Administrative Behavioral Health Associate

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Description

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

• Partner with clinical, medical, nursing, and intake departments to support patients
• Assists with admissions, room searches, performs rounds every 2 hours to ensure patient safety
• Properly document inappropriate behavior or problem behaviors.
• Monitor grounds for violations and unauthorized visitors.
• Assists the Department supervisor in performance management.
• In the absence of the department supervisor, facilitates team meetings as well as shift lead meetings.
• Completes new patient admissions
• Assists in developing work schedules and in obtaining coverage for shifts as needed.
  
  

Qualifications:

• Must be at Least 21 years old.
• High school diploma/GED required
• Current NC Driver License and acceptable driving history required
• Knowledge or experience working with patients who are chemically dependent preferred.
• Knowledge of 12 step recovery program preferred
• Crisis Prevention and CPR Certification (offered on site)
• Ability to work with male and female adult (18 ) patients with chemical dependency and mental health disorders
• Teamwork and excellent customer service
  
  

Benefits:

• Exciting new shift differentials
• Excellent benefit package (benefit eligible after 30 days)
• Paid Vacation/Sick/Extended Sick/Personal/Holidays
• 401K with an employer match
• Employee Discount Program
• Education Reimbursement
• Free meals
• Employee Fun Events
• Annual performance review and salary review
• Salary increases for obtaining education degrees, professional certification and/or licensure (based on program of study/field of certification and licensure)
• Professional certification and Licensure supervision program (based on availability)
  
  

For the 5th consecutive year, Wilmington Treatment Center has been recognized by Newsweek magazine as one of the best Addiction Treatment Centers in the US. We are North Carolina's premier substance abuse recovery hospital and rehabilitation center located in the beachside community of Wilmington, NC. What began as a 22 bed hospital on one campus in 1984 has grown into a 260 bed hospital spanning 3 campuses - and we are still growing! We are a team of professionals dedicated to helping our patients begin their recovery from the disease of addiction. Even though we are growing, we still maintain that feeling of a close-knit community. We offer a fantastic comprehensive benefit package, a great team of co-workers as well as the opportunity to make a difference in the lives of those we serve.

Qualifications

Education

Required

• High School/GED or better
  
  

Licenses & Certifications

Required

• Drivers License
  
  

Experience

Required

• 2 years: Customer Service
  
  

Preferred

• 1 year: Working in Substance Abuse/Mental Health field
• 1 year: Hospital/Healthcare
  
  

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

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