Mental Health Technician - Pediatric Behavioral Health - Nights

Overview

Department: 35150 Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center - Nursing:
Pediatric Behavioral Health 2SA

Status: Full time

Benefits Eligible: Yes

Hours Per Week: 36

Schedule Details/Additional Information: night shift 630p- 7a rotate every 3rd weekend

Pay Range: $21.85 - $32.80

Associate's degree in human services, psychology or related field required. Bachelor's degree preferred.

Must obtain Management of Aggressive Behavior (MOAB) training for physical restraint within 90 days of hire. Current BCLS for healthcare providers required. Nursing assistant certification preferred.

• Collaborates with Registered Nurse to plan and initiate appropriate interventions consistent with policies and procedures. Assists Registered Nurse and Treatment team with Milieu Management by managing supplies in line with guidelines to meet patient needs and budgetary constraints
• Collects and communicates physical and psychosocial data about health status of patient/family in a systematic and continuous manner. Includes patient and family in this process. Observes and reports symptoms, behaviors, and changes in patient s condition in a timely manner. Initiates one-to-one interactions with patients according to the milieu program.
• Participates in department treatment program as follows: uses creativity to determine therapeutic interventions that will result in maximal patient outcome. Carries out therapeutic interventions that are for specific patient needs. Communicate barriers with team. Collaborate with patients and the treatment team to optimize activities and patient schedule. Supports safe, appropriate, effective and efficient patient care by providing accurate, thorough and timely documentation that consistently meets departmental requirements.
• Demonstrates knowledge of standards of care practice. Incorporates these into practice and holds self and others accountable for practicing according to these standards. Consistently performs safety checks correctly with accurate documentation. Performs environmental rounds as required on each shift, with appropriate follow-up to RN and appropriate documentation.
• Serves as an adult role model for all patients and peers. Advocates for patient needs. Assists with milieu management of department. Facilitates patient educational groups.
• Assists with orientation and training of new staff, demonstrates an ongoing commitment to improve the performance and skill of co-workers. Serves as a preceptor to new employees on a routine basis. Demonstrates competencies of the preceptor/resource role. Formulates recommendations to improve individual performance. Facilitates constructive feedback regarding own performance. Actively participates in department/hospital committee/taskforce. Actively participates in department/hospital committee/taskforce. Participates in ongoing revision and development of department policies, procedures, guidelines, and program groups to maintain/improve quality.
  
  Consistently utilizes non-patient care time by offering assistance to team.
• Maintains patient rights in accordance with applicable state's Patient's Bill of Rights.

• Ability to evaluate and appropriately respond to verbal and nonverbal communication from psychiatric patients across the life span
• Demonstrates ability to escort psychiatric patients off unit
• Excellent oral, written, and interpersonal skills
• Solid computer skills to utilize electronic medical record in a time efficient manner
• Good organization skills, ability to multi-task and prioritize
• Knowledge of concepts, procedures and techniques
• Team building and problem solving skills
• Critical thinking and decision making skills
• Ability to work in stressful situations
• High level manual dexterity required

• Contact with patients under wide variety of circumstances
• May have to physically constrain/restrain agitated patients
• Exposure to infection disease-bearing specimens
• Possible exposure to infections and contagious diseases
• Exposure to the risk of blood borne diseases
• Occasional exposure to radiation hazards
• Exposure to housekeeping/cleaning agents/chemicals
• Subject to many interruptions
• Occasionally subject to irregular hours

Standing, Walking, Sitting, Bending, Reaching with arms, Finger and hand dexterity, Talking, Hearing, Seeing, Lifting, carrying, pushing and/or pulling up to 100 lbs

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