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Behavioral Health Technician

Columbus, OH · On-site

$15.25 - $18.75/hr

Behavioral Health Technician Position Summary Provides support to the therapeutic milieu under the ... FLSA Status: Nonexempt * Works in a psychiatric hospital setting providing care across shifts and ...

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Behavioral Health Technician

Lifepoint Health

Columbus, OH • On-site

$15.25 - $18.75/hr

Part-time

Re-posted 14 days ago


LifePoint Health rating

5.9

Company rating: 5.9 out of 10

Based on 272 frontline employees who took The Breakroom Quiz

766th of 895 rated healthcare providers


Job description

Behavioral Health Technician Position Summary

Provides support to the therapeutic milieu under the direction of the registered nurse by ensuring scheduled programs are delivered, supervising patients, maintaining safety, and treating patients and guests with dignity.

Essential Functions
  • Observe and maintain a safe environment through regular patient checks, safety monitoring, contraband searches, and oneonone supervision as needed.
  • Perform delegated tasks such as taking vital signs, collecting specimens, documenting care, assisting with group education, and monitoring patients.
  • Promote a positive therapeutic milieu and accompany patients to meals, breaks, offunit visits, and appointments.
  • Report all medical or psychiatric changes to the RN and assist with admissions, including belongings inventory and vital signs.
  • Document patient property at admission and discharge and conduct unit safety checks each shift to ensure a clean, therapeutic environment.
  • Encourage or assist patients with activities of daily living and facilitate or cofacilitate psychoeducational and therapeutic groups using established guidelines.
  • Apply crisis intervention and deescalation techniques as needed and maintain knowledge of program protocols.
  • Orient new staff members to the unit, document in the medical record according to policy, provide feedback to the interdisciplinary team, comply with OSHA and CDC specimen guidelines, and perform other duties as assigned.
Additional Information
  • Reports to: Chief Nursing Officer
  • FLSA Status: Nonexempt
  • Works in a psychiatric hospital setting providing care across shifts and populations.
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
  • Education: High School Diploma or GED preferred.
  • Experience: Previous experience in a psychiatric healthcare facility with chemical dependency, dual diagnosis, psychiatric, or geriatric patients preferred.
  • Certifications: CPR and deescalation certification required within 30 days of hire.
Lifepoint Health is a leader in community-based care and driven by a mission of Making Communities Healthier. Our diversified healthcare delivery network spans 29 states and includes 63 community hospital campuses, 32 rehabilitation and behavioral health hospitals, and more than 170 additional sites of care across the healthcare continuum, such as acute rehabilitation units, outpatient centers and post-acute care facilities. We believe that success is achieved through talented people. We want to create places where employees want to work, with opportunities to pursue meaningful and satisfying careers that truly make a difference in communities across the country.We employ and provide care to people from all walks of life. We are committed to promoting healing, providing hope, preserving dignity and producing value with an inclusive workforce in which diversity is leveraged, respected, and reflective of the patients, family members, customers and team members we serve.

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About LifePoint Health

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Lifepoint Health serves patients, clinicians, communities and partners across the healthcare continuum. Our diversified healthcare delivery network extends from coast to coast, consisting of community hospitals, rehabilitation and behavioral health hospitals, and additional sites of care.

Industry

Health care and social assistance

Company size

10,000+ Employees

Headquarters location

Brentwood, TN, US

Year founded

1999

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