Behavioral Health Technician I - Inpatient Behavioral Health Adolescents Unit (4YBH)

UNC REX Healthcare; Butner, Ontario (NC, CA); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established healthcare provider is seeking a dedicated Behavioral Health Technician to join their dynamic team in Butner, North Carolina. This role involves providing essential care in a supportive and therapeutic environment for adolescents facing mental health challenges. The ideal candidate will work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team, focusing on crisis stabilization and positive coping strategies. With a commitment to patient safety and well-being, this position offers a chance to make a significant impact in the lives of young patients. Join a forward-thinking organization that values compassionate care and professional development.

Benefits

Health Insurance

Paid Time Off

Retirement Plan

Flexible Schedule

Qualifications

• Requires one year of relevant experience in a behavioral health environment.
• Ability to establish effective working relationships with patients and staff.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct patient care and assist with therapeutic group sessions.
• Monitor patients' emotional and safety needs during therapy.

Skills

Behavioral Health Experience

Crisis Management

Patient Care

Communication Skills

Team Collaboration

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Tools

Basic Life Support (BLS)

Crisis Prevention Institute (CPI)

Job description

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Behavioral Health Technician I - Inpatient Behavioral Health Adolescents Unit (4YBH)

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Job ID: 165999
Location: Butner, NC
Facility/Division: UNC Medical Center
Status: Full Time
Shift: Variable

We are pleased to announce that we are looking for a Behavioral Health Technician to join our new Inpatient Psychiatry Units atUNCHealth Youth Behavioral Health (YBH), in Butner, North Carolina.

• Hours:Full Time; 36 hrs/wk; three/12 hour shifts
• Entity: UNC Medical Center
• Location: Butner, NC

We are seeking a Behavioral Health Technician (BHT), preferably with strong clinical experience in developmental disabilities and adolescent mental health to work on a multidisciplinary team. The BHT will primarily be working on 4YBH, a 10-bed unit comprised of pediatric patients with developmental disabilities in need of crisis stabilization. On this unit, we will be providing multidisciplinary treatment focused on addressing psychiatric, behavioral, medical, and psychosocial needs.

Youth Behavioral Health Hospital (YBH) is a 54-bed, 24-hour, locked psychiatric facility located in Butner, North Carolina. YBH philosophy is grounded in a milieu-based, trauma-informed and therapeutic setting. This facility aims to serve patients with a complex history, including aggression and psychosis. Safety is a key component of the care provided as well as introduction of positive coping skills, healthy living and positive leisure activities. Therapy services will work among a large interdisciplinary team including Psychiatrists, Psychologists, Social Workers, and Nursing Services. There will be four units dedicated to serving children and adolescent with mental health diagnoses, dual diagnoses, substance misuse and complex behaviors, including those with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities and with Autism Spectrum Disorder. The staff will be cross-trained on all of these units as one team.

Please see the link below with information about the incentive program for the Assistive Personnel at The UNC Hospitals Youth Behavioral Health:

This is a 36 hours per week position; working 12 hour rotating shifts (7am-7:30pm and 7pm-7:30am) with weekend and holiday rotation (Current Need is day shift). This position qualifies for an extensive benefit package including PTO hours, which are accrued based on the number of worked hours.This position requires the ability to attend a weeklong hospital orientation in Chapel Hill,offered every two weeks.

Orientation Schedule: Monday and Tuesday - In person from 8am to 4:30pm in Chapel Hill; Wednesday, Thursday and Friday - Virtual

Summary:
Under close supervision, responsible for providing a safe, supportive and therapeutic environment for psychiatric patients. Provides direct patient care and may conduct therapeutic group sessions under the direction and supervision of the RN. Provides input to the RN to help develop the plan of care and assists in carrying out the plan of care for assigned patients. Assists with the admission of new patients and orients new patients and families to the unit.

Responsibilities:
1. Aids patients in reality orientation, participates in behavior modification plans/therapy, provides informal support therapy to patients/families, provides verbal de-escalation of potentially aggressive patients, aids in the physical management of aggressive/out-of-control patients, facilitates age appropriate play for children, and monitors the therapeutic milieu activities on assigned unit to ensure that emotional and safety needs of patients are met.
2. Assists in interviewing patients and their families for routine admission data. Orients patients and families to the facility. Provides data input during team discussions and meetings to assist in developing therapeutic plans and objectives.
3. Interacts with patients on a one to one as well as small group basis. Facilitates assigned groups in ways which encourage and require maximum patient participation and interaction, appropriate to functional level of group members.
4. Observes, collects, and documents patient information obtained while providing care and promptly report significant changes in the patient's condition to a registered nurse or physician.
5. Provides direct personal care to patients as outlined in plan of care for routine activities of daily living including bathing, personal hygiene, feeding and dressing. Assists patients with position changes, range of motion exercises, transfers and walking. Obtains and records vital signs, intake and output amounts or other measures as delegated. Observes patients and assesses progress on daily basis and reports significant changes in patients' condition and/or behavior to supervising RN.
6. Provides protection and control for patients as required to ensure patient safety in the facility. Participates in restraining combative patients as necessary. Provides care and monitoring of patients in seclusion and/or restraint.
7. Reinforce routine teaching given to patients by the registered nurse or physician and document patient understanding of instructions. Distributes patient education materials at the request of patients and/or health care providers

Other Information

Other information:
Education Requirements:
● High School Diploma or General Education Development (GED)
Licensure/Certification Requirements:
● Listed as a Nursing Assistant I by the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services
● Crisis Prevention Institute (CPI) certification within 60 days from date of hire
● Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification
Professional Experience Requirements:
● Requires one (1) year of relavent experience in a behavioral health environment.
Knowledge/Skills/and Abilities Requirements:
● Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with patients and hospital staff. Ability to work with, express sensitivity and understanding, and secure the cooperation of patients, including maintaining empathetic attitude towards patients. Ability to work with groups of patients or individuals in didactic or recreational groups. Ability to keep calm in stressful situations. Must be fluent in verbal and written English language. Capability to develop computer skills if not competent.

Legal Employer: STATE

Entity: UNC Medical Center

Organization Unit: YBH IP Unit A Healing Journey

Work Type: Full Time

Salary Range:$18.66 - $26.51 per hour (Hiring Range)

Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity

Work Assignment Type: Onsite

Work Schedule: Variable

Location of Job: Butner:NC:27509

Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: No

This is a State position employed by UNC Health Care System with UNC Health benefits. If, however, you are presently an employee of another North Carolina agency and currently participate in TSERS or the ORP, you will be eligible to continue participating in those plans at UNC Health.

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