Position Details for Behvioral Health Technicians

• Promotes patient safety through awareness of the environment of care and in all action that involves patient care.  Communicates patient safety issues quickly, clearly and effectively
• Performs ongoing observation of the patients and milieu to ensure active treatment is provided and patients are participating
• Intervenes appropriately with patients experiencing a behavioral crisis situation, i.e., suicidal, threatening behavior, elopement and/or other situations, using approved interventions
• Participates with the treatment team in implementation of the individualized plan of care. Reports factors that may impede successful accomplishment of the treatment plan to the Charge Nurse/RN
• Assists in the admission and discharge of patient
• Conducts luggage searches for all admits and may conduct room searches as assigned
• Obtains and reports accurate vital sign readings
• Accompanies patients on appointments
• Provides 1:1 and line-of-sight monitoring for patients when order received
• Performs unit clerk duties to include data collection, clerical, and administrative duties, completing all appropriate documentation according to the policies and procedures of the facility