Behavioral Technician
for sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content. We must not repeat job title. Must not include Job ID etc. Remove boilerplate. Must preserve all substantive info.
We need to parse the posting.
Key info:
- Position Location: Hospital for Special Care
- Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40
- Work Shift: First Shift
- Department: Neurobehavioral Unit
- Intro paragraph: "We are dedicated to creating an environment of care and engagement that makes us one of the most desirable places to work, providing exceptional care to each patient each and every day!" This is about the role? Could be "About the role".
- QUALIFICATIONS section: Required – associate's degree in healthcare related field or a minimum of 2 years clinical experience in an inpatient/residential rehabilitation, psychiatric or developmental disability setting. Required - Valid current Driver’s License Required Ability to read, write and understand instructions. Preferred – Six months experience working in a rehabilitation/treatment or human services setting. Preferred Experience working with groups or teams.
- JOB SUMMARY: The Behavioral Tech is a paraprofessional care giver who assists in the care and treatment of patients who have sustained an acquired brain injury. The Behavioral Tech works/functions under the direction and guidance of the Registered Nurse.
- PHYSICAL DEMANDS: details.
- COGNITIVE DEMANDS: details.
- WORK DEMANDS: details.
- ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: list of duties.
- COMPENSATION & BENEFITS: wage range $19.49 to $29.24. Benefits list.
We need to map to sections: About the role (intro + job summary?), Responsibilities (essential functions?), Requirements (qualifications?), Qualifications (maybe same as requirements? but we need to avoid duplication). The instruction: Use headings for sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We need to decide which content goes where.
We have:
- About the role: could include the introductory paragraph and job summary.
- Responsibilities: essential functions (list of duties).
- Requirements: maybe the required qualifications (associate's degree, 2 years experience, driver's license, ability to read/write/understand). Could also include physical demands? But physical demands maybe under Requirements? However we have separate sections for Skills maybe.
- Qualifications: maybe preferred qualifications? Or could combine required and preferred? But we need to avoid duplication. Perhaps we treat Requirements as required qualifications, Qualifications as preferred qualifications? Or we could treat Requirements as required, Qualifications as preferred. The instruction says "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." So we might combine required and preferred into one Qualifications section, and maybe not have Requirements separate. But we need to follow the allowed headings; we can omit sections if no content. So we could have About the role, Responsibilities, Qualifications, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. That seems reasonable.
We have Pay: wage range.
Schedule: Scheduled Weekly Hours 40, Work Shift First Shift. Could also mention that schedule may change due to patient needs, occasional overtime. So we have schedule info.
Skills: maybe cognitive demands, physical demands, etc. Could be considered Skills. But we could also put those under Qualifications? However we have a Skills heading allowed; we could put physical and cognitive demands there.
Let's decide:
- About the role: intro paragraph + job summary.
- Responsibilities: essential functions (list).
- Qualifications: required and preferred qualifications (education, experience, driver's license, ability to read/write, preferred six months experience, group/team experience). Could also include physical and cognitive demands? But those are more like demands not qualifications. Might be better under Skills.
- Skills: physical demands, cognitive demands, work demands (maybe). Could list as bullet points.
- Benefits: benefits list.
- Pay: wage range.
- Schedule: weekly hours, shift, note about variability.
We must not include filler like "commensurate with experience". We have actual wage range.
We must not repeat job title.
We must not include boilerplate like EEO etc. Not present.
We must not include application instructions.
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We need to use for each section heading. Use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. Use
for prose.
We need to preserve all substantive information. Let's extract details.
About the role prose:
- "We are dedicated to creating an environment of care and engagement that makes us one of the most desirable places to work, providing exceptional care to each patient each and every day!"
- Job summary: "The Behavioral Tech is a paraprofessional care giver who assists in the care and treatment of patients who have sustained an acquired brain injury. The Behavioral Tech works/functions under the direction and guidance of the Registered Nurse."
Combine into maybe two paragraphs.
Responsibilities: essential functions list. Let's extract each bullet:
- Supervises patients at all times maintaining appropriate level of supervision as specified.
- Handoff communication is always performed.
- Performs direct patient care functions under the direction of the RN in accordance with hospital policies, procedures, and protocols.
- Supervising and assisting patients in daily scheduled activities, and skills trainings or practice.
- Following standard operating procedures and therapeutic techniques for the Program.
- Follows patients Individual Treatment Plan.
- Maintains familiarity with each patients' assessments/interventions.
- Utilizes appropriate therapeutic modalities and interventions to meet patient outcomes and department goals.
- Performs efficiently in emergency situations following established protocols.
- Actively promotes environmental/patient safety using effective preventative measures.
- Reports and documents behavioral observations, responses to care plan interventions and daily treatments as per hospital standards.
- Organizes and assists with structured group activities.
- Consistently models to patient/families appropriate and therapeutic interpersonal staff/patient interactions.
- Handles crisis situations in a safe, effective manner, utilizing the least restrictive, safe patient care alternative.
- Performs other related duties as required, assigned or directed by charge nurse.
- Demonstrates ability to anticipate, address and de-escalate patient distress situations prior to patients’ loss of control as designated in their treatment plans.
We need to put these as
- .
Qualifications: required and preferred.
Required:
- associate's degree in healthcare related field or a minimum of 2 years clinical experience in an inpatient/residential rehabilitation, psychiatric or developmental disability setting.
- Valid current Driver’s License
- Ability to read, write and understand instructions.
Preferred:
- Six months experience working in a rehabilitation/treatment or human services setting.
- Experience working with groups or teams.
We could list as bullet list.
Skills: physical demands, cognitive demands, work demands.
Physical demands details:
- Job requires occasionally: Sitting overhead reaching, climbing, squatting, kneeling, crawling, and lifting/carrying of 100 pounds.
- Job requires frequently: Bending, pushing/pulling of 60 pounds of force and lifting/carrying of 50 pounds.
- Job requires constantly: Standing, walking, forward reaching, gripping, and fine hand manipulation.
- Job requires standing frequently throughout the day for usually no longer than 60 90 minutes at a time. (Note: there is a typo "60 90". We'll keep as is.)
- Job requires the ability to move/carry over 100lbs. (as in a patient restraint or patient transfer).
- Fine manipulation is required as related to writing, and computer usage.
- In addition, gross motor skills are required as related to complete and utilize Safety Care training, including all aspects of physical skills.
Cognitive demands:
- Job allows for the application of learned knowledge and basic follow through on easily identifiable steps.
- Reference materials are available.
- Limited inference is necessary.
- Some selective attention is necessary to complete task.
- Job requires legibility, spelling accuracy and logical sentence and paragraph organization.
- A working knowledge and familiarity with professional medical terminology and definitions is required.
- Job requires a high level of communication skill including expression of abstract/complex ideas, use of negotiation and active listening and an ability to dialogue with multiple parties.
- Job requires an ability to comprehend lengthy and complex messages or paragraphs and to follow multistage and 3 step commands.
- Job requires the ability to add and subtract two digit numbers.
- Multiply and divide 10's and 100's by 2, 3, 4, 5.
- Perform basic arithmetic operations with coins and bills for the purpose of cashier/petty cash, etc.
- Performs operations with measuring units such as cup, quart, foot, yard, ounce, pound, milliliter, and kilograms.
- Job requires flexibility of thought, reasoning, organizational skills, and ability to function in behavioral and physical care situation.
Work demands:
- The Behavioral Tech works primarily indoors with occasional outside work (as related to community reintegration with patients).
- The environment is frequently noisy.
- Work schedule may change due to patient and unit needs.
- Occasional requests to do overtime may occur.
- The Behavioral Tech must be physically and emotionally available to deal with emergency situations at all times.
- May be a need to respond to behavioral and/or medical emergency situation.
- The Behavioral Tech works continuously around and with others and is occasionally at risk for exposure to body fluids/blood borne pathogens.
- Employees in this role may be required to float to other patient care units or departments based on operational and patient care needs, provided they possess the required competencies and qualifications for the assignment.
We could combine these into bullet list under Skills.
Benefits: list from COMPENSATION & BENEFITS:
- employer-subsidized medical and dental
- vision insurance
- a 403(b) retirement savings plan with an employer match of up to 6%
- paid time off
- employer-paid life insurance
- short-term and long-term disability insurance
- a Health Savings Account (HSA) with employer contributions
- Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
- an Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- tuition reimbursement and professional development opportunities
- voluntary benefits, including pet insurance
- employee wellness programs with access to our onsite fitness and aquatics center
- an employee referral bonus program
- meaningful employee recognition and appreciation initiatives
Also note: "Eligibility for certain benefits is based on scheduled hours worked." Could include as a sentence.
Pay: wage range $19.49 to $29.24.
Schedule: Scheduled Weekly Hours 40, Work Shift First Shift. Also note: schedule may change due to patient and unit needs, occasional overtime.
We need to avoid filler like "not specified". We have specifics.
Now produce HTML.
Structure:
About the role
We are dedicated to creating an environment of care and engagement that makes us one of the most desirable places to work, providing exceptional care to each patient each and every day!
The Behavioral Tech is a paraprofessional care giver who assists in the care and treatment of patients who have sustained an acquired brain injury. The Behavioral Tech works/functions under the direction and guidance of the Registered Nurse.
Responsibilities
- Supervises patients at all times maintaining appropriate level of supervision as specified.
- Handoff communication is always performed.
- Performs direct patient care functions under the direction of the RN in accordance with hospital policies, procedures, and protocols.
- Supervising and assisting patients in daily scheduled activities, and skills trainings or practice.
- Following standard operating procedures and therapeutic techniques for the Program.
- Follows patients Individual Treatment Plan.
- Maintains familiarity with each patients' assessments/interventions.
- Utilizes appropriate therapeutic modalities and interventions to meet patient outcomes and department goals.
- Performs efficiently in emergency situations following established protocols.
- Actively promotes environmental/patient safety using effective preventative measures.
- Reports and documents behavioral observations, responses to care plan interventions and daily treatments as per hospital standards.
- Organizes and assists with structured group activities.
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. Use
for prose. We need to preserve all substantive information. Let's extract details. About the role prose: - "We are dedicated to creating an environment of care and engagement that makes us one of the most desirable places to work, providing exceptional care to each patient each and every day!" - Job summary: "The Behavioral Tech is a paraprofessional care giver who assists in the care and treatment of patients who have sustained an acquired brain injury. The Behavioral Tech works/functions under the direction and guidance of the Registered Nurse." Combine into maybe two paragraphs. Responsibilities: essential functions list. Let's extract each bullet: - Supervises patients at all times maintaining appropriate level of supervision as specified. - Handoff communication is always performed. - Performs direct patient care functions under the direction of the RN in accordance with hospital policies, procedures, and protocols. - Supervising and assisting patients in daily scheduled activities, and skills trainings or practice. - Following standard operating procedures and therapeutic techniques for the Program. - Follows patients Individual Treatment Plan. - Maintains familiarity with each patients' assessments/interventions. - Utilizes appropriate therapeutic modalities and interventions to meet patient outcomes and department goals. - Performs efficiently in emergency situations following established protocols. - Actively promotes environmental/patient safety using effective preventative measures. - Reports and documents behavioral observations, responses to care plan interventions and daily treatments as per hospital standards. - Organizes and assists with structured group activities. - Consistently models to patient/families appropriate and therapeutic interpersonal staff/patient interactions. - Handles crisis situations in a safe, effective manner, utilizing the least restrictive, safe patient care alternative. - Performs other related duties as required, assigned or directed by charge nurse. - Demonstrates ability to anticipate, address and de-escalate patient distress situations prior to patients’ loss of control as designated in their treatment plans. We need to put these as
- .
Qualifications: required and preferred.
Required:
- associate's degree in healthcare related field or a minimum of 2 years clinical experience in an inpatient/residential rehabilitation, psychiatric or developmental disability setting.
- Valid current Driver’s License
- Ability to read, write and understand instructions.
Preferred:
- Six months experience working in a rehabilitation/treatment or human services setting.
- Experience working with groups or teams.
We could list as bullet list.
Skills: physical demands, cognitive demands, work demands.
Physical demands details:
- Job requires occasionally: Sitting overhead reaching, climbing, squatting, kneeling, crawling, and lifting/carrying of 100 pounds.
- Job requires frequently: Bending, pushing/pulling of 60 pounds of force and lifting/carrying of 50 pounds.
- Job requires constantly: Standing, walking, forward reaching, gripping, and fine hand manipulation.
- Job requires standing frequently throughout the day for usually no longer than 60 90 minutes at a time. (Note: there is a typo "60 90". We'll keep as is.)
- Job requires the ability to move/carry over 100lbs. (as in a patient restraint or patient transfer).
- Fine manipulation is required as related to writing, and computer usage.
- In addition, gross motor skills are required as related to complete and utilize Safety Care training, including all aspects of physical skills.
Cognitive demands:
- Job allows for the application of learned knowledge and basic follow through on easily identifiable steps.
- Reference materials are available.
- Limited inference is necessary.
- Some selective attention is necessary to complete task.
- Job requires legibility, spelling accuracy and logical sentence and paragraph organization.
- A working knowledge and familiarity with professional medical terminology and definitions is required.
- Job requires a high level of communication skill including expression of abstract/complex ideas, use of negotiation and active listening and an ability to dialogue with multiple parties.
- Job requires an ability to comprehend lengthy and complex messages or paragraphs and to follow multistage and 3 step commands.
- Job requires the ability to add and subtract two digit numbers.
- Multiply and divide 10's and 100's by 2, 3, 4, 5.
- Perform basic arithmetic operations with coins and bills for the purpose of cashier/petty cash, etc.
- Performs operations with measuring units such as cup, quart, foot, yard, ounce, pound, milliliter, and kilograms.
- Job requires flexibility of thought, reasoning, organizational skills, and ability to function in behavioral and physical care situation.
Work demands:
- The Behavioral Tech works primarily indoors with occasional outside work (as related to community reintegration with patients).
- The environment is frequently noisy.
- Work schedule may change due to patient and unit needs.
- Occasional requests to do overtime may occur.
- The Behavioral Tech must be physically and emotionally available to deal with emergency situations at all times.
- May be a need to respond to behavioral and/or medical emergency situation.
- The Behavioral Tech works continuously around and with others and is occasionally at risk for exposure to body fluids/blood borne pathogens.
- Employees in this role may be required to float to other patient care units or departments based on operational and patient care needs, provided they possess the required competencies and qualifications for the assignment.
We could combine these into bullet list under Skills.
Benefits: list from COMPENSATION & BENEFITS:
- employer-subsidized medical and dental
- vision insurance
- a 403(b) retirement savings plan with an employer match of up to 6%
- paid time off
- employer-paid life insurance
- short-term and long-term disability insurance
- a Health Savings Account (HSA) with employer contributions
- Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
- an Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- tuition reimbursement and professional development opportunities
- voluntary benefits, including pet insurance
- employee wellness programs with access to our onsite fitness and aquatics center
- an employee referral bonus program
- meaningful employee recognition and appreciation initiatives
Also note: "Eligibility for certain benefits is based on scheduled hours worked." Could include as a sentence.
Pay: wage range $19.49 to $29.24.
Schedule: Scheduled Weekly Hours 40, Work Shift First Shift. Also note: schedule may change due to patient and unit needs, occasional overtime.
We need to avoid filler like "not specified". We have specifics.
Now produce HTML.
Structure:
About the role
We are dedicated to creating an environment of care and engagement that makes us one of the most desirable places to work, providing exceptional care to each patient each and every day!
The Behavioral Tech is a paraprofessional care giver who assists in the care and treatment of patients who have sustained an acquired brain injury. The Behavioral Tech works/functions under the direction and guidance of the Registered Nurse.
Responsibilities
- Supervises patients at all times maintaining appropriate level of supervision as specified.
- Handoff communication is always performed.
- Performs direct patient care functions under the direction of the RN in accordance with hospital policies, procedures, and protocols.
- Supervising and assisting patients in daily scheduled activities, and skills trainings or practice.
- Following standard operating procedures and therapeutic techniques for the Program.
- Follows patients Individual Treatment Plan.
- Maintains familiarity with each patients' assessments/interventions.
- Utilizes appropriate therapeutic modalities and interventions to meet patient outcomes and department goals.
- Performs efficiently in emergency situations following established protocols.
- Actively promotes environmental/patient safety using effective preventative measures.
- Reports and documents behavioral observations, responses to care plan interventions and daily treatments as per hospital standards.
- Organizes and assists with structured group activities.
- .
Qualifications: required and preferred.
Required:
- associate's degree in healthcare related field or a minimum of 2 years clinical experience in an inpatient/residential rehabilitation, psychiatric or developmental disability setting.
- Valid current Driver’s License
- Ability to read, write and understand instructions.
Preferred:
- Six months experience working in a rehabilitation/treatment or human services setting.
- Experience working with groups or teams.
We could list as bullet list.
Skills: physical demands, cognitive demands, work demands.
Physical demands details:
- Job requires occasionally: Sitting overhead reaching, climbing, squatting, kneeling, crawling, and lifting/carrying of 100 pounds.
- Job requires frequently: Bending, pushing/pulling of 60 pounds of force and lifting/carrying of 50 pounds.
- Job requires constantly: Standing, walking, forward reaching, gripping, and fine hand manipulation.
- Job requires standing frequently throughout the day for usually no longer than 60 90 minutes at a time. (Note: there is a typo "60 90". We'll keep as is.)
- Job requires the ability to move/carry over 100lbs. (as in a patient restraint or patient transfer).
- Fine manipulation is required as related to writing, and computer usage.
- In addition, gross motor skills are required as related to complete and utilize Safety Care training, including all aspects of physical skills.
Cognitive demands:
- Job allows for the application of learned knowledge and basic follow through on easily identifiable steps.
- Reference materials are available.
- Limited inference is necessary.
- Some selective attention is necessary to complete task.
- Job requires legibility, spelling accuracy and logical sentence and paragraph organization.
- A working knowledge and familiarity with professional medical terminology and definitions is required.
- Job requires a high level of communication skill including expression of abstract/complex ideas, use of negotiation and active listening and an ability to dialogue with multiple parties.
- Job requires an ability to comprehend lengthy and complex messages or paragraphs and to follow multistage and 3 step commands.
- Job requires the ability to add and subtract two digit numbers.
- Multiply and divide 10's and 100's by 2, 3, 4, 5.
- Perform basic arithmetic operations with coins and bills for the purpose of cashier/petty cash, etc.
- Performs operations with measuring units such as cup, quart, foot, yard, ounce, pound, milliliter, and kilograms.
- Job requires flexibility of thought, reasoning, organizational skills, and ability to function in behavioral and physical care situation.
Work demands:
- The Behavioral Tech works primarily indoors with occasional outside work (as related to community reintegration with patients).
- The environment is frequently noisy.
- Work schedule may change due to patient and unit needs.
- Occasional requests to do overtime may occur.
- The Behavioral Tech must be physically and emotionally available to deal with emergency situations at all times.
- May be a need to respond to behavioral and/or medical emergency situation.
- The Behavioral Tech works continuously around and with others and is occasionally at risk for exposure to body fluids/blood borne pathogens.
- Employees in this role may be required to float to other patient care units or departments based on operational and patient care needs, provided they possess the required competencies and qualifications for the assignment.
We could combine these into bullet list under Skills.
Benefits: list from COMPENSATION & BENEFITS:
- employer-subsidized medical and dental
- vision insurance
- a 403(b) retirement savings plan with an employer match of up to 6%
- paid time off
- employer-paid life insurance
- short-term and long-term disability insurance
- a Health Savings Account (HSA) with employer contributions
- Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
- an Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- tuition reimbursement and professional development opportunities
- voluntary benefits, including pet insurance
- employee wellness programs with access to our onsite fitness and aquatics center
- an employee referral bonus program
- meaningful employee recognition and appreciation initiatives
Also note: "Eligibility for certain benefits is based on scheduled hours worked." Could include as a sentence.
Pay: wage range $19.49 to $29.24.
Schedule: Scheduled Weekly Hours 40, Work Shift First Shift. Also note: schedule may change due to patient and unit needs, occasional overtime.
We need to avoid filler like "not specified". We have specifics.
Now produce HTML.
Structure: