Behavioral Health Tech Pediatrics
Behavioral Health Tech Pediatrics
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Job Description
About the unit
Our 11th Floor at Helen DeVos Childrens Hospital is a newly created 12bed Pediatric Medical/Psychiatric Unit. This brandnew unit is designed to provide services to patients that need medical and psychiatric care. On this unit we will provide care for our patients with an interdisciplinary team including psychiatrist psychologist pediatricians nurse practitioners social work chaplains behavioral health nurses and behavioral health technicians. This unit is designed to provide programing activities and education to strengthen our patients mental and behavioral health.
About Helen DeVos Childrens Hospital
We fight for every child. With 350 pediatric specialists and subspecialists 12 years of U.S. News & World Report national rankings and innovations that draw patients from all over the world were driven to replace fear with hope and doubt with answers. We believe in the possibility of every childs future. Because its only impossible until it isnt. We have both inpatient and ambulatory spaces as well as a Level 1 trauma Emergency Department designated to children.
Scope of work
The Behavioral Health Technician (BHT) is a role that provides and maintains a safe and therapeutic environment for the patient requiring direct observation. Working under the delegation of the Bedside RN the BHT collaborates with the Nurse Behavioral Health team MSW and the Medical Team to upload the established behavioral plan for the patient. The BHT is trained in verbal deescalation and situational awareness and provided education on the variety of patient populations encountered. The BHT is crosstrained to a limited scope of the Nursing Technician role to learn the skills and tasks of daily patient care and ADLs.
Employees in this role love the opportunity to make a difference in a childs life when they are going through a difficult time. They enjoy providing care offering a supportive environment and partnering with various disciplines.
Qualifications
Required High School Diploma or equivalent
Psychiatric unit experience Preferred
CRTBasic Life Support (BLS) AHA American Heart Association 90 Days required.
How Corewell Health cares for you
Comprehensive benefits package to meet your financial health and work/life balance goals. Learn more here.
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Optional identity theft protection home and auto insurance pet insurance
Traditional and Roth retirement options with service contribution and match savings
Eligibility for benefits is determined by employment type and status
Primary Location
SITE Helen Devos Childrens Hospital 100 Michigan St Grand RapidsDepartment Name
Pediatric Acute Care 10th Floor HDVCHEmployment Type
Full timeShift
Night (United States of America)Weekly Scheduled Hours
36Hours of Work
7:00pm7:30amDays Worked
VariableWeekend Frequency
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Corewell Health is committed to providing a safe environment for our team members patients visitors and community. We require a drugfree workplace and require team members to comply with the MMR Varicella Tdap and Influenza vaccine requirement if in an onsite or hybrid workplace category. We are committed to supporting prospective team members who require reasonable accommodations to participate in the job application process to perform the essential functions of a job or to enjoy equal benefits and privileges of employment due to a disability pregnancy or sincerely held religious belief.
Corewell Health grants equal employment opportunity to all qualified persons without regard to race color national origin sex disability age religion genetic information marital status height weight gender pregnancy sexual orientation gender identity or expression veteran status or any other legally protected category.
An interconnected collaborative culture where all are encouraged to bring their whole selves to work is vital to the health of our organization. As a health system we advocate for equity as we care for our patients our communities and each other. From workshops that develop cultural intelligence to our inclusion resource groups for people to find community and empowerment at work we are dedicated to ongoing resources that advance our values of diversity equity and inclusion in all that we do. We invite those that share in our commitment to join our team.
You may request assistance in completing the application process by calling 616.486.7447.
Employment Type
Full-Time
