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About the Role

Provide care for patients according to physician or health practitioner instructions. Maintain a positive, empathetic, and professional attitude, acknowledging and resolving patient complaints while prioritizing patient safety.

Responsibilities

• Ensure patient well-being by providing a positive, supportive, and structured environment.
• Conduct safety checks and ensure supervision at 15-minute intervals or as per individualized guidelines.
• Document timely, accurate, and appropriate clinical information in patient medical records.
• Assist in maintaining a safe, secure, and comfortable environment for patients, significant others, and staff.
• Monitor patient safety through timely completion of required rounds, ensuring patient rooms are clean and uncluttered.
• May obtain patient vital signs, height, and weight as assigned and document accurately.
• Promptly identify self to patients and visitors and respond quickly to patient requests.
• Engage patients in activities and interactions designed to encourage achievement of treatment goals.
• Respond to distressed patients in a non-threatening manner and attempt to understand the source of distress.
• Apply de-escalation techniques to manage patient emotions, behavior, and participation in treatment.
• Assist with seclusion and restraint when necessary.
• Provide safety and increase coping skills of patients as part of the multidisciplinary team.
• Assist in developing strategies to help patients achieve maximum independence.
• Monitor behavioral improvements and reinforce these behaviors.
• Report changes and responses to treatment by communicating with the team; report significant changes to the nurse immediately.
• Reinforce skills patients learn from nurses, physicians, and therapists that promote improved physical and mental wellness.
• Oversee or assist patients with activities of daily living, including toileting, bathing, dressing, grooming, oral hygiene, meals, snacks, hydration, and changing bed linens.
• Assist with admissions and discharges.
• Lead or co-lead individual or group sessions as part of specific recreational or therapeutic procedures.
• Participate in rehabilitation and treatment programs.
• Teach strategies to promote patient wellness and independence.
• Provide transportation for patients or coordinate transportation with appropriate staff.
• Exhibit quality of work through accuracy, neatness, and timeliness.
• Adhere to work schedule and maintain overall attendance.
• Perform other functions and tasks as assigned.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Six months experience as a BHA1 preferred.
• Six months or more experience working with the specific population of the facility preferred.

Skills

• CPR certification
• De-escalation certification
• Restraint certification
• First aid certification may be required

Experience Level

• Six months experience as a BHA1 preferred
• Six months or more experience working with the specific population of the facility preferred

Education Level

• High school diploma or equivalent required

Equal Opportunity

• We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants for employment regardless of an individual’s characteristics protected by applicable state, federal and local laws.