Description
The Behavioral Health Technician participates in patient care as part of a multi-disciplinary treatment team at Intermountain Health LDS Hospital.
The role involves providing direct patient care by establishing rapport with patients and creating a therapeutic environment.
Essential Functions
- Assist patients with daily living tasks and perform delegated patient care procedures accurately and in a timely manner.
- Monitor patient vital signs and provide limited medical intervention under the direction of a healthcare professional.
- Orient patients to the Behavioral Health unit, inventory belongings, and transport patients to appointments or activities.
- Demonstrate effective interpersonal relations and communication skills with co-workers, patients, families, and other personnel.
- Maintain a safe, consistent, and supportive environment by providing care according to the multidisciplinary treatment plan.
- Participate in regulatory activities, report changes in patient condition, and address potential problems with quality of care.
- Manage patient behavior, work with physically and mentally aggressive patients, and respond efficiently in emergency situations.
- Complete mandatory education assignments, demonstrate clinical proficiency, and maintain corporate standards.
Benefits
- Generous benefits package covering programs to foster a sustainable culture of wellness.
Requirements
- Basic Life Support (BLS) for healthcare providers.
Preferred Qualifications
- CNA or EMT.
- Post-high school education in social work, psychology, sociology, family studies, or a health sciences field.
- Experience working with psychiatric and/or chemically dependent patients.
Physical Requirements
- Ongoing need for employees to see and read information, labels, assess patient needs, operate monitors, identify equipment and supplies.
- Frequent interactions with patient care providers, patients, and visitors that require employees to verbally communicate as well as hear and understand spoken information.
- Manual dexterity of hands and fingers to manipulate complex and delicate equipment with precision and accuracy.
- Expected to lift and utilise full range of movement to transfer patients.
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