Nightshift Behavioral Health Technician - Full-Time

Oceans Healthcare; Reading (Berks County); On-site; USD 25,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

401k plan

Tuition reimbursement

Daily pay

PTO

Competitive pay

Disability insurance

Life insurance

EAP

Job summary

Haven Behavioral Hospital of Eastern PA is seeking a Full-time Behavioral Health Technician (BHT) for the 3rd shift (11:00 PM–7:30 AM) with rotating weekends. The BHT will support nursing staff in maintaining a therapeutic milieu and carry out patient care activities within their training and scope.

Responsibilities include monitoring unit rules, de-escalation techniques, safety checks, vital signs, and assisting patients with daily living tasks while documenting observations for the nursing

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.

Job description

Haven Behavioral Hospital of Eastern PA is seeking a Full-time Behavioral Health Technician (BHT) for the 3rd shift (11:00 PM–7:30 AM) with rotating weekends. The BHT will support nursing staff in maintaining a therapeutic milieu and carry out patient care activities within their training and scope.

Responsibilities include monitoring unit rules, de-escalation techniques, safety checks, vital signs, and assisting patients with daily living tasks while documenting observations for the nursing