Behavioral Health Technician

Job Title: Behavioral Health Technician (BHT)

Schedule: days

Hours per week: 36

About us

Beckett Springs is a behavioral health hospital located in the Cincinnati-area township of West Chester, OH. We provide inpatient and outpatient programming for those facing mental health and addiction challenges. Our programs offer caring, compassionate treatment for children, adolescents, adults, and seniors, as well as specialized programming for active-duty military, veterans, first responders, and other high-risk frontline professionals.

Essential Functions:

• Observe and maintain a safe environment through regular patient checks, safety monitoring, contraband searches, and one€‘on€‘one supervision as needed.
• Perform delegated tasks such as taking vital signs, collecting specimens, documenting care, assisting with group education, and monitoring patients.
• Promote a positive therapeutic milieu and accompany patients to meals, breaks, off€‘unit visits, and appointments.
• Report all medical or psychiatric changes to the RN and assist with admissions, including belongings inventory and vital signs.
• Document patient property at admission and discharge and conduct unit safety checks each shift to ensure a clean, therapeutic environment.
• Encourage or assist patients with activities of daily living and facilitate or co€‘facilitate psychoeducational and therapeutic groups using established guidelines.
• Apply crisis intervention and de€‘escalation techniques as needed and maintain knowledge of program protocols.
• Orient new staff members to the unit, document in the medical record according to policy, provide feedback to the interdisciplinary team, comply with OSHA and CDC specimen guidelines, and perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• High School Diploma or equivalent
• BLS required within 30 days of employment
• CPI required within 30 days of employment
• 1 year of experience working in a psychiatric inpatient setting preferred

Benefits:

• Tuition reimbursement
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Flexible spending and health savings accounts

EEOC Statement

"Beckett Springs is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Beckett Springs is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity for all applicants and employees and complies with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination and harassment in employment."

Lifepoint Health is a leader in community-based care and driven by a mission of Making Communities Healthier. Our diversified healthcare delivery network spans 29 states and includes 63 community hospital campuses, 32 rehabilitation and behavioral health hospitals, and more than 170 additional sites of care across the healthcare continuum, such as acute rehabilitation units, outpatient centers and post-acute care facilities. We believe that success is achieved through talented people. We want to create places where employees want to work, with opportunities to pursue meaningful and satisfying careers that truly make a difference in communities across the country.