Behavioral Health Associate - Full Time Nights

Shifts

Shifts: (Weekend Rotation Required) 7:00 pm - 7:30 am

About the role

You will provide direct personal care and therapeutic support to patients under the guidance of Nursing leadership, helping create a safe, structured, and supportive environment. Successful team members bring a positive, empathetic, and professional presence to every interaction, recognizing that trust, dignity, and consistency are essential in adolescent behavioral health.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrate a sense of urgency related to the importance of patient safety and provide excellent customer services.
• Ensure the well-being of patients and provide a positive, supportive and structured environment.
• Responsible for conducting safety checks and ensuring that supervision is conducted at 15 minute intervals, as noted in special precautions, or in accordance with individualized supervision guidelines as needed.
• Document timely, accurate and appropriate clinical information in patient's medical record.
• Absorb and communicate significant observations to nursing staff.
• May oversee or assist patients with activities of daily living, including toileting, bathing, dressing, grooming, oral hygiene, meals, snacks, hydration and changing bed linens.
• May obtain patient's vital signs, height and weight as assigned and document in patient record.
• Facilitate patient educational-rehabilitative groups which cover a variety of topics including 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.
• Absorb and communicate significant observations to nursing staff.
• May provide transportation for patient or coordinate transportation with appropriate staff member.
• Recognize that patient safety is a top priority.

Requirements

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

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Perform other functions and tasks as assigned.

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