Behavioral Health Tech Float Pool

Banner Health•Mesa, AZ

1d•Onsite

About The Position

This position is for a Behavioral Health Specialist on the Resource Team at Banner Desert Medical Center (BDMC) in Mesa, Arizona. BDMC is a Level 1 trauma designated facility. The role involves floating to different units within BDMC, focusing on patient safety checks, assisting with Activities of Daily Living (ADLs), Milieu management, falls prevention, and 1-on-1 observations for psychiatric patients. The position provides direct care under the direction of a registered nurse. It is a full-time night shift role (6:00 pm - 6:30 am, 3 shifts per week) and includes rotating weekends and holidays. Self-scheduling is available, with a flat rate $1/hour weekend shift differential. Banner Health is a large, nonprofit health care system committed to making a difference in people's lives.

Requirements

Requires a Bachelor’s Degree in a behavioral health related field OR High School diploma or equivalent with 1 year of direct patient care in an inpatient behavioral health setting.
Experience in an inpatient psychiatric facility.
Assisting with personal grooming and other activities of daily living.
Conducting educational, recreational and skills groups appropriate to current patient population.
Creating, maintaining, and encouraging an inpatient therapeutic milieu.
Maintaining observation precautions and applying non-violent de-escalation interventions in crisis situations.
Recognizing the common symptoms of mental illness such as depression, psychosis, mood dysregulation, substance abuse, maladaptive behavior, and anxiety.
Understanding how symptoms are related the patient’s mental illness diagnosis and providing ordered treatment interventions appropriate to the diagnosis.
Demonstrated competence in building therapeutic rapport, developing collaborative relationships with the multidisciplinary team, de-escalation techniques and limit setting.
For employees working at Banner Behavioral Health Hospital, BTMC Behavioral, and BUMG, BUMCT, or BUMCS in a Behavioral Health clinical setting that serves children: must possess an Arizona Fingerprint Clearance Card at the time of hire and maintain the card for the duration of their employment.
For employees working in the Banner McKee Senior Behavioral Health Inpatient Unit: must possess a Colorado Fingerprint Clearance Card at the time of hire and maintain the card for the duration of their employment.
For employees working in any Banner Staffing (BSS) Behavioral Health role in Arizona: must possess a State of Arizona Department of Public Safety Level One Fingerprint Clearance Card at the time of hire and maintain the card for the duration of their employment.
Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
Meets age requirement as specified by state agency.

Nice To Haves

Additional related education and/or experience preferred.

Responsibilities

Provides basic nursing care to patients including technical monitoring, taking vital signs and physical care.
Orients patients to treatment setting and assists with activities of daily living as needed.
Reviews and participates in implementation of the patient treatment plan.
Makes rounds and monitors patients activities, physical and mental status and reports to nursing staff.
Checks patient belongings for contraband.
Conducts a variety of patient safety monitoring activities such as observational checks.
Documents observations, interventions, and group activities in the patient medical record while maintaining confidentiality of all health information.
Assists in maintaining a safe, orderly & therapeutic environment.
Maintains patient safety and protects patient rights through observation and reporting patient behaviors, communications, interactions and physical status.
Recognizes patients who are behaving aggressively, acting as a danger to themselves or others, or are in a crisis or medical emergency situation.
Provides intervention including, but not limited to, redirecting of patient and/or participating in restraint or seclusion as needed.
Assesses and interacts therapeutically with patients and families.
Provides treatment that promotes patient dignity, independence, individuality, strengths, privacy, and choice.
Demonstrates respect for cultural diversity and patient boundaries.
Plans and facilitates social and didactic group activities.
May participate in other rehabilitation and treatment programs.
Provides quality patient care by maintaining knowledge and skill level related to the symptoms and treatment of behavioral disorders relevant to position responsibilities and in accordance with state agency regulations.
Maintains knowledge to identify types of medications commonly prescribed for patient group and the common side effects and adverse reactions of the medications.
Assists in the admission, discharge and transfer process of patients and completes required documentation in the patient medical record.
Completes work under moderate supervision.
Interacts with all levels of clinical staff on assigned unit/program and members of the multidisciplinary teams, as well as patients, families, and medical and psychiatric physicians.