Psychiatric Technician Sml

DescriptionBehavioral Health Technicians (BHT) interact with clients throughout the shift, assists and supports clients with functionally needs.  BHT are responsible for managing the daily milieu of the facility, ensuring the safety of clients, and maintaining a therapeutic environment. BHTs are expected to familiarize themselves with the histories and needs of the clients and be capable of identifying cues and behaviors that may indicate a change in clients’ status or condition. Position is responsible for documenting in the client records and communicating proactively with clinical team members and supervisor(s).

Essential Responsibilities  

1. Actively participates and engages clients in the milieu and outside activities throughout the workday, often in a variety of group settings.
2. Prompts clients to complete ADLs, including clean room, hygiene, laundry, etc., and completes regular room hygiene checks.
3. Prompts clients to attend all meals in a timely manner and provides supervision and structure at mealtimes as appropriate.
4. Therapeutically interacts with the client in one-to-one situations, community, and group meetings, maintaining appropriate boundaries and modeling appropriate social behavior. 
5. Recognizes client’s level of behavioral functioning and modifies approaches accordingly to include recognizing mood changes and developing DBT coping skills.
6. Documents in accordance with policies and procedures services provided, incident reports, shift reports, group and milieu notes in a timely and accurate manner.
7. Follows through with clinical precautions effectively, including visual clinical observations.
8. Transport clients to appointments, supporting client while regulating in community.
9. Identifies and recognizes triggers for escalation with each client, and utilize de-escalation techniques, focusing on prevention of crisis.
10. Supports medication compliance and management of client self-administration.
11. Conducting client belonging search, inventory and notifying therapist of any contraband.
12. Supports discharge processes, as needed.

 

Additional Responsibilities

1. Conduct chart audits following program policy timelines, as requested.
2. Demonstrates an ability to adapt to changes in the facility function, management styles, and facility routines.
3. Reads, understands, and adheres to all company policy statements on ethics, conduct, and conflict of interests.
4. Attends all supervisory trainings within assigned time frames as required by the facility.
5. Writes clearly, informatively, and effectively.
6. Other duties as assigned.

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Qualifications

Education and Experience

Highschool diploma or equivalent preferred, drug and alcohol certification preferred or a willingness to complete requirements within the orientation period. Requires 1+ year experience working with clients with substance abuse and/or mental health issues.  

Additional Requirements

• Valid Driver’s License.
• Current CPR and First Aid Certification, or willingness to complete within the first 30 days of employment.

  

Physical Requirements 

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee will be required to communicate with peers/general public, clients and/or vendors
• Tolerant to various noise levels: noise level in the work environment varies – may be very quiet to moderate
• Job performance will require the ability to move throughout the building as well as sit or remain stationary for extended periods of time
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee may be required to talk or hear, sit, stand, walk, reach, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl, taste or smell. 
• Ability to move up to 25 pounds 

 

Skill Competencies

• Understands and maintains professional boundaries.
• Demonstrates an understanding of rules/limits of patient confidentiality and maintains appropriate levels of client confidentiality/privacy.
• Demonstrates an understanding of identifying abuse/neglect in client population.
• Demonstrates behavior that promotes positive customer relations with clients, staff, and visitors.
• Contributes to continuous quality improvement – can identify performance improvement processes and verbalize role in the process.
• Demonstrates an understanding of and adherence to universal precautions, infection control and proper handwashing.
• Demonstrates proper procedures in responding to emergency and safety drills.
• Demonstrates the ability to recognize and respond to aggressive behavior and employ crisis intervention techniques. 
• Demonstrates ability to perform CPR and first aid.
• Demonstrates ability to observe, supervise, evaluate, and document client behaviors in groups and planned activities.
• Demonstrates knowledge of mental health and/or substance use disorders.
• Demonstrates the ability to recognize symptoms and distress of clients.
• Demonstrates the ability to communicate relevant information pertinent to client care.
• Demonstrates consideration of an respect for values and cultural beliefs.

 

Pasadena Villa provides equal employment opportunities without regard to race, color, creed, ancestry, national origin, ethnicity, sex, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, religion, age, disability, gender identity, genetic information, service in the military, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law. Equal employment opportunity applies to all terms and conditions of employment. Clearview reserves the rights to modify, interpret, or apply this job description in any way the organization desires.  This job description in no way implies that these are the only duties, including essential duties, to be performed by the employee occupying this position.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to reasonably accommodate qualified individuals with disabilities. This job description is not an employment contract, implied or otherwise.  The employment relationship remains “At-Will.”  

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