Night Behavioral Health Associate – PRN

Palms-Behavioral-Health-3; Harlingen (TX); On-site; USD 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Palms Behavioral Health in Harlingen, Texas is seeking a Behavioral Health Associate I for night shift. This onsite role supports a multidisciplinary team, monitors patient behavior, and contributes to data collection and crisis response.

The position emphasizes compassionate patient care, adherence to safety protocols, and collaboration with the clinical team to ensure treatment goals are met.

Qualifications

• High school graduate or equivalent.
• Six months or more experience working with the specific population 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

Compassion

Communication

Observation

Education

High school graduate or equivalent

Tools

CPR certification

De-escalation training

Job description

Palms Behavioral Health in Harlingen, Texas is seeking a Behavioral Health Associate I for night shift. This onsite role supports a multidisciplinary team, monitors patient behavior, and contributes to data collection and crisis response.

The position emphasizes compassionate patient care, adherence to safety protocols, and collaboration with the clinical team to ensure treatment goals are met.