BH Tech - PEC - Days

Requisition 47329 • Full-time • Behavioral Health BU • Hourly • Day shift (7:00 AM – 7:00 PM) • John Peter Smith Hospital, 1500 S. Main St., Fort Worth, TX 76104

About the Organization

JPS Health Network is a $950 million, tax‑supported healthcare system in North Texas, licensed for 582 beds with over 25 locations across Tarrant County. John Peter Smith Hospital is a Level I Trauma Center, houses Tarrant County’s only psychiatric emergency center, and runs the nation’s largest hospital‑based family medicine residency program. The network employs more than 7,200 people. Acclaim Multispecialty Group, the medical practice group of JPS, includes over 300 providers across specialties from primary care to general surgery and trauma, united around shared incentives for operational, financial, and clinical excellence. The culture is guided by three “Rules of the Road”: Own it, Seek joy, and Don’t be a jerk — emphasizing ownership, positivity, courtesy, and respect.

About the Role

The BH Technician II assists and performs basic patient care in a psychiatric treatment environment. This position performs a variety of paraprofessional nursing duties in providing care to psychiatric patients and directly reports to the RN.

Responsibilities

• Assists in the delivery of direct patient care as assigned by the nurse, reporting and documenting results including vital signs and specimens.
• Assists in maintaining a therapeutic milieu with professional behavior and communication by engaging patients in groups and reporting patient participation and needs to the nurses and interdisciplinary treatment team.
• Assists with admission, dismissal, and transfer of patients and checks the patient property and secures valuables according to policy and procedures.
• Assists patients in activities of daily living, engages with patients utilizing individual’s coping/treatment plan to attend to their needs and provides assistance in non‑aggressive crisis management.
• Assists in maintaining patient safety by utilizing non‑aggressive patient management and environmental rounds.
• Escorts patients within the facility, to other departments, to outside activities; transports patients in a van as needed.
• Maintains patient confidentiality at all times on or off premises.
• Completes hand‑off communication with nurses and other staff when coming on and off the unit to ensure patient safety and monitoring.
• Maintains close observation as ordered by