Behavioral Health Specialist, Psychiatry Float Pool

Cincinnati Children's • College Hill, OH

3d • Onsite

About The Position

Cincinnati Children’s PSRU Psychiatry Float Pool supports behavioral health care delivery across College Hill psychiatric programs. As a Behavioral Health Specialist in PSRU, you will bring flexibility, strong therapeutic communication, and a commitment to patient safety to a team that helps meet staffing and patient care needs across multiple behavioral health settings. This role is a strong fit for someone who enjoys variety, teamwork, and the opportunity to broaden behavioral health experience while supporting children, adolescents, families, and interdisciplinary care teams.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent AND 2 years of work experience in a related job discipline OR Bachelor’s degree in a related field.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in behavioral health, psychiatry, residential treatment, inpatient care, emergency services, education, coaching, direct support, or other human services setting.
• Experience working with children or adolescents with behavioral, emotional, psychiatric, developmental, or neurodevelopmental needs.
• Comfort adapting to multiple care environments and changing staffing needs.
• Strong therapeutic communication, teamwork, de-escalation, documentation, and prioritization skills.

Responsibilities

• Float across supported College Hill psychiatric and behavioral health areas based on patient care and staffing needs.
• Adapt quickly to unit-specific workflows, patient populations, care routines, and team expectations.
• Provide consistent, reliable behavioral health support while maintaining safety standards and patient-centered care across settings.
• Partner with nurses, Behavioral Health Facilitators, clinical managers, providers, and interdisciplinary team members to support continuity of care.
• Create and support safe, stable, and nurturing environments that foster consistency, structure, and therapeutic engagement.
• Support patients with a variety of psychiatric, behavioral, emotional, developmental, and neurodevelopmental needs.
• Proactively prevent and respond to crises using Therapeutic Crisis Intervention (TCI) strategies, including verbal de-escalation and physical intervention when necessary due to imminent risk.
• Lead or assist in behavioral crises, apply appropriate strategies based on individualized care plans, and collaborate with the interdisciplinary team.
• Conduct safety checks, room searches, and patient safety searches in accordance with policy and unit expectations.
• Implement individualized care plans, including behavioral interventions, structured supports, and activities of daily living as assigned.
• Maintain designated observation status with accuracy and compassion, including continuous observation, 15-minute checks, or remaining within arm’s length of a patient as directed.
• Support patients in group and individualized programming based on treatment team recommendations and care area expectations.
• Observe patient behavior, identify patterns or changes, and participate in problem-solving with the care team.
• Lead, co-lead, or support structured group programming when assigned to a care area that uses group-based interventions.
• Facilitate patient engagement and modify communication or activities to meet developmental and clinical needs.
• Build therapeutic rapport while maintaining professional boundaries and advocating for patient needs.
• Use trauma-informed and developmentally appropriate communication to support psychological safety and patient participation.
• Complete accurate and timely documentation, including shift notes, incident documentation, behavioral observations, and safety checks.
• Summarize events before and after target behaviors to support treatment planning and team awareness.
• Actively participate in shift reports, safe handoff procedures, and communication with interdisciplinary team members.
• Escalate safety concerns, changes in patient presentation, or care needs to nurses and clinical leadership.
• Collaborate across disciplines using the Interprofessional Practice Model to support coordinated care.
• Participate in required education, competency development, and ongoing training to support safe behavioral health practice.
• Contribute to team culture through flexibility, reliability, respectful communication, and shared accountability.
• Support new team members through role modeling and peer collaboration as appropriate.

Benefits

• Part-Time Benefits Eligible

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED