Behavioral Health Tech - Evening/Night Shift

Advocate Health; Wauwatosa (WI); On-site; USD 21,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

BLS certification

CPI training

Job summary

Advocate Health is seeking a Nurse Assistant to support patient care in Wisconsin. The role involves assisting with activities of daily living, orientation of patients and families, safe patient transport, and vital signs monitoring under RN direction.

The position requires a Nursing Assistant program, CPI Nonviolent Crisis Intervention training, and BLS certification. There is emphasis on safety, documentation, and crisis intervention within hospital settings.

Qualifications

• Good verbal and written skills for safe and effective patient care.
• Demonstrates positive and effective interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Assists, monitors and/or maintains patient activities of daily living (ADL's).
• Orients patient and family/significant others to the unit and hospital.
• Escorts patients to various locations i.e., tests, meals, activities, supervising and managing their behaviors as required.
• Performs vital signs on patients.
• Receives direction from the RN and communicates significant or unusual occurrences in patient behavior. Documents pertinent observations/occurrences in the patient's medical records according to policy.
• Defuses and reports crisis situations, intervening when appropriate and uses proper procedures.
• Maintains a safe and therapeutic environment by assisting with groups, setting limits on patients; following established safety and risk management policies and procedures.
• Performs patient rounding at designated intervals and documents appropriately.

Skills

Verbal communication

Written communication

Interpersonal skills

Education

Nursing Assistant program

CPI Nonviolent Crisis Intervention

BLS certification

Job description

Advocate Health is seeking a Nurse Assistant to support patient care in Wisconsin. The role involves assisting with activities of daily living, orientation of patients and families, safe patient transport, and vital signs monitoring under RN direction.

The position requires a Nursing Assistant program, CPI Nonviolent Crisis Intervention training, and BLS certification. There is emphasis on safety, documentation, and crisis intervention within hospital settings.