Behavioral Health Technician II | Adult C Unit
Avera Health · Sioux Falls, SD · 3 wk ago
On-site$20.75–$31.5/hrPart-time
Location: Avera Behavioral Health Center-Sioux Falls
Worker Type: Regular
About the role
Why is Behavioral Health important? The Avera Behavioral Health Adult C Unit is designed to be a structured, therapeutic environment for adults to learn to understand their diagnosis, develop a Crisis Response Plan, use healthy coping skills and set and complete goals. You will enjoy this Behavioral Health setting if you are someone that:
- Enjoys patient focused care with a team that is dedicated to quality patient outcomes
- Likes working with the Adult population
- Has a passion for helping patients with Anxiety, Depression, and Personality Disorders and Suicidal behavior.
- Appreciates an active, challenging care environment that requires critical thinking.
- Possesses motivation to help create and deliver high-quality patient care in an energizing team environment.
Opportunity to experience a variety of inpatient settings. Work with staff from many areas.
A Brief Overview: Provides physical and psychological care to patients under the direct supervision of a Registered Nurse. Assumes responsibility and accountability for individual actions and outcomes of patient care delivered.
Responsibilities
- Works with individual patients in a 1-on-1 setting or in a group setting that is consistent with the nursing care needs of the patient and the inter-disciplinary treatment plan.
- Participates in the daily inter-disciplinary treatment team meeting as needed, providing input in terms of patient behaviors and interactions with others.
- Implements suicide precautions as needed.
- Assesses changes in patient’s condition/behavior and notifies RN.
- Assists with