Behavioral Health Technician I or II - Addiction Adolescent Unit
Behavioral Health Technician I or II - Addiction Adolescent Unit
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$ 18 - 31
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Job Description
Location:
Worker Type:
RegularWork Shift:
Rotating days/evenings/nights/weekends/holidays (United States of America)Pay Range:
The pay range for this position is listed below. Actual pay rate dependent upon experience.
$18.75 $31.50Position Highlights
*This position may be eligible for a $3000 Sign on Bonus*
About our Programs:
The Avera Adolescent Addiction Care Program is designed to be an ageappropriate residential treatment facility. Residents receive a tailormade recovery program based on their personal needs with a focus on healthy coping skills.
You will enjoy this Behavioral Health setting if you aresomeone that
- Has a passion for working with adolescents on their addiction recovery path.
- Is dynamic and flexible
- Enjoys the ability to work in multiple patient care settings (Addiction Care with cross training to the Child/Adolescent Program)
- Enjoys patient focused care with a team that is dedicated to quality patients outcomes
- Has a passion helping patients with conditions such as Addiction Anxiety Disorders Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and Depression or Suicidal behavior.
- Appreciates an active challenging care environment that requires critical thinking.
- Values autonomous professional nursing practice.
- Possesses motivation to help create and delivery highquality patient care in an energizing team environment.
Unit Highlights:
- This position is cross trained to work in Adolescent Addiction Adolescent Program and Child Program
- Adolescent Addition is a 8 bed residential program
- Adolescent program is a 40 bed unit
- Child unit is a 14 bed unit
- Opportunity to meet 70 coworkers
- Opportunity to change lives of both Adolescent and Children
- Selfscheduling program
- Student Loan Repayment:This position may be eligible forAverasStudent Loan Repayment Program which helps you pay off your loans and save money. Each month an extra payment of $167 (up to $10000) fromAverawill help pay down your principal balance faster.
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
Provides physical and psychological care to 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
- Works with individual patients in a 1on1 setting or in a group setting that is consistent with the nursing care needs of the patient and the interdisciplinary treatment plan.
- 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.
- Assists with patient and family programs as well as being continually cognizant of the safety and welfare of all participants.
- Assists with the activities of daily living care of the patients to include but not limited to: vital signs collection of specimens and other general nursing care procedures.
- Assesses individual patient needs and provides input in creating and modifying the nursing care plan and assists with implementing necessary therapeutic activities.
- 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.
- Researches plans and implements the updating and development of new therapeutic patient groups with oversight from the Programming Committee.
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:
- Bachelors Psychology Social Work criminal justice education behavior analysis health or social sciences counseling alcohol studies liberal arts or any other human services and/or medical field
Preferred Education License/Certification or Work Experience:
- 13 years related experience
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 .
Required Experience:
IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
