BEHAVIORAL HEALTH TECHNICIAN

Job description

Competency and Experience [Knowledge, Skills and Abilities] - Delivers direct and indirect patient care in accordance with hospital policies, procedures, protocols, and standards of care. - Performs and/or assists with patient care needs as directed. - Assists patients with activities of daily living if needed. - Conducts vitals on patients. - Conducts timed observation rounding of patients on the unit, based upon the patient’s identified level of risk. - Collects, documents, and reports ongoing patient care data as directed. - Interacts with assigned patients, makes pertinent observations of patients' behaviors, reports and records same. - Remains with and observes assigned patients in a one-to-one situation if necessary. - Demonstrates good interview techniques with phone contacts/patient/family/significant others and documents accordingly. - Accompany patients off the unit for testing as needed. - Assists in developing an educational process for the provision and coordination of patient care activities that promote and maintain health, foster self-care, and improve outcomes. - Reports to R.N. information regarding the patient's readiness to learn. - Plans and initiates patients'...