Behavioral Health Safety Specialist

Responsibilities

• Serve as a safety expert in patient care areas.
• Perform continuous safety rounds in patient care areas and 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.

Qualifications

• Education/Experience: Bachelor's degree and minimum of 3 years of relevant experience working with child and adolescents in behavioral health settings required or a High School diploma and 8 years of relevant experience.
• Training in de-escalation and aggression management in healthcare settings required and/or completion of ACH course program within 6 months of hire.
• Basic knowledge of child and adolescent development and psychopathology.
• Experience working with electronic medical record software, such as EPIC, is preferred.