Job Overview

Employment Type:

Full time

Shift:

Rotating Shift

Description:

Full Time: Night Shift (12-hour)6:00pm - 6:30am

Consistent with the American Nurses Association Standards of Clinical Nursing Practice, the behavioral health tech is a member of the MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center healthcare team and assists the registered professional nurse in the delivery of holistic, compassionate, individualized, and effective patient care by assisting the patient with activities of daily living as well as other physical, emotional, and spiritual needs.

This position will assist in managing patients that are high acuity in PSU or ED (1:1) and/or assist in managing patients that require boarding in ED setting if no beds available on PSU or while beds are being secured elsewhere.

BEHAVIORAL HEALTH TECH DUTIES AND RESPONSIBLITIES:

• Assist in the physical management of patient/resident.

• Demonstrate ability to understand and follow directions.

• Provide physical, emotional, and spiritual care to the patient population with respect to age specific and culturally sensitive needs as described in the department’s scope of service.

• Record and report information such as vital signs, intake and output, weight, and any behavioral changes to appropriate supervisory personnel.

• Collect urine sample for testing, verifying name and birthdate.

• Maintain, assemble, and organize equipment needed for a safe secure environment.

• Assist in mealtime activities by delivering and removing patient trays and feeding patients.

• Complete routine daily assignments.

• Perform additional duties as requested such as transporting patients and obtaining medications, supplies, and medical records from other departments.

• Demonstrate a caring practice by respecting the rights of an individual or group.

• Demonstrate ability to impact change within your departments, with other departments, and within the Community Health Care System.

• Demonstrate skills as an effective team member.

• Respect the confidentiality of an individual or group, unless obligated to disclose under proper authorization or legal compulsion.

• Maintain a safe environment of care.

• Communicate care effectively: both verbally and written.

• Meets core behavioral health tech competency requirements and unit-specific competencies upon hire and annually, as appropriate to the practice area (see attached core competency list).

MINIMUM EDUCATION, LICENSURE, CERTIFICATION, AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

• Certification in a 75-hour CNA certification program preferred and a minimum of a high school education or GED equivalent is required. Certification and/or experience in the behavior health field are preferred.

• Child and Dependent Adult Abuse Mandatory Reporter Training is required within 6 months of hire and every 3 years thereafter.

• Basic Life Support Certification (BLS) will be required within 30 days of hire and every 2 years thereafter

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

Trinity Health is a family of 115,000 colleagues and nearly 26,000 physicians and clinicians across 25 states. Because we serve diverse populations, our colleagues are trained to recognize the cultural beliefs, values, traditions, language preferences, and health practices of the communities that we serve and to apply that knowledge to produce positive health outcomes. We also recognize that each of us has a different way of thinking and perceiving our world and that these differences often lead to innovative solutions.

Our dedication to diversity includes a unified workforce (through training and education, recruitment, retention, and development), commitment and accountability, communication, community partnerships, and supplier diversity.