Behavioral Aide Acute, PM; Daphne

Behavioral Aide Acute, PM (Daphne)

AltaPointe Health Systems is hiring a Behavioral Aide for EastPointe Hospital, a private free‑standing psychiatric hospital for adults located in Daphne, Alabama. The role involves providing 24‑hour clinical care to adults in psychiatric crisis.

• Provide ongoing monitoring of consumers.
• Engage consumers to ensure their safety, needs are met, and participation in planned activities is occurring.
• Provide daily assessments of consumers’ behaviors via daily documentation requirements according to policy and standards.
• Assist consumers with personal hygiene issues (bathing, toileting, other personal care), medical appointments, chores, recreational activities, and safety issues.
• Provide support to teachers during class time, which may include assisting consumers with class assignments, keeping consumers on task, and intervening when necessary.
• Ensure unit schedules are followed and encourage consumers to actively participate in planned activities.
• Perform hand‑off communication at shift change.
• Provide training on basic living skills (BLS) according to the consumers’ treatment goals as identified by the treatment team.
• Provide BLS groups and other applicable groups as needed per program schedule.
• Complete environment of care unit checklists and report findings to supervisor.
• Ensure consumers receive meals and confirm information on the meal count sheet.
• Recognize the elements of a crisis state and deescalate or resolve the situation.
• Apply seclusion and restraint per AltaPointe policy and procedure.
• Respond to crisis situations throughout the facility using proper interventions.
• Document crises, protective holds, seclusions, and restraints.
• Ensure units, rooms and common areas remain neat, tidy and in good operating condition, encouraging consumers to support the effort.
• Effectively collaborate and accurately communicate with treatment team members regarding consumers’ progress, regression, interactions, moods, attitudes, issues, crisis, etc.
• Participate in beginning/end of shift unit reporting.
• Show discretion when discussing consumers’ information with others.
• Report consumer/staff problems to supervisor in a timely manner.
• Work willingly on any unit at BayPointe based on facility needs as directed.
• Model appropriate behavior including, but not limited to, good communication skills, grooming habits, manners, emotional maturity, etc.
• Transport consumer to prescribed locations or go on unit errands as directed.
• Meet AltaPointe productivity standards.
• Demonstrate the application of child and adolescent specific competencies.

• Seek supervision and consultation as needed.
• Accept and employ suggestions for improvement.
• Actively work to enhance skills.

• Document in a timely fashion per AltaPointe policy.
• Document clearly and concisely the types of consumers’ problems, daily progress notes, progress on BLSs, treatment goals addressed, and services provided.
• Document legibly.

• Treat consumers with care, dignity, and compassion.
• Respect consumers’ privacy and confidentiality.
• Be pleasant and cooperative with others.
• Assist consumers and visitors as needed.
• Personal values do not inhibit ability to relate and care for others.
• Be sensitive to consumers’ needs, expectations, and individual differences.
• Be gentle and calm with consumers and families.

• Actively participate in Performance Improvement activities.
• Actively participate in AltaPointe committees as required.
• Complete assigned tasks in a timely manner.
• Follow AltaPointe policies and procedures.
• Attend appropriate in‑service trainings and workshops.

• Frequent standing, sitting, and walking in bursts of five to ten minutes, with occasional extended positions as required by consumer behavior.
• Occasional forward bending from the hips while kneeling to reach to the side.
• Occasional full squat/lunge from a standing position.
• Occasional maintenance of back extension while on the stomach with body weight on hips and legs for several minutes.
• Occasional…