Inpatient Mental Health Tech — Crisis & Patient Care

Jobtome; Placitas (NM); On-site; USD 25,000 - 36,000; Part time

Job summary

Jobtome is seeking a part-time Behavioral Health Tech to provide patient care in inpatient/educational settings across age groups from neonate to geriatric. Responsibilities include safety, charting, patient education, crisis intervention, and coordination with the treatment team.

Essential duties cover activities of daily living, treatment program support, adherence to HIPAA, and collaboration with other departments. Requires HS diploma, basic CPR/BLS, and related experience.

Qualifications

• Related Education and Experience may be substituted for one another on a year for year basis.

Responsibilities

• PATIENT CARE - Provide care to patient in a manner that considers and promotes safety, comfort, and the therapeutic environment
• EDUCATION - Provide education and training specific to individual patient needs, abilities, learning preferences and readiness; provide educational resources to patients and/or family members in coordination with treatment team
• CHARTING - Chart observations and other required documentation on assigned patients, behaviors, following prescribed procedures and standards; chart according to treatment plan; use electronic medical record when required
• PHYSICAL NEEDS - Assist with the physical needs of patients; may include taking manual vital signs, weights, and urine, stool, and sputum specimens as designated
• PATIENT CARE - Assist patients with activities of daily living; attend to patient behavioral problems and provide assistance and coordination in crisis intervention as needed
• PATIENT TREATMENT - Participate in the development, coordination and implementation of patient treatment programs
• CONFIDENTIALITY - Maintain confidentiality of patient records, adhering to HIPAA guidelines
• LIAISON - In collaboration with treatment team, may act as liaison with other departments, staff and patients
• TRANSPORT - Transport patients to and from appointments, clinics, laboratories, and/or treatments
• ACTIVITIES - Lead milieu activities; community meetings, school and/or recreational activities as appropriate
• MEETINGS - Attend and participate in group sessions, in-service education, and staff meetings
• REGISTRATION - Process patient admission and registration as appropriate
• COMPUTER - Demonstrate proficiency in utilizing and accessing appropriate computer and information system
• PHLEBOTOMY - May perform phlebotomy duties as assigned
• CRISIS RESPONSE TEAM - Participate as a member of the Crisis Response Team responding to calls related to psychiatric services or assessed as a psychiatric crisis; assist staff with patients in crisis; assist with transports of psychiatric patients
• SAFETY - Assist patients to regain behavior control; escort patients to safearea using least restrictive means possible; apply restraints as needed; assist with administration of emergency medications and daily living activities
• OTHER DUTIES - Perform other duties as assigned or requested
• POLICIES - Follow and maintain established departmental policies and procedures, objectives, and quality assurance program, safety, environmental and infection control standards
• DEVELOPMENT - Enhance professional growth and development through participation in educational programs, reading current literature, attending in-services, meetings and workshops
• PATIENT SAFETY 1 - Follow patient safety-related policies, procedures and protocols
• PATIENT SAFETY 2 - Demonstrate proactive approach to patient safety by seeking opportunities to improve patient safety through questioning of current policies and processes
• PATIENT SAFETY 3 - Identify and report/correct environmental conditions and/or situations that may put a patient at undue risk
• PATIENT SAFETY 4 - Report potential or actual patient safety concerns, medical errors and/or near misses in a timely manner
• PATIENT SAFETY 5 - Encourage patients to actively participate in their own care by asking questions and reporting treatment or situations that they don't understand or may "not seem right"

Skills

Bilingual English-Spanish

EMR familiarity

Education

High School or GED

UNMH Mental Health Tech w/in 6 Months

Tools

EMR software

Job description

Jobtome is seeking a part-time Behavioral Health Tech to provide patient care in inpatient/educational settings across age groups from neonate to geriatric. Responsibilities include safety, charting, patient education, crisis intervention, and coordination with the treatment team.

Essential duties cover activities of daily living, treatment program support, adherence to HIPAA, and collaboration with other departments. Requires HS diploma, basic CPR/BLS, and related experience.