Behavior Health Technician (Bht) - Graveyard (Full-Time)

Company Name: WC Health

Job Title: Behavior Health Technician (BHT) - Graveyard

Company Introduction:

In every convenient location, WC Health provides patients with comprehensive and integrated health care focused on behavioral health.

As we continue to evolve as a company, we are proud to have stayed true to our original mission of creating services and products that make a positive difference in people's lives. We pledge to continue to challenge the status quo in healthcare delivery and strive to develop new programs through the collaborative efforts of our dedicated team, partners, patients, and communities we serve.

Our wrap-around services include medical, housing, pharmacy, transportation, case management and mental health services.

Voted as one of the top 5000 growing healthcare companies by INC 5000, we are looking for highly motivated individuals to join our growing team.

To learn more about our company, please visit our website at https://www.wc-health.com/

Objective:

• The behavioral health specialist, as part of the primary care treatment team, identifies, triage and manages patients with medical and behavioral health problems within the primary care setting. In addition, the behavioral health specialist provides skill training through psycho education and patient education strategies and develops specific behavioral change plans for patients and behavioral health protocols for target populations.

Essential Functions:

• Assists primary health care providers in recognizing and treating mental disorders and psychosocial problems.
• Assesses the clinical status of patients referred by primary care providers through brief consultative contacts.
• Works with the primary care team to efficiently and effectively treat and manage patients with chronic emotional or health problems.
• Works with the primary care provider to refer cases to mental health specialists as appropriate.
• Assists in the detection of at-risk patients and development of plans to prevent further psychological or physical deterioration.
• Assists in preventing relapse or morbidity in conditions that tend to recur over time.
• Evaluates patient care plans with the primary care team.
• Teaches patients, families and staff about care, prevention and treatment enhancement techniques.
• Monitors the site's behavioral health program, identifying problems related to patient services and making recommendations for improvement.
• Attends and participates in meetings and quality improvement activities as required.
• Serves as a member of committees as requested.
• Participates in evaluation of peers and support staff.
• Furthers the mission of the organization through active support of the strategic goals.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Communication Proficiency.
• Ethical Conduct.
• Personal Effectiveness/Credibility.
• Problem Solving/Analysis.
• Thoroughness.

Position Type: Full-time

Work Environment:

• This position works in an outpatient mental care facility.
• There will be frequent interaction with persons who are mentally ill, disabled, elderly and emotionally upset.

Physical Demands:

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to speak and hear sufficiently to communicate effectively by phone or in person at normal volumes.
• The employee's vision must be adequate to read correspondence, computer screen, forms, etc.
• The position requires good manual dexterity.

Education and Experience:

• High School Diploma or GED

Additional Qualifications:

• Must be able to pass a drug and background check.