Behavioral Health Safety Specialist - Inpatient Unit

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.
• Aid in the implementation of 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

• Skilled in communicating to diverse audiences during escalating and crisis situations.
• Experience in applying evidence-based de-escalation and aggression management techniques.
• Experience in project management methodology, including managing large and/or multiple projects and tools is required.
• Basic knowledge of child and adolescent development and psychopathology.
• Experience working with electronic medical record software, such as EPIC, is preferred.