Behavioral Health Technician

Lifepoint Health®; Price (UT); On-site; USD 36,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

Castleview Hospital in Price, Utah, part of Lifepoint Health, is seeking a Behavioral Tech to support the therapeutic milieu under RN guidance. The role focuses on ensuring safety, supervising patients, and delivering care with dignity and respect.

The position emphasizes crisis intervention, de-escalation, and collaboration with a multidisciplinary team to enhance patient outcomes in a fast-paced behavioral health setting.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma/GED required.
• 1 year of previous experience in a psychiatric health care facility preferred.
• CPR certification required within 30 days of employment and before any patient contact.
• De-escalation certification required within 30 days of employment and before any patient contact.

Responsibilities

• Observe and maintain a safe milieu with patient checks and safety monitoring.
• Complete close observation monitoring (15-minute checks, line of sight, or one-on-one).
• Monitor for contraband and report changes to the nurse.
• Assist with care per RN directives including vital signs, specimen collection, documentation, education, and patient monitoring.
• Support milieu management to promote positive patient experiences.
• Accompany patients to meals, breaks, and off-unit activities.
• Report all medical/psychiatric changes to the RN.
• Assist with admissions including belongings inventory and vitals.

Skills

Behavioral health

Organization

Team collaboration

Patient outcomes

Communication

Education

High School Diploma/GED

Tools

CPR certification

De-escalation certification

Job description

Job Title: Behavioral Tech

Job Type: FT

Schedule: Days

Your experience matters at Castleview Hospital. At Castleview, we are driven by a profound commitment to prioritize your well‑being so you can provide exceptional care for others. Here, you're not just valued as an employee, but as a person. As a Behavioral Tech, joining our team, you're embracing a vital mission dedicated to making communities healthier. Join us on this meaningful journey where your skills, compassion, and dedication will make a remarkable difference in the lives of those we serve.

Position Summary

The Behavioral Health Technician is responsible for supporting the therapeutic milieu, under the direction of the Registered Nurse, by ensuring that the schedule/program is consistently delivered, patients are supervised, safety is maintained, and patients and guests are treated with respect and dignity.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Responsible for observation and maintenance of safe milieu through patient checks and safety monitoring.
• Completes close observation monitoring including 15-minute checks, line of sight, or one-on-one monitoring as ordered.
• Monitors for contraband and reports any potential change of condition to the nurse.
• Adheres to tasks delegated by the Registered Nurse related to the care of the patients including, but not limited to vital signs, specimen collection, documentation, group education, and patient monitoring.
• Demonstrates effective milieu management skills, which promote positive patient experiences.
• Accompany patients to off-unit activities (i.e., meals, outside breaks, off-unit visits, out-of-building activities and appointments).
• Responsible for reporting all medical or psychiatric changes to the Registered Nurse.
• Assists with the admission process to include belongings inventory, visitation to unit, vital signs, and other duties as delegated.
• Documents property at admission, accounts for property usage during stay, and reconciles property at discharge.
• Comply with the established policy and procedure requiring a safe, clean, and therapeutic environment.
• Conducts unit safety checks each shift.
• Encourages and assists patients in performing activities of daily living.
• Facilitates or co-facilitates psychoeducational and therapeutic activity groups effectively, using established guidelines and/or prepared and approved information.
• Employs appropriate crisis intervention and de-escalation techniques as required and according to policy and procedure.
• Maintains current knowledge of the program and policy and procedure guidelines.
• Assists in orienting new staff members to their position.
• Documents in the Medical Record according to established policies.
• Provides pertinent feedback to the interdisciplinary treatment team regarding patient response to treatment interventions that assists in the development and revision of the treatment plan.
• Complies with hospital policy, OSHA, and CDC guidelines regarding the collection of various specimens.
• Always exhibits the company's core values of championing patient care, doing the right thing, embracing individuality, acting with kindness, and making a difference together.
• Other duties as assigned.

Knowledge & Skills

• Knowledge of behavioral health care.
• Strong organizational skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively with a diverse team of healthcare professionals.
• Commitment to improving patient outcomes.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma/GED required.
• 1 year of previous experience working in a psychiatric health care facility preferred.
• CPR certification is required within 30 days of employment and before any patient contact.
• De-escalation certification required within 30 days of employment and before any patient contact.

Physical And Mental Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job responsibilities. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit for extended periods of time; use hands to finger, handle, feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; balance; stoop, kneel, bend, crouch or crawl; talk or hear; taste or smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 20 pounds. Repetitive motion of upper body required for extended use of computer. Required specific vision abilities include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

About our Health System: Castleview Hospital

Castleview Hospital is a 39-bed hospital located in Price, Utah, and is part of Lifepoint Health, a diversified healthcare delivery network committed to making communities healthier with acute care, rehabilitation, and behavioral health facilities from coast to coast. From your first day to your next career milestone-your experience matters.

EEOC Statement

Castleview Hospital is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Castleview Hospital is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity for all applicants and employees and complies with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination and harassment in employment.

Equal opportunity and affirmative action employers are looking for diversity in candidates for employment: Minority/Female/Disabled/Protected Veteran

Lifepoint Health is a leader in community-based care and driven by a mission of Making Communities Healthier. Our diversified healthcare delivery network spans 29 states and includes 63 community hospital campuses, 32 rehabilitation and behavioral health hospitals, and more than 170 additional sites of care across the healthcare continuum, such as acute rehabilitation units, outpatient centers and post-acute care facilities. We believe that success is achieved through talented people. We want to create places where employees want to work, with opportunities to pursue meaningful and satisfying careers that truly make a difference in communities across the country.