Behavioral Health Technician II | Adolescent Unit

Avera•Sioux Falls, SD

5d•Onsite

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. This position involves working with children ages 5 to 12 years old and adolescents ages 13 to 17 years old, as well as their families, who have conditions such as Addiction, Anxiety Disorders, Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, and Depression or Suicidal behavior. The role is in an active, challenging care environment that requires critical thinking and offers autonomous professional nursing practice. The adolescent program is expanding, and there is an opportunity to work with over 70 coworkers and change the lives of both adolescents and children. The position offers a self-scheduling program.

Requirements

Must be able to work the hours specified.
Visual acuity adequate to perform position duties.
Ability to communicate effectively with others.
Ability to hear, understand and distinguish speech and other sounds.
Bachelor's in 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 or Associate's in Behavioral Health.

Nice To Haves

1-3 years related experience

Responsibilities

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.
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.