Behavioral Health Technician

Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center; Idaho Falls (ID); On-site; USD 24,000 - 33,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, prescription, dental, vision

Behavioral health and telemedicine

401(k) with match

Tuition assistance

Employee stock purchase plan

Retirement readiness tools

Job summary

Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls seeks a Behavioral Health Technician to provide daily direct care to psychiatric patients, manage safety checks, and support the treatment team. You will assist with discharge planning and facilitate therapeutic activities in a fast-paced hospital setting.

The role emphasizes teamwork, clear communication, and adherence to safety policies while contributing to the facility's commitment to patient-centered care and community wellbeing.

Qualifications

• BCLS must be obtained within 7 days of employment start date
• Nonviolent Crisis Intervention must be obtained within 60 days of employment start date
• (DL) Driver License must be held

Responsibilities

• Provides direct daily care to psychiatric patients, including safety checks, escorts and transports.
• Assists activities therapy staff in recreational therapy and activities with patients.
• Models, teaches, and reinforces appropriate behavior for patients and supports treatment team interventions.
• Facilitates process groups and educational groups for patients and staff as required and assigned.
• Communicates clearly in verbal and written formats; reports data outside expected parameters to team members.
• Participates as a member of the treatment team to provide safe, effective, timely, and compassionate care.
• Assists with discharge planning activities and tasks for all patients as directed by clinicians.

Skills

Direct daily care

Safety checks

Communication & documentation

Group facilitation

Education

Basic Cardiac Life Support

Nonviolent Crisis Intervention

Driver License

Job description

Hourly Wage Estimate: $17.13 - $23.98 / hour

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The estimate displayed represents the typical wage range of candidates hired. Factors that may be used to determine your actual salary may include your specific skills, how many years of experience you have and comparison to other employees already in this role. The typical candidate is hired below midpoint of the range.

Last year our HCA Healthcare colleagues invested over 156,000 hours volunteering in our communities. As a Behavioral Health Technician with Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center you can be a part of an organization that is devoted to giving back!

Job Summary And Qualifications

This position is responsible for the general daily care of psychologically, emotionally and intellectually impaired patients assigned by a clinician or clinical manager. This position organizes the resources necessary to accomplish discharge goals established in the recovery plan for patients. Gathers sufficient information from all relevant sources in order to plan for the discharge of the patients assigned. Determines the discharge plan’s effectiveness and discusses options with the clinician and doctors.

• Adheres to the Hospital’s Safety Policies and demonstrates safe practices in providing patient care. Maintains high level of awareness regarding safety in the environment.
• Provides direct daily care to psychiatric patients, including safety checks, vital signs, escorts and transports as assigned by Charge Nurse, and other duties as assigned.
• Assists the activities therapy staff in recreational therapy and activities with patients.
• Models, teaches, and reinforces appropriate behavior for patients and supports treatment team interventions
• Facilitates process groups, goals groups, educational groups and problem-solving groups for patients and for staff as required and assigned. Understands, and can influence, group dynamics in the therapeutic milieu.
• Communicates clearly in verbal and written formats. Reports any patient data or behavior falling outside expected parameters to team members. Documents all pertinent information clearly and concisely in the medical record
• Participates as a member of the treatment team to provide safe, effective, timely, and compassionate care to patients. Provides feedback to other team members to promote continuous quality improvement.
• Assists with discharge planning activities and tasks for all patients as directed and assigned by the clinicians.

What qualifications you will need:

• Basic Cardiac Life Support must be obtained within 7 days of employment start date
• Nonviolent Crisis Intervention must be obtained within 60 days of employment start date
• (DL) Driver License

Benefits

Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
• Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services
• Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence
• Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling
• Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
• Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts

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Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center (EIRMC) is a full-service hospital with 318+ patient beds. Our hospital is the largest medical facility in the region. We serve southeast Idaho, western Wyoming, Yellowstone National Park, and parts of Montana. Our facility has an ER, a Level II Trauma Center, a Level 1 ICU (one of two in Idaho), and the only Burn Center in the state of Idaho. We have the region’s only Pediatric Intensive Care Unit for critically ill children. Our 74-bed Behavioral Health Center offers inpatient and outpatient mental health care for adolescents and adults.

We are part of the HCA Healthcare network - which includes more than 300 affiliate facilities across the country – offering our colleagues the opportunity for travel and relocation. HCA Healthcare and EIRMC are all about caring for people. This care extends to patients, families, and colleagues.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

"There is so much good to do in the world and so many different ways to do it."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.

HCA Healthcare Co-Founder

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.