Behavioral Health Associate - Evening & Night Shift (FT & PRN)

About the role

Full Time Behavioral Health Associate at Erlanger Behavioral Health, located in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The 94‑bed treatment center provides superior psychiatric and addiction services to individuals of all ages, with a focus on adolescent patients aged 12+ and older adults.

Responsibilities

• Provide personal care services to patients under the direction of clinical or nursing leadership.
• Demonstrate a positive, empathetic, and professional attitude towards patients/customers.
• Acknowledge and work to resolve complaints when patient needs are not met.
• Prioritize patient safety.
• Demonstrate a sense of urgency related to patient safety and provide excellent customer service.
• Ensure patient well‑being and provide a positive, supportive, and structured environment.
• Conduct safety checks and ensure supervision at 15‑minute intervals (or per special precautions/individualized guidelines).
• Document timely, accurate, and appropriate clinical information in patients’ medical records.
• Assist in providing a safe, secure, and comfortable environment for patients, significant others, and staff.
• Interact routinely with patients, observe behaviors, and communicate significant observations to nursing staff.
• Assist patients with activities of daily living (toileting, bathing, dressing, grooming, oral hygiene, meals, snacks, hydration, changing bed linens) as needed.
• Obtain and document patient vital signs, height, and weight as assigned.
• Facilitate patient educational‑rehabilitative groups covering social skills, coping skills, anger management, and independent living skills.
• Engage patients in activities and interactions designed to encourage achievement of treatment goals.
• Complete and maintain required documentation.
• Assist with follow‑up and paperwork for incidents and events occurring in the facility.
• Provide transportation for patients or coordinate transportation with appropriate staff.
• Perform other functions and tasks as assigned.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Six months or more experience working with the specific population of the facility preferred.

Qualifications

• CPR and de‑escalation and restraint certification required (training available upon hire and offered by facility).
• First aid may be required based on state or facility requirements.

Benefits

• $2,500 sign‑on bonus for full‑time employees.

Schedule

• Evening shift: 3 p.m.–11 p.m.
• Night shift: 11 p.m.–7 a.m.