Behavioral Health Technician (BHT)

Lifepoint Health • Vancouver, WA

18h • $21 - $28 • Onsite

About The Position

Rainier Springs is seeking a Behavioral Health Technician (BHT) to join their Inpatient Unit team. This full-time night position involves providing compassionate, specialized care to adults aged 18 and older across three diverse inpatient units. These units focus on severe psychosis, hallucinations, depression, anxiety, PTSD, bipolar disorder, borderline personality disorder, and suicidal ideation. The role is part of a multidisciplinary team including Registered Nurses, Social Workers, and Recreational Therapists, delivering comprehensive emergency mental health, inpatient, and outpatient services. Floating across units is expected to provide exposure to diverse patient populations and foster a collaborative, learning-focused environment.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or GED preferred.
• Minimum of one year of experience in a psychiatric health-care facility working with chemical dependency, dual diagnosis, psychiatric, or geriatric patients preferred.
• CPR and de-escalation certification required within 30 days of hire.

Responsibilities

• Observe and maintain a safe environment through regular patient checks, safety monitoring, contraband searches, and one-on-one supervision as needed.
• Provide support to the therapeutic milieu under the direction of the registered nurse by ensuring scheduled programs are delivered, supervising patients, maintaining safety, and treating patients and guests with dignity.
• Perform delegated tasks such as taking vital signs, collecting specimens, documenting care, assisting with group education, and monitoring patients.
• Promote a positive therapeutic milieu and accompany patients to meals, breaks, off-unit visits, and appointments.
• Report all medical or psychiatric changes to the RN and assist with admissions, including belongings inventory and vital signs.
• Document patient property at admission and discharge and conduct unit safety checks each shift to ensure a clean, therapeutic environment.
• Encourage or assist patients with activities of daily living and facilitate or co-facilitate psychoeducational and therapeutic groups using established guidelines.
• Apply crisis intervention and de-escalation techniques as needed and maintain knowledge of program protocols.
• Orient new staff members to the unit, document in the medical record according to policy, provide feedback to the interdisciplinary team, comply with OSHA and CDC specimen guidelines, and perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Multiple levels of medical, dental, and vision coverage for full-time and part-time employees.
• Life, accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity insurance, short- and long-term disability, paid family leave.
• A minimum of 10 days of paid time off per year (for full-time employees).
• 8 paid holidays per year.
• 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, and discount programs).
• Ongoing learning and career advancement opportunities.

What This Job Offers

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