Behavioral Health Technician Senior Unit

Avera Behavioral Health CenterSioux Falls

Worker Type:

Regular

Work Shift:

Primarily days with rotating weekends and holidays (United States of America)

Pay Range:

The pay range for this position is listed below. Actual pay rate dependent upon experience.

$18.75 $28.75

Position Highlights

This position may be eligible for a $3000 Sign on Bonus

Why is Behavioral Health important

The Avera Behavioral Health Senior Unit is a 20 bed unit that provides a welcoming calming and healing environment to our patients as well as their families. The Senior units environment is an active and challenging care environment that requires critical thinking and at the same time values autonomous professional nursing practice.

You will enjoy this Behavioral Health setting if you are someone that:

• This BHT position is a unique opportunity to get both medical and mental health experience as many of the patients have medical comorbidities requiring medical nursing care as well.
• Enjoys working with older adults with all different levels of functioning as well as their families.
• Has a passion helping patients with conditions such as Dementia Depression Catatonia Anxiety Disorders Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder.
• Possesses motivation to help create and deliver highquality patient care in an energizing team environment.
• Work with a dynamic and comprehensive team that includes: Physicians Social Workers Case Management Patient Care Techs expressive therapy cognitive behavioral therapy physical occupation and speech therapy.

You Belong at Avera

Be part of a multidisciplinary team built with compassion and the goal of Moving Health Forward for you and our patients. Work where you matter.

A Brief Overview

Serves as a liaison for nurses counselors and patients in interdepartmental communications. Assists with the physical and psychological care of patients under the direct supervision of a Registered Nurse. Assumes responsibility and accountability for individual actions and outcomes of patient care delivered.

What you will do

• Demonstrates effective communication skills to create a positive work environment.
• Participates in the daily interdisciplinary treatment team meeting as needed providing input in terms of patient behaviors and interactions with others.
• Implements suicide precautions as needed.
• Assesses changes in patients condition/behavior and notifies RN and/or Counselor.
• Assists with the activities of daily living care of the patients to include but not limited tovital signs collection of specimens and other general nursing care procedures.
• Maintains accurate and concise records documenting promptly all pertinent information in the patients EMR.
• Assesses impending agitation and escalation of behavioral changes and participates in the behavioral management of these patients.
• Assists with admissions transfers and discharging of patients.
• Assists with medication monitoring and education at facility.
• Ensures that patients valuables and personal items are properly handled.

Essential Qualifications

The individual must be able to work the hours specified. To perform this job successfully an individual must be able to perform each essential job function satisfactorily including having visual acuity adequate to perform position duties and the ability to communicate effectively with others hear understand and distinguish speech and other sounds. These requirements and those listed above are representative of the knowledge skills and abilities required to perform the essential job functions. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions as long as the accommodations do not cause undue hardship to the employer.

Required Education License/Certification or Work Experience:

• 13 years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience

Preferred Education License/Certification or Work Experience:

• Bachelors

Expectations and Standards

• Commitment to the daily application of Averas mission vision core values and social principles to serve patients their families and our community.
• Promote Averas values of compassion hospitality and stewardship.
• Uphold Averas standards of Communication Attitude Responsiveness and Engagement (CARE) with enthusiasm and sincerity.
• Maintain confidentiality.
• Work effectively in a team environment coordinating work flow with other team members and ensuring a productive and efficient environment.
• Comply with safety principles laws regulations and standards associated with but not limited to CMS The Joint Commission DHHS and OSHA if applicable.

Benefits You Need & Then Some

Avera is proud to offer a wide range of benefits to qualifying parttime and fulltime employees. We support you with opportunities to help live balanced healthy lives. Benefits are designed to meet needs of today and into the future.

• PTO available day 1 for eligible hires.

• Free health insurance options for fulltime single coverage on Avera High Deductible Health Plan

• Up to 5 employer matching contribution for retirement

• Career development guided by handson training and mentorship

Avera is an Equal Opportunity Employer Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex national origin disability Veteran Status or other categories protected by law. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request an accommodation for help with your online application please callor send an email to .