Behavioral Health Technician PRN Days

Oceans Healthcare, L.L.C.; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Haven Behavioral Healthcare, an Oceans Healthcare Company, seeks a Behavioral Health Technician to support nursing staff and maintain a therapeutic milieu. The role involves implementing routine patient care tasks, monitoring safety, and communicating findings to nurses to ensure quality care.

Essential duties include assisting with vital signs, ADL support, nutrition monitoring, and infection control while adhering to Joint Commission and state regulations.

Qualifications

• Assist in patient care under licensed nursing staff supervision.
• Perform vital signs, ADL support, nutritional monitoring and reporting findings.

Responsibilities

• Continually monitors and supports unit rules compliance.
• Demonstrates de-escalation and therapeutic interventions as needed.
• Inventories patient belongings and secures contraband; conduct unit safety checks.
• Adheres to universal precautions and infection control policies; attends in-services.
• Performs patient care activities under supervision: vital signs, ADL, nutrition monitoring; communicates with nurse.
• Assists patients with laundry, meals, bathroom functions and mobility as needed.
• Tailors care to age, disability, culture, and individual needs.
• Documents and communicates patient observations and nutritional intake accurately.
• Reports outcomes of tasks to nursing staff; ensures continuity of care.
• Performs other duties and projects as assigned.

Skills

Patient care

Vital signs

De-escalation

Documentation

Mobility assistance

Infection control

Job description

Haven Behavioral Healthcare, an Oceans Healthcare Company, is a behavioral healthcare system providing high-quality, specialty behavioral health services for individuals with mental health and substance abuse issues. Our success is a reflection of the excellence and dedication of our employees at every level of our facilities. The culture of our hospitals is built around service. All jobs performed on our team are worthwhile and every employee makes a difference. If you are looking for an opportunity to grow personally and professionally while delivering compassionate, quality care we encourage you to explore career opportunities with Haven.

The Behavioral Health Technician (BHT) supports the nursing staff in maintaining a therapeutic milieu by performing routinely assigned tasks and carrying out patient care activities within the scope of the BHT's training and experience. The BHT will maintain a safe and professional standard for patient care in accordance with Joint Commission, Federal and State regulations, Oceans' Mission, policies and procedures and performance improvement standards.

Essential Functions:

1. Continually monitors and supports compliance within unit rules.
2. Demonstrates the ability to employ de-escalation and therapeutic interventions as needed.
3. Inventories patient belongings accurately and secures contraband as needed; completes unit safety checks.
4. Complies with standard/universal precautions and infection control policies and attends required in-services to keep self-informed.
5. Implements patient care activities under the direction and supervision of licensed nursing personnel; performs vital signs, weights, ADL, nutritional monitoring and communicates findings to the nurse.
6. Assists patients with laundry, meals, bathroom functions and maintaining of belongings; assists at -risk and/or physically challenged patients with mobility needs as needed.
7. Individualizes all patient care activities to the age specific, disability, cultural sensitivity needs of the patient.
8. Communicates and documents patient observation related to behavior and location and date effectively. Includes accurate documentation of nutritional intake, weights, liquid intake, vital signs, and output appropriately on the observation form.
9. Communicates outcome of assigned tasks to nursing staff in a timely manner; Communicates follow-up on patient care responsibilities; incomplete assignments, ongoing activities and current patient needs to relevant staff to assure continuality of care.
10. Performs other duties and projects as assigned.