Behavioral Health Associate 1
Behavioral Health Associate 1
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Job Description
- Demonstrate a sense of urgency related to the importance of patient safety and providing 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.
- Patient safety is monitored 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.
- May obtain patients vital signs height and weight as assigned and document in patient record. accurate.
- 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.
- Apply 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.
- 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 and therapist that promote improved physical and mental wellness.
- Oversee or assist patients with activities of daily living including toileting bathing dressing grooming oral hygiene meals snacks hydration and changing bed linens as needed.
- Help with admissions and discharges if needed.
- Lead or colead individual or group sessions as part of specific recreational or therapeutic procedures.
- Participate in rehabilitation and treatment programs as well as teach strategies to promote patient wellness and independence as needed.
- Provide transportation for patient or coordinate transportation with appropriate staff member as needed.
- 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.
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).
- Basic Life Support required (training available up hire).
Required Experience:
IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
