Chemical Dependency Technician

About Us

Inspired by faith. Driven by innovation. Powered by humankindness. CommonSpirit Health is building a healthier future for all through its integrated health services. As one of the nation’s largest nonprofit Catholic healthcare organizations, CommonSpirit Health delivers more than 20 million patient encounters annually through more than 2,300 clinics, care sites and 158 hospital-based locations, in addition to its home-based services and virtual care offerings.

Job Details

• Department: Behavioral Health
• Hours/Pay Period: 48
• Weekly Schedule: Three 12 hour night shifts, rotating weekends
• Shift: Night
• Employment Type: Part Time
• Remote: No
• Category: Mental Health

Responsibilities

• Establishes and maintains effective therapeutic relationships with clients and/or families and significant others who are experiencing a variety of complex substance abuse problems and r/t issues.
• Responsible for residential unit during evening, overnight, and weekend hours. Documents regular client activities and any otherwise unusual circumstances that occur during their shift. Responsible to provide a “shift change” verbal and computer report to incoming staff so that critical occurrences may be dealt with during the next day or following shift.
• Provides supervision of the clients and moves around and surveys the unit to locate all clients and update incoming staff.
• Prepares admission packets, takes inventory, and prepares information to be sent out to clients, families, and/or referral sources as directed by the multi-disciplinary team. Performs certain amount of cleaning duties. Periodically responsible to explain admission information to clients recently admitted; explaining client’s rights, rules and guidelines, program operations, tour of the facility, and other pertinent orientation information. Documents orientation information. Instructs clients and family members on fire procedures and emergency exits and tornado procedures.
• Takes client vital signs, checks client height/weight, supervises medication/treatments and basic first aid, checks client rooms and general facility for cleanliness, and generally monitors clients to insure they are following specified treatment plans.

Requirements

• High School or GED. Ability to perform simple arithmetic calculations in order to take and record vital signs as normally acquired through completion of high school and Approximately one month experience in order to gain knowledge of client care methods, policies and procedures, techniques and schedules, upon hire or
• High School Graduate Ability to perform simple arithmetic calculations in order to take and record vital signs as normally acquired through completion of high school and Approximately one month experience in order to gain knowledge of client care methods, policies and procedures, techniques and schedules, upon hire and
• Familiarity and understanding of Alcoholics Anonymous, Al-Anon, and other 12 Step Recovery Programs, upon hire
• Basic Life Support - CPR, upon hire and
• Medication Aide: NE, within 6 - months

Benefits

Depending on the position offered, CommonSpirit Health offers a generous benefit package, including but not limited to medical, prescription drug, dental, vision plans, life insurance, paid time off (full-time benefit eligible team members may receive a minimum of 14 paid time off days, including holidays annually), tuition reimbursement, retirement plan benefit(s) including, but not limited to, 401(k), 403(b), and other defined benefits offerings, as may be amended from time to time. For more information, please visit our Total Rewards.