Liberty Float Pool, Behavioral Health Specialist I

Cincinnati Children's•Liberty, LA

5d•$21 - $26•Onsite

About The Position

The Behavioral Health Specialist I is responsible for delivering patient care by following processes and procedures, demonstrating resilience, and engaging in personal clinical development. This role involves coordinating the assigned area by utilizing safety, structure, planning, participation, and support. The specialist performs environmental checks, prevents and responds to escalations and crises using Therapeutic Crisis Intervention concepts, and takes the lead role during behavioral crises. They implement and document the patient's response to individualized care plans, may provide approved care to patients as delegated, and engage the patient's family and support system in the treatment plan. The role also involves leading psychoeducation and recreational group activities, adapting group content to patient needs, and implementing behavioral and educational protocols. Relationship development and communication are key, focusing on trauma-informed, relationship-based care. Documentation and data management, including seclusion and restraint documentation, are crucial. Care delivery occurs in a team fashion and may involve working with multiple patients, a specific 1:1 patient assignment, or an assignment to a specific location or environment to manage.

Requirements

High school diploma and 2+ years of experience or Bachelor's degree in related field
May require clinical license, certification or training.

Nice To Haves

2+ Years of direct mental health experience.

Responsibilities

Accountable for delivering patient care by following processes and procedures and demonstrates resilience by being receptive to ongoing instruction, coaching, and feedback.
Take ownership of personal clinical development by actively engaging with advanced team members and the multidisciplinary team, exhibits curiosity, and proactively seeks out knowledge and learning opportunities.
Leverages practical experience to identify recurring patterns, recognizing behaviors and proactively anticipating typical reactions.
Supports the team by sharing knowledge to enhance overall clinical proficiency and foster a collaborative learning environment.
Adapts communication style to effectively listen and communicate with a diverse group, including our patients, their families, and the multidisciplinary team.
Coordinates the assigned area by utilizing safety, structure, planning, participation, and support.
Performs environmental checks while adhering to patient safety and treatment schedules.
Prevents and responds to escalations and crises utilizing Therapeutic Crisis Intervention concepts, which may include physical restraint to ensure the safety of patients, staff, and others.
Takes the lead role during a behavioral crisis, and appropriately deploys interventions aligned with the stress model of crisis and patient treatment plans.
Ensure the work area is safe and organized and that treatment schedules are progressing appropriately.
Adheres to established policies, procedures, and protocols, completes all patient/safety checks, and follows patient observation level protocols.
Prepares the necessary materials for the patient populations.
Care assignment may reflect the following: working with patients in a setting based on the programming schedule, specific patient assignment, or an assignment to a specific location or environment to manage.
In accordance with respective care location and patient needs, support the patient's stabilization from acute crisis.
Demonstrates collaborative efforts with multidisciplinary team and escalates change in patient conditions or any concerns to management, the appropriate staff, licensed providers and approved parties; including following documented escalation plans, where applicable.
Implement/document the patient's response to individualized care plans, which may include patient behavioral information collection or implementing behavioral/educational protocols.
Per care location and patient needs, may provide approved care to patients as delegated, including activities for daily living, intake and output, feeding, bathing, toileting, isolation precautions, emergency care for patients with lines and tubes.
Engage the patient's family and support system in treatment plan as established in the medical record.
Provide updates to the approved parents and legal guardians regarding patient condition and progress.
Collaborate with all members of the multidisciplinary team and escalates change in patient conditions using the documented escalation process, where applicable or to a licensed staff member.
Participate in regular team planning meetings as appropriate or needed.
Assist the multidisciplinary team during patient care, and/or parent and staff training related to individual behavioral and education programs, data collection, and environmental modifications to promote patient success.
Leads psychoeducation and recreational group activities ensuring positive patient engagement and safe behaviors.
Adapts group content to meet the needs and the functional developmental level of the participating patients.
Implement behavioral and educational protocols as designed by psychology staff.
Provide insight into antecedent events, behaviors and outcomes that may affect behavioral treatment.
Implement individualized and group behavior and education intervention plans as prescribed.
Utilizes crisis intervention techniques as appropriate.
Participate in problem-solving of behavioral treatment options.
Provides trauma informed, relationship-based care to a diverse patient population with an awareness of how personal experiences and biases impacts interactions with others.
Adapts approach as needed and engage patients at their level of functioning while also recognizing the effects of trauma on each patient, including behavioral aggression.
Develops clinically appropriate rapport through a variety of care interactions, including but not limited to interactions in the general care environment and during 1:1 patient assignment.
Engages in trauma-informed communication, positive engagement, and unconditional positive regard during all interactions with patients and caregivers.
Builds and sustains an environment that is safe, stable, and nurturing.
Actively participate in team planning meetings, multidisciplinary team programming, creation and management of program materials, or special projects and during shift report/handoff.
Assures seclusion and restraint documentation is accurately completed within the appropriate timeframe.
Demonstrates collaboration with all members of the multidisciplinary team and escalates observations of changes in patient conditions or any general concerns to the appropriate staff, management and licensed provider.
Participates in huddles as appropriate and utilizes situational awareness, always mindful of the environment.
Complete the environmental checklist or other general aspects of care environment associated with safety or quality assurance.
Assists with data collection included but not limited to patient observation checks, data management, and graphing of ongoing treatment plans.
Provides documentation of progress on treatment SMART goals and patient response to treatment.
Stays abreast and attends all required trainings on current documentation processes.