Behavioral Health Associate - Inpatient Psychiatry - Rivington - Part Time/Days

Job description

The Behavioral Health Associate (BHA) engages interacts and assists patients in a therapeutic milieu and with a clinical team approach (with emphasis on patients identified as high risk). Assists with the admissions, transfer and discharge of patients according to established policy and procedure’s. A. Clinical/Technical/Service 1. Identify high risk patients, uses Crisis Intervention practices and support safety plan intervention techniques to maintain a safe environment. 2. Understands patient characteristics, triggers, through trauma informed care and patient/environmental variables in order to assist in preventing patients from losing control. 3. Participates in shift hand-off meetings, unit rounds, community meetings, team meetings and committee meeting as required. 4. Participates in debriefing after codes, incidents, and use of restraints. 5. Assists in the assessment of need for as well as the application and removal of restraints 6. Leads or co-leads discussion groups on topics such as anger and safety. 7. Reviews incident reports as needed to identify possible preventable factors and present these to the treatment team. 8. Performs environmental/patient safety rounds and...