Compassionate Behavioral Health Care Associate

Returning Applicant or New Applicant?; Detroit (MI); On-site; USD 28,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision, and life ins.

401(k) retirement savings with match

Generous PTO

Career development opportunities

HSAs, FSAs

Employee Assistance program

Pet insurance

Job summary

Tenet Healthcare's DMC Sinai-Grace Hospital in Detroit seeks a Behavioral Health Associate to support patient care under RN supervision. You will provide compassionate, one-to-one interactions and help with group activities, observations, and routine tasks.

Under a multidisciplinary team, you will monitor patient status, assist with safety procedures, document observations, and support court-related processes as needed, contributing to high-quality mental health care for patients.

Qualifications

• Two years of college study in behavioral health or equivalent experience.
• Six months of related clinical experience with mentally ill patients.
• Bachelor's degree in a behavioral health discipline.

Responsibilities

• Provides one to one interaction with patients requiring intense care.
• Facilitates group teaching and task oriented sessions, observes patients relative to suicidal or homicidal intent and for effects of medication, assists with restraint and seclusion treatment procedures and with physical exams, obtains vital signs, performs specimen collection and dressing changes.
• Monitors and documents, according to prescribed standards, patient observations which may include mental status, response to treatment interventions and intensity of services provided.
• Completes court petitions, accompanies patients to court and testifies to substantiate the need for court ordered treatment.
• Communicates status of court activity to professional staff.
• Utilizes knowledge of Michigan Mental Health Code to educate patients and their families about rights guaranteed by the code.

Skills

Analytical ability

Interpersonal skills

Reading & documentation

Clerical duties

Stress management

Education

Two years of college in behavioral health

Bachelor's in behavioral health

Job description

Tenet Healthcare's DMC Sinai-Grace Hospital in Detroit seeks a Behavioral Health Associate to support patient care under RN supervision. You will provide compassionate, one-to-one interactions and help with group activities, observations, and routine tasks.

Under a multidisciplinary team, you will monitor patient status, assist with safety procedures, document observations, and support court-related processes as needed, contributing to high-quality mental health care for patients.