/body fluids and other hazardous waste. General hospital environment.

Physical Demands: Ability to communicate verbally and in writing. Physical agility to manage patients during physical interventions. Push, pull and lift up to 40 pounds. Intermittent sitting; prolonged standing, walking, bending and stooping. Ability to perform visual and auditory observation of patients. Drug and alcohol free as evidenced by negative results of post-offer, pre-employment urine drug screen.

PERFORMANCE STANDARDS

• 90 Day performance evaluation
• Annual Performance Appraisal
• Ongoing support from supervisor

Supervision Exercised: None

Line of Promotion: Program Specialist

Job Classification: Non-Exempt; Hours vary based on staffing needs and include day, evening, night and weekend shifts.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to demonstrate competency in the criteria listed in this job description. Staff must demonstrate flexibility for reassignment to units providing care to varied populations including children, adolescents, and adults. This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by this employee. The Mental Health Specialist will be required to follow any other instructions and to perform any other duties requested by the Charge Nurse, Nurse Manager or Program Specialist.

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