What are the responsibilities and job description for the Behavioral Health Technician position at Saint Luke's Health System?
Job Description
The Opportunity : Saint Luke's Hospital of Kansas City Crittenton Children's Center in South Kansas City, MO is seeking a Behavioral Health Tech to assist in providing a safe and therapeutic milieu environment in compliance with agency policies and procedures. As a member of our team, you will play a critical role in improving the lives of children, adolescents, and their families.
Shift : Full-time Day Shift, 3 shifts, per week, 7 : 00am - 7 : 30pm
The Work :
- Responsible for direct supervision of assigned children during work shift to maintain patient safety in collaboration with the nurses, therapists, and physicians.
- Observes, reports, and records, patient behaviors under the supervision of RN.
- Implements the behavioral interventions described in the child's treatment plan.
- Conducts educational and treatment focused groups with patients as appropriate with training and supervision.
- May be trained as CMT to administer meds to long term residential population.
Crittenton Children's Center is the Kansas City area's premier provider of psychiatric care for children, adolescents, and their families. We offer one of the area's most comprehensive behavioral health care programs. To be successful in this role, you will need to be interested and invested in caring for the emotional health of Children. You will need to be caring and compassionate.
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Why Saint Luke's?
We believe in creating a collaborative environment, while looking for innovative ways to improve. We offer competitive salaries and benefits packages to all eligible employees :
As a leading behavioral health provider for youth in the Kansas City community, Crittenton's residential and acute inpatient programs have consistently exceeded national and local quality benchmarks over the past five years.
Job Requirements
Applicable Experience :
Less than 1 year
Cert First Aid - Various
Job Details
Full Time
Day (United States of America)
The best place to get care. The best place to give care. Saint Luke's 12,000 employees strive toward that vision every day. Our employees are proud to work for the only faith-based, nonprofit, locally owned health system in Kansas City. Joining Saint Luke's means joining a team of exceptional professionals who strive for excellence in patient care. Do the best work of your career within a highly diverse and inclusive workspace where all voices matter.
Join the Kansas City region's premiere provider of health services. Equal Opportunity Employer.
