Behavioral Health Specialist Adolescents

Banner Health • Scottsdale, AZ

8d • Onsite

About The Position

The Behavioral Health Specialist for Adolescents provides direct care to psychiatric patients under the direction of a registered nurse. The role is based at Banner Behavioral Health Hospital in Scottsdale, Arizona, a voluntary facility serving adults and adolescents in a safe, confidential, recovery-focused environment. The specialist primarily serves adolescent patients and may assist with the adult population as needed.

The position supports patient safety and treatment by monitoring patients, assisting with activities of daily living, maintaining a therapeutic milieu, and participating in treatment plans and group activities. It also involves documenting observations and interventions, supporting admissions and discharges, and responding to behavioral crises. Work is completed under moderate supervision in collaboration with clinical staff, multidisciplinary teams, patients, families, and medical and psychiatric physicians.

Openings include part-time day shift and full-time day and night shifts. Day shifts are 7:00 a.m.–7:30 p.m.; night shifts are 7:00 p.m.–7:30 a.m. Weekend and holiday work is required on a rotating basis. Self-scheduling is available for shifts and weekend coverage. A weekend shift differential and, when applicable, a night shift differential are offered.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a behavioral-health-related field, or a high school diploma or equivalent plus one year of direct patient care in an inpatient behavioral health setting.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
• Meet the age requirement specified by the state agency.
• For employees working at Banner Behavioral Health Hospital and other listed Arizona child-serving behavioral health settings: possess an Arizona Fingerprint Clearance Card at hire and maintain it throughout employment; sign an Arizona Criminal History Affidavit upon hire.
• Experience and skills should include relevant behavioral health patient care, activities of daily living support, conducting appropriate educational, recreational, or skills groups, maintaining a therapeutic inpatient milieu, observation precautions, nonviolent de-escalation, recognizing common mental illness symptoms, and providing ordered interventions appropriate to diagnosis.
• Concentration on skills and experience demonstrating therapeutic rapport, collaborative multidisciplinary relationships, de-escalation techniques, and limit setting.

Nice To Haves

• Additional related education and/or experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide basic nursing care, including technical monitoring, taking vital signs, and physical care.
• Orient patients to the treatment setting and assist with activities of daily living as needed.
• Review and participate in implementing patient treatment plans.
• Make rounds; monitor patients’ activities and physical and mental status; and report observations to nursing staff.
• Check patient belongings for contraband and conduct patient safety monitoring, including observational checks.
• Document observations, interventions, and group activities in the patient medical record while maintaining confidentiality.
• Help maintain a safe, orderly, and therapeutic environment and protect patient safety and rights through observation and reporting.
• Recognize aggressive behavior, danger to self or others, crises, and medical emergencies; intervene by redirecting patients and participating in restraint or seclusion as needed.
• Interact therapeutically with patients and families while promoting dignity, independence, individuality, strengths, privacy, and choice.
• Plan and facilitate social and didactic group activities and participate in other rehabilitation and treatment programs as needed.
• Maintain knowledge of behavioral disorder symptoms and treatments, commonly prescribed medications, and medication side effects and adverse reactions relevant to the position.
• Assist with patient admissions, discharges, and transfers and complete required medical record documentation.

Benefits

• Sign-on incentive of $1,500 for part-time or $3,000 for full-time, subject to a 12-month commitment.
• Variety of benefit plans for health and financial security.
• $1 per hour weekend shift differential.
• 18% night shift differential, when applicable.
• Self-scheduling tool for shift and weekend coverage.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED