Behavioral Health Technician (BHU) PRN
About The Position
At Lifepoint Health, we are committed to empowering and supporting a diverse and determined workforce that can drive quality, scalability, and significant impact across our hospitals and communities. As a member of the Health Support Center (HSC) team, you’ll support those in our facilities who are interfacing with and providing care to our patients and community members, positively impacting our mission of making communities healthier. Sovah Danville is seeking a PRN, Behavioral Health Monitor Tech to provide services to ensure a safe environment for psychiatric patients in a locked inpatient unit setting.
Requirements
- High school diploma or equivalent required.
- Requires critical thinking skills, decisive judgment, and the ability to work with minimal supervision.
- Must be able to work in a stressful environment and take appropriate action.
- AHA BLS required.
Responsibilities
- Performs continual surveillance of behavioral health unit monitors and operates the patient-monitoring system.
- Monitors dining/day rooms, and hallways on Behavioral Health when occupied by patients to assure patient safety in the environment.
- Monitors patients for suspicious behavior indicating the possibility of self-harm.
- Reports incidents, utilizes nursing staff for concerns, discusses recent issues, and any pertinent patient details with the covering/on-coming behavioral health monitor technician.
- Recognizes patient behaviors in the dining/dayroom and hallway environment that may result in an unsafe situation.
Benefits
- Multiple levels of medical, dental, and vision coverage
- Medical plans starting at just $10 per pay period
- Tailored benefit options for part-time and PRN employees
- Life, accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity insurance
- Short- and long-term disability
- Paid family leave
- Paid time off
- Higher education and certification tuition assistance
- Loan assistance
- 401(k) retirement package and company match
- Mental, physical, and financial wellness programs
- Free gym memberships
- Virtual care appointments
- Mental health services
- Discount programs
- Ongoing learning and career advancement opportunities
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What This Job Offers
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
