Behavioral Health Associate - Full Time 7p- 7a
Behavioral Health Associate - Full Time 7p- 7a
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Job Description
Situated on over 30 acres in the beautiful rolling hills of Central Texas Cedar Crest provides innovative behavioral health and substance abuse treatment for children adolescents and adults. Our private campus includes walking trails picnic areas outdoor swimming pool fullsize gym and stateoftheart exercise equipmentproviding opportunities for leisure therapeutic recreation and team building skills. Cedar Crest provides a full continuum of care including adolescent residential inpatient outpatient and partial hospitalization/intense outpatient treatments.
PURPOSE STATEMENT:
Responsible for providing personal care services to patients at the facility under the direction of clinical or nursing leadership. 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.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
- Demonstrate a sense of urgency related to the importance of patient safety and provide excellent customer services.
- Ensure the wellbeing of patients and provide a positive supportive and structured environment.
- Responsible for conducting safety checks and ensuring that supervision is conducted at 15 minute intervals as noted in special precautions or in accordance with individualized supervision guidelines as needed.
- Document timely accurate and appropriate clinical information in patients medical record.
- Assist in providing a safe secure and comfortable environment for patients significant others and staff.
- Interact routinely with patients observe behaviors and communicate significant observations to nursing staff.
- May oversee or assist patients with activities of daily living including toileting bathing dressing grooming oral hygiene meals snacks hydration and changing bed linens.
- May obtain patients vital signs height and weight as assigned and document in patient record.
- Facilitate patient educationalrehabilitative groups which cover a variety of topics including social skills coping skills anger management and independent living skills.
- Engage patients in activities and interactions designed to encourage achievement of treatment goals.
- Complete and maintain required documentation. Assist with followup and paperwork as required on incidents and events that may take place in the facility.
- May provide transportation for patient or coordinate transportation with appropriate staff member.
- 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.
EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE/SKILL REQUIREMENTS:
- High school diploma or equivalent required.
- Six months or more experience working with the specific population of the facility preferred.
LICENSES/DESIGNATIONS/CERTIFICATIONS:
- CPR and deescalation and restraint certification required (training available upon hire and offered by facility).
- First aid may be required based on state or facility requirements.
Required Experience:
IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
