What are the responsibilities and job description for the Behavioral Health Tech (Days 6a-6p) position at RIVERSIDE RECOVERY OF TAMPA LLC?
Position Summary:
The Behavioral Health Technician (BHT) is responsible for the daily interactions with patients, maintaining patient schedule, headcounts and 24-hour observation of patient’s activities and locations.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform the following satisfactorily; other duties may be assigned. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
-Maintains daily observations of patients at various levels of care at the required time intervals
-Conduct all interactions in a professional and ethical manner.
-Follows facility regulations regarding infections control, incident reporting and risk management.
-Conducts point of care testing such as urine drug screens, pregnancy tests and breathalyzer
-Conduct on person body searches of all new clients during time of admissions
-Conducts searches of all patients belongs.
-Attends all mandatory trainings and meetings.
-Maintains a safe environment for patients, visitors, and staff.
-Transports patients in approved vehicles to approved events.
-Navigate basic computer skills
-Other duties and assignments as deemed qualified and appropriate.
Full time Eligible Benefits:
· Health Insurance
· Dental
· Vision
· 401- K
· Life Insurance
· Disability
· Critical Illness
· Hospital Indemnity/Accident plan
· Legal plan
Employer Paid Benefits:
· EAP
· $10,000 life insurance
· $10,000 Short term Disability
Qualifications:Qualifications:
-High School Diploma or equivalent required
-Valid Driver’s License and Insurance for clearance to drive a 14-passenger van
-At least 1 year of experience of working in the Behavioral Health field preferred
-Ability to clearly communicate in various forms: verbal, written, text
-Understanding of the variety of community support groups (AA, NA, AlAnon, Coda, etc.)
-CPR Certification
-First Aid Certification
-Waived testing, CLIA
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