Behavioral Health Technician II | Adolescent Unit

Avera Health; Sioux Falls (SD); On-site; USD 29,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO

Up to 5% retirement matching

Career development

Job summary

Avera Behavioral Health Center-Sioux Falls is seeking a Regular position in the Behavioral Health unit. The role involves direct patient care for children and adolescents, collaboration with a multidisciplinary team, and active participation in treatment planning.

You will provide one-on-one or group nursing support, assist with daily living activities, and contribute to safety and therapeutic programs, under RN supervision, in a dynamic hospital setting.

Qualifications

• Requires ability to work specified hours and perform essential job functions with adequate vision and communication abilities.
• Must be able to communicate effectively, hear, understand and distinguish speech and other sounds.

Responsibilities

• Works with individual patients in 1-on-1 or group settings per nursing care plan.
• Participates in daily interdisciplinary treatment meetings.
• Implements suicide precautions as needed.
• Assesses changes in patient condition and notifies RN.
• Assists with patient/family programs while ensuring safety and welfare.
• Performs activities of daily living care including vital signs and specimen collection.

Education

Bachelor's Psychology, Social Work, criminal justice, education, behavior analysis, health or social sciences, counseling, alcohol studies, liberal arts, or any other human services and/or medical field

Associate's Behavioral Health

Job description

Worker Type:

Regular

Location:

Avera Behavioral Health Center-Sioux Falls

Worker Type:

Regular

Work Shift:

Rotating days/evenings/nights/weekends/holidays (United States of America)

Pay Range:

$21.75 - $33.00

Position Highlights

This position may be eligible for a $3,000 Sign on Bonus

Why is Behavioral Health important?

The Avera Behavioral Health Adolescent & Child Unit are designed to be a structured and age-appropriate therapeutic environment for adolescents and children to learn to understand problems, use healthy coping skills and set and complete goals.

You will enjoy this Behavioral Health setting if you are someone that:

• Enjoys working with children ages 5 to 12 years old and adolescent ages 13 to 17 years old as well as their families.
• Has a passion helping patients with conditions such as Addiction, Anxiety Disorders, Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, and Depression or Suicidal behavior.
• Appreciates an active, challenging care environment that requires critical thinking.
• Values autonomous professional nursing practice.
• Possesses motivation to help create and deliver high-quality patient care in an energizing team environment.

Position Highlights:

• Adolescent program is expanding to 40 unit
• Child unit is a 14 bed unit
• Adolescent Residential is a 8 bed unit
• Opportunity to meet 70+ coworkers
• Opportunity to change lives of both Adolescent and Children
• Self-scheduling program

You Belong at Avera

Be part of a multidisciplinary team built with compassion and the goal of Moving Health Forward for you and our patients. Work where you matter.

A Brief Overview

Provides physical and psychological care to patients under the direct supervision of a Registered Nurse. Assumes responsibility and accountability for individual actions and outcomes of patient care delivered.

What you will do

• Works with individual patients in a 1-on-1 setting or in a group setting that is consistent with the nursing care needs of the patient and the inter‑disciplinary treatment plan.
• Participates in the daily inter‑disciplinary treatment team meeting as needed, providing input in terms of patient behaviors and interactions with others.
• Implements suicide precautions as needed.
• Assesses changes in patient’s condition/behavior and notifies RN.
• Assists with patient and family programs as well as being continually cognizant of the safety and welfare of all participants.
• Assists with the activities of daily living care of the patients to include, but not limited to: vital signs, collection of specimens, and other general nursing care procedures.
• Assesses individual patient needs and provides input in creating and modifying the nursing care plan and assists with implementing necessary therapeutic activities.
• Maintains accurate and concise records, documenting promptly all pertinent information in the patient’s EMR.
• Assesses impending agitation and escalation of behavioral changes and participates in the behavioral management of these patients.
• Researches, plans, and implements the updating and development of new therapeutic patient groups with oversight from the Programming Committee.

Essential Qualifications

The individual must be able to work the hours specified. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential job function satisfactorily including having visual acuity adequate to perform position duties and the ability to communicate effectively with others, hear, understand and distinguish speech and other sounds. These requirements and those listed above are representative of the knowledge, skills, and abilities required to perform the essential job functions. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions, as long as the accommodations do not cause undue hardship to the employer.

Required Education, License/Certification, or Work Experience:

• Bachelor's Psychology, Social Work, criminal justice, education, behavior analysis, health or social sciences, counseling, alcohol studies, liberal arts, or any other human services and/or medical field or
• Associate's Behavioral Health

Preferred Education, License/Certification, or Work Experience:

• 1-3 years related experience

Expectations and Standards

• Commitment to the daily application of Avera’s mission, vision, core values, and social principles to serve patients, their families, and our community.
• Promote Avera’s values of compassion, hospitality, and stewardship.
• Uphold Avera’s standards of Communication, Attitude, Responsiveness, and Engagement (CARE) with enthusiasm and sincerity.
• Maintain confidentiality.
• Work effectively in a team environment, coordinating work flow with other team members and ensuring a productive and efficient environment.
• Comply with safety principles, laws, regulations, and standards associated with, but not limited to, CMS, The Joint Commission, DHHS, and OSHA if applicable.

Benefits You Need & Then Some

Avera is proud to offer a wide range of benefits to qualifying part-time and full-time employees. We support you with opportunities to help live balanced, healthy lives. Benefits are designed to meet needs of today and into the future.

• PTO available day 1 for eligible hires.
• Up to 5% employer matching contribution for retirement
• Career development guided by hands‑on training and mentorship

Avera is an Equal Opportunity Employer - Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, Veteran Status, or other categories protected by law.