Evening Behavioral Health Associate (Crisis Care)

SBH-Green Bay, LLC; United States; On-site; USD 19,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Willow Creek Behavioral Health is seeking a Behavioral Health Associate I to support a multidisciplinary treatment team. You will work under supervision to monitor patient behaviors, provide continuous care, and respond in crisis situations, with focus on safety and compassionate care.

This onsite role requires a high school diploma, CPR and de-escalation training, and the ability to assist with activities of daily living, charting, and reporting to nursing staff.

Qualifications

• High school graduate or equivalent.
• Six months or more experience with the specific population preferred.
• CPR and de-escalation and restraint certification required.

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 monitoring

Crisis management

De-escalation

Communication

Education

High school diploma

Job description

Willow Creek Behavioral Health is seeking a Behavioral Health Associate I to support a multidisciplinary treatment team. You will work under supervision to monitor patient behaviors, provide continuous care, and respond in crisis situations, with focus on safety and compassionate care.

This onsite role requires a high school diploma, CPR and de-escalation training, and the ability to assist with activities of daily living, charting, and reporting to nursing staff.