Safety Specialist - Mountains Behavioral Health - Part Time

IRMC Career•Indiana, PA

10d•Onsite

About The Position

Mountains Behavioral Health is seeking a part-time Safety Specialist to promote and maintain a safe environment for patients, families, and staff. This role involves conducting proactive safety rounds, assisting clinical staff with de-escalation techniques for patients exhibiting aggressive behaviors, and partnering with Public Safety and Safety Technicians to ensure a secure treatment environment. The Safety Specialist will also initiate debriefing sessions after seclusion and restraint incidents and document safety encounters.

Requirements

A high school graduate or equivalent required.
2 years of relevant experience and skill in verbal and physical de-escalation in an acute psychiatric setting required.
Previous work experience in health care required.
Psychiatric work experience required.
Training in de-escalation and aggression management in healthcare settings required.
BLS required or attained within 1 month of hire.

Responsibilities

Promote and maintain a safe environment for patients, families, and staff.
Conduct proactive and continuous safety rounding in patient care areas.
Assist clinical staff in interventions with patients demonstrating escalated, threatening, or aggressive behaviors utilizing evidenced based de-escalation and aggression management techniques.
Serve as a safety expert in patient care areas, with a strong knowledge of and adherence to established safety policies, procedures, and standards of care.
Proactively identify and communicate with clinical staff any patient/family dynamics that could result in an unsafe environment.
Develop supportive interpersonal relationships with individuals and groups of patients in accordance with treatment plan goals.
Respond to staff requests for assistance with patients demonstrating escalated, threatening, or aggressive behaviors.
Demonstrate expertise in the application of de-escalation techniques and interventions.
Assist in physical restraint techniques necessary in an attempt to control violent, combative patients and maintain a safe environment with respect to age-specific competencies and guidelines in conformance with seclusion and restraint policies and positive approaches training.
Initiate debriefing sessions and provide feedback to staff after seclusion and restraint situations and any crisis.
Partner with Public Safety and Safety Technicians in monitoring and maintaining a safe treatment environment for patients, families, and staff.
Intervene during escalating situations applying skills and expertise to reduce the likelihood of physical altercations.
Assess for changes in patient behaviors and provide assistance with early intervention.
Document patient/family safety encounters in medical record/progress note.