Behavioral Health Specialist - Inpt Psychiatry - 32 hrs- nights

About the Role

As a Behavioral Health Specialist in our 16-bed, secure Inpatient Psychiatry Unit, you’ll have the opportunity to learn and grow as part of a multidisciplinary team supporting our patients.

Responsibilities

• Focuses on maintaining a physically and emotionally safe environment, supporting routine patient activities, assisting with structured programming, and promptly reporting safety concerns and observed behavioral changes to nursing staff.
• Closely monitors and maintains the safety of patients. Observes patient behaviors and conditions in accordance with established procedures and protocols.
• Identifies and reports changes in behavior that represent unsafe situations.
• Respectful redirection of unsafe behavior and limit setting as needed.
• Maintains a physically safe environment: Checks and screens items brought into unit.
• Conducts patient and environmental checks and identifies risk; reports identified risk to Registered Nurse.
• Aids with the implementation of safety measures, such as physical restraints, enhanced patient observation levels, and elopement prevention, as warranted.
• Identifies patient behaviors that could lead to behavioral escalation; utilizes verbal and nonverbal techniques to de-escalate situations in a therapeutic and supportive manner.
• Supports and assists patients with routine activities of daily living such as bathing, dressing, and eating.
• May collect, measure, and record basic patient data, such as vital signs, intake, and output, and obtains specimens according to established procedures and schedules.
• Records medical data and care provided in patient medical record in accordance with established documentation standards.
• Assists in patient supervision and engagement during therapeutic group activities.
• May facilitate psychoeducational groups with support from senior staff.
• Assists in patient supervision and adherence to structured schedule throughout the day.

Requirements

• High School Diploma/GED required. Associate’s Degree preferred.
• Experience working with children/adolescents, facilitating group activities, or working with patients with behavioral health challenges preferred.
• 1-2 years of experience as a Behavioral Health, Mental Health Counselor, or similar role in a similar setting preferred.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) and de-escalation certification per facility protocol/procedure within 1 month of hire.

Schedule

8-hour shifts, nights, every other weekend, and rotating holidays.

Pay

The posted pay range is Boston Children’s reasonable and good-faith expectation for this pay at the time of posting. Any base pay offer provided depends on skills, experience, education, certifications, and a variety of other job-related factors.

Benefits

• Flexible schedules
• Affordable health, vision, and dental insurance
• Child care and student loan subsidies
• Generous levels of time off
• 403(b) Retirement Savings plan
• Pension
• Tuition and certain License and Certification Reimbursement
• Cell phone plan discounts
• Discounted rates on T-passes