Behavioral Health Technician II | Adolescent Unit

Avera•Sioux Falls, SD

1d•$21 - $32

About The Position

The Avera Behavioral Health Adolescent & Child Unit are designed to be a structured and age-appropriate therapeutic environment for adolescents and children to learn to understand problems, use healthy coping skills and set and complete goals. You will enjoy this Behavioral Health setting if you are someone that: Enjoys working with children ages 5 to 12 years old and adolescent ages 13 to 17 years old as well as their families. Has a passion helping patients with conditions such as Addiction, Anxiety Disorders, Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, and Depression or Suicidal behavior. Appreciates an active, challenging care environment that requires critical thinking. Values autonomous professional nursing practice. Possesses motivation to help create and deliver high-quality patient care in an energizing team environment. Position Highlights: Adolescent program is expanding to 40 unit Child unit is a 14 bed unit Adolescent Residential is a 8 bed unit Opportunity to meet 70+ coworkers Opportunity to change lives of both Adolescent and Children Self-scheduling program Varied Shifts; 48hrs/2wks You Belong at Avera Be part of a multidisciplinary team built with compassion and the goal of Moving Health Forward for you and our patients. Work where you matter. A Brief Overview Provides physical and psychological care to patients under the direct supervision of a Registered Nurse. Assumes responsibility and accountability for individual actions and outcomes of patient care delivered.

Requirements

The individual must be able to work the hours specified.
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential job function satisfactorily including having visual acuity adequate to perform position duties and the ability to communicate effectively with others, hear, understand and distinguish speech and other sounds.
These requirements and those listed above are representative of the knowledge, skills, and abilities required to perform the essential job functions.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions, as long as the accommodations do not cause undue hardship to the employer.
Bachelor's Psychology, Social Work, criminal justice, education, behavior analysis, health or social sciences, counseling, alcohol studies, liberal arts, or any other human services and/or medical field

Nice To Haves

1-3 years related experience

Responsibilities

Works with individual patients in a 1-on-1 setting or in a group setting that is consistent with the nursing care needs of the patient and the inter-disciplinary treatment plan.
Participates in the daily inter-disciplinary treatment team meeting as needed, providing input in terms of patient behaviors and interactions with others.
Implements suicide precautions as needed.
Assesses changes in patient’s condition/behavior and notifies RN.
Assists with patient and family programs as well as being continually cognizant of the safety and welfare of all participants.
Assists with the activities of daily living care of the patients to include, but not limited to: vital signs, collection of specimens, and other general nursing care procedures.
Assesses individual patient needs and provides input in creating and modifying the nursing care plan and assists with implementing necessary therapeutic activities.
Maintains accurate and concise records, documenting promptly all pertinent information in the patient’s EMR.
Assesses impending agitation and escalation of behavioral changes and participates in the behavioral management of these patients.
Researches, plans, and implements the updating and development of new therapeutic patient groups with oversight from the Programming Committee.