Behavioral Health Technician (BHT) | Behavioral Health
Behavioral Health Technician (BHT) | Behavioral Health
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06-05-2025
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Job Description
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The pay range for this position is listed below. Actual pay rate dependent upon experience.
$18.75 $28.75Position Highlights
- Job Satisfaction:Each day you will positively impact each patient you serve with providing direct resident care.
- Positive Work Environment:Be part of an organization where we practice the mission in our daily operations and demonstrate our pride by delivering excellent care.
- Casual employees are required to work a minimum of 4 shifts per 6 weeks half of which need to be weekend shifts one summer and one winter holiday rotation rotation includes days evenings and/or nights
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.
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 .
Required Experience:
IC
Employment Type
Part-Time
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