Inpatient Behavioral Health Technician — Compassionate Care

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

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) plan

Tuition reimbursement

Daily pay

Paid time off

Competitive compensation

Short/Long disability

Life Insurance

Employee assistance program

Job summary

Oceans Behavioral Hospital DeRidder is seeking a dedicated Behavioral Health Technician to assist nursing staff in delivering compassionate care to adults and seniors facing anxiety, depression, and other mental health challenges. You will help maintain a therapeutic milieu and support routine patient care within your training scope.

Responsibilities include monitoring patient behavior, performing essential tasks under supervision, documenting observations, ensuring safety, and collaborating

Responsibilities

• Continually monitors and supports compliance within unit rules.
• Demonstrates the ability to employ de-escalation and therapeutic interventions as needed.
• Inventories patient belongings accurately and secures contraband as needed; completes unit safety checks.
• Complies with standard/universal precautions and infection control policies and attends required in-services to keep self-informed.
• 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.
• Assists patients with laundry, meals, bathroom functions and maintaining of belongings; assists at -risk and/or physically challenged patients with mobility needs as needed.
• Individualizes all patient care activities to the age specific, disability, cultural sensitivity needs of the patient.
• 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.
• 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.
• Performs other duties and projects as assigned.

Skills

De-escalation

Therapeutic interventions

Vital signs

Documentation

Mobility support

Infection control

Patient care

Teamwork

Communication

Job description

Oceans Behavioral Hospital DeRidder is seeking a dedicated Behavioral Health Technician to assist nursing staff in delivering compassionate care to adults and seniors facing anxiety, depression, and other mental health challenges. You will help maintain a therapeutic milieu and support routine patient care within your training scope.

Responsibilities include monitoring patient behavior, performing essential tasks under supervision, documenting observations, ensuring safety, and collaborating