Behavioral Health Specialist Flex

Children's Hospital Colorado; Colorado Springs (CO); On-site; USD 31,000 - 44,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay and benefits

Annual bonus program

Annual pay raises

Job summary

Children’s Hospital Colorado seeks a Behavioral Health Specialist to support children and adolescents in emergency, medical, and behavioral health settings. You will work under licensed professionals, implementing treatment plans and maintaining a safe, trauma-informed environment.

The role emphasizes direct patient care, documentation, crisis prevention, and collaboration with clinical teams. A Bachelor's degree and Basic Life Support are required, with de-escalation training to be completed

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Psychology, Social Work, Human Services, Biology, or Neuroscience
• Equivalency: 4 years of direct professional experience or related college credits may substitute for the degree
• Basic Life Support certification required; de-escalation training within 90 days of hire

Responsibilities

• Provides direct patient care and manages safety under licensed professionals.
• Leads educational and therapeutic milieu groups for patients.
• Implements and monitors individual treatment plans.
• Maintains accurate clinical records and completes 15-minute checks.
• Escalates safety concerns and participates in crisis prevention when needed.

Skills

Patient care

Crisis de-escalation

Team collaboration

Onboarding support

Education

Bachelor's degree

Equivalency: 4 years direct experience substitute for degree

Job description

Job Overview

The Behavioral Health Specialist is responsible for direct patient care, safety, supervision and management of children and adolescents with identified behavioral health needs within diverse environments such as emergency services, medical units, and behavioral health programs. Performs duties under the direction of a licensed professional and implements behavioral treatment plans. Works alongside clinical professionals to provide a safe, supportive, and trauma informed environment.

Job Overview

The Behavioral Health Specialist is responsible for direct patient care, safety, supervision and management of children and adolescents with identified behavioral health needs within diverse environments such as emergency services, medical units, and behavioral health programs. Performs duties under the direction of a licensed professional and implements behavioral treatment plans. Works alongside clinical professionals to provide a safe, supportive, and trauma informed environment.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Provides direct patient care and management of children and adolescents while under the direction of a licensed professional, ensuring a positive, supportive, and structured environment. Intervenes and escalates safety concerns through appropriate channels.
• By position, may be required to assist new hires during onboarding process and less experienced team members ensuring competencies and skills are well developed and performed.
• Maintains therapeutic rapport, unconditional positive regard, and a non-punitive approach with patients independent of patient behaviors.
• Leads, monitors and collaborates on educational and therapeutic milieu groups for patients per unit expectations.
• Implements individual treatment plans and monitors treatment progress.
• Maintains accurate and timely clinical records consistent with CHCO and regulatory standards; ensures proper documentation of patient progress; completes 15-minute patient checks; and/or milieu management.
• Maintains competency in crisis prevention training and verbal de-escalation skills. May encounter escalated patient situations.
• Responds as part of the Behavioral Assistance Resource Team by location, as applicable.
• Manages and maintains safety of therapeutic environment/milieu of multiple hospitalized inpatient/partial hospitalized psychiatric patients at one time, as required by position.
• Observes and records patient behaviors and activities in accordance with unit-based clinical model/standard.

Minimum Qualifications

• Degrees
  • Bachelor's
• Area of Study
  • Psychology, Social Work, Human Services, Biology, or Neuroscience
• Equivalency
  • Four (4) years of direct professional experience or a combination of direct professional experience and college credits in a related field of study, may be substituted for the Bachelor’s degree. (30 college credits = 1 year of experience).
• Licenses & Certifications
  • Basic Life Support
  • License required after hire Must obtain de-escalation training certification, offered by CHCO, within 90-days of hire.

Schedule/Shift

• As needed
• Based on dept needs to include weekend/holiday coverage as well.

Salary Information

Pay is dependent on applicant's relevant experience.

Hourly Rate of Pay: $27.45

Benefits Information

As a Children’s Hospital Colorado team member, you will receive a competitive pay and benefits package designed to take care of your needs that includes base pay, incentives, paid sick leave and a robust wellness program.

As part of our Total Rewards package, Children's Colorado offers an annual employee bonus program that rewards eligible team members based on organizational performance. If organizational goals are met for the year, the bonus is paid out the following April.

Children’s Colorado delivers annual base pay increases to eligible team members based on their performance over the previous year.

EEO Statement

It is our intention that all qualified applicants be given equal opportunity and that selection decisions be based on job-related factors. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, or any other status protected by law or regulation. Be aware that none of the questions are intended to imply illegal preferences or discrimination based on non-job-related information. The position is expected to stay open until the posted close date. Please submit your application as soon as possible as the posting is subject to close at any time once a sufficient pool of qualified applicants is obtained.

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