Behavioral Health Specialist

Duties & Responsibilities

• Provides direct patient care and management of children and adolescents while under the direction of a licensed professional, ensuring a positive, supportive, and structured environment. Intervenes and escalates safety concerns through appropriate channels.
• By position, may be required to assist new hires during onboarding process and less experienced team members ensuring competencies and skills are well developed and performed.
• Maintains therapeutic rapport, unconditional positive regard, and a non-punitive approach with patients independent of patient behaviors.
• Leads, monitors and collaborates on educational and therapeutic milieu groups for patients per unit expectations.
• Implements individual treatment plans and monitors treatment progress.
• Maintains accurate and timely clinical records consistent with CHCO and regulatory standards; ensures proper documentation of patient progress; completes 15-minute patient checks; and/or milieu management.
• Maintains competency in crisis prevention training and verbal de-escalation skills. May encounter escalated patient situations.
• Responds as part of the Behavioral Assistance Response Team by location, as applicable.
• Manages and maintains safety of therapeutic environment/milieu of multiple hospitalized inpatient/partial hospitalized psychiatric patients at one time, as required by position.
• Observes and records patient behaviors and activities in accordance with unit-based clinical model/standard.

Minimum Qualifications

• Degrees- Bachelor of Science
• Area of Study- Psychology, Social Work, Human Services, Biology, or Neuroscience
• Equivalency- Four years experience above stated requirements may substitute for bachelor's degree.
• Licenses & Certifications- Basic Life Support Healthcare Provider BLS/CPR certification. Must obtain de-escalation training certification offered by CHCO within 90 days of hire.

Schedule/Shift

• 36hrs FT
• Based on dept needs (Could in include 7a-7p or 11-11)

Pay & Benefits

• Pay is dependent on applicant's relevant experience.
• Hourly Range: $21.35 to $32.03
• Benefits Information: Here, you matter. As a Children’s Hospital Colorado team member, you will receive a competitive pay and benefits package designed to take care of your needs that includes base pay, incentives, paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance, company provided life and disability insurance, paid parental leave, 403b employer match (retirement savings), a robust wellness program, and access to professional development tools, including an education benefit to help you advance your career.

Equal Opportunity Employer

EEO Statement: It is our intention that all qualified applicants be given equal opportunity and that selection decisions be based on job-related factors. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, or any other status protected by law or regulation. Be aware that none of the questions are intended to imply illegal preferences or discrimination based on non-job-related information.