Lead Behavioral Health Associate
Lead Behavioral Health Associate
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Job Description
Rotating weekends.
Typical hours for this position is 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. (flexible) including weekends
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
- Monitor shift change activities to assign staff review staffing for the units and adjust as necessary.
- Train and monitor direct care staff during the shift as necessary or as assigned by the Milieu Manager.
- Instructs Handle With Care classes.
- Manages Observsmart scheduling
- Chart checks for BHAs
- Ensure the wellbeing of patients and provide a positive supportive and structured environment under direction of charge nurse or supervisor.
- Patient safety is addressed through required rounds completed timely. Patient room is clean and uncluttered. Observation may be assigned every 15 minutes within reach of patient and/or 1:1 patient care.
- Obtain patients vital signs height and weight as assigned. Ensure documentation of information.
- Identify self to patient and visitors promptly and respond to patient requests quickly.
- Engage with patient in activities and interactions designed to encourage achievement of treatment goals.
- Respond to distressed patient in a nonthreatening manner and attempt to understand the source of distress.
- Applies deescalation techniques to help manage patients emotions behavior and participation in treatment and assist with seclusion and restraint when necessary.
- As part of the multidisciplinary team provide safety and increase coping skills of patient and assist in developing strategies for helping patients to be as independent as possible.
- Collaborate with other staff in working with the population of the facility to treat rehabilitate and return patient to the community.
- Monitor behavioral improvements and reinforce these behaviors. Report changes and responses to treatment by communicating with team. Significant changes are reported to nurse immediately.
- Reinforce skills patients learn from nurses physicians therapist that promote improved physical and mental wellness.
- Lead or colead individual or group sessions as part of specific recreational or therapeutic procedures.
- May participate in rehabilitation and treatment programs as well as teach strategies to promote patient wellness and independence.
- May oversee or assist patients with activities of daily living including toileting bathing dressing grooming oral hygiene meals snacks hydration and changing bed linens.
- Deliver care based on the priority of needs and available resources to the specific service population of the facility.
- May help with admissions and discharges.
- Assist in providing guidance and direction to other staff members including training of new staff.
- May provide transportation for patient or coordinate transportation with appropriate staff member.
- Quality of work exhibited through accuracy neatness and timeliness of work completed.
- Adherence to work schedule and overall attendance.
- Demonstrate a positive empathetic and professional attitude towards customers always. When patient needs are not met acknowledge and work to resolve complaints. Recognize that patient safety is a top priority.
OTHER FUNCTIONS:
- Perform other functions and tasks as assigned.
Required Experience:
IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
