Day Shift Behavioral Health Associate I

Strategic BH-Brownsville, LLC; United States; On-site; USD 21,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

Palms Behavioral Health in Harlingen, Texas, seeks a Behavioral Health Associate I to work under the supervision of a licensed nurse, providing continuous patient care, monitoring behaviors, and responding to crises.

Responsibilities include assisting with daily living activities, safety checks, charting, and facilitating educational groups; CPR and de-escalation certification required. This is an on-site, full-time daytime position with a focus on patient well-being and respectful care.

Qualifications

• High school graduate or equivalent required.
• Six months or more experience working with the specific population of the facility preferred.
• Knowledge of common psychiatric disorders and/or dual diagnosis and various treatment modalities of the population served preferred.

Responsibilities

• Ensures the wellbeing of patients and provides a safe, positive, supportive, and structured environment, under direction of charge nurse or supervisor.
• Maintains a constant awareness and supervision of patients.
• Assists clients with activities of daily living, such as toileting, bathing, dressing, grooming, oral hygiene, meals, snacks, hydration and changing bed linens.
• Conducts safety checks, ensuring that supervision is conducted at intervals in accordance with individualized supervision guidelines.
• Checks patients for contraband and manages the patient’s valuables and belongings.
• Interacts routinely with patients, observes behaviors and communicates significant observations to supervisor.
• Engages with patient in activities and interactions designed to encourage achievement of treatment goals.
• Facilitates patient educational-rehabilitative groups which cover a variety of topics including social skills, coping skills and independent living skills.
• Takes and records vital signs properly and communicates significant changes in patient’s condition to the clinical team.
• Charts in patient records timely, accurately, and appropriately.
• Applies de-escalation techniques to help manage patient’s emotions, behavior and participation in treatment and assists with seclusion and restraints when necessary.
• Assists with unit cleaning, organization of new admits charts, discharge process, filing, etc.
• Initiates patient/employee incident reports.
• Provides transfer or transportation for patients or coordinates transportation with appropriate staff members as required.
• Receives report from previous shift to utilize information in planning shifts; give accurate and thorough report to oncoming shift.

Skills

Patient care

De-escalation techniques

Vital signs

Documentation

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Job description

Palms Behavioral Health in Harlingen, Texas, seeks a Behavioral Health Associate I to work under the supervision of a licensed nurse, providing continuous patient care, monitoring behaviors, and responding to crises.

Responsibilities include assisting with daily living activities, safety checks, charting, and facilitating educational groups; CPR and de-escalation certification required. This is an on-site, full-time daytime position with a focus on patient well-being and respectful care.