Behavioral Health Associate - OP
Job Description
About the Role
Join Summit BHC as a Behavioral Health Associate – Outpatient in United States.
Key Responsibilities
- ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: · Ensures the wellbeing of patients and provides a safe, positive, supportive, and structured environment, under direction of charge nurse or supervisor.
- Maintains a constant awareness and supervision of patients.
- · Provides transfer or transportation for client or coordinates transportation with appropriate staff member as required.
- · Conducts safety checks, ensuring that supervision is conducted at intervals in accordance with individualized supervision guidelines.
Requirements
- · High school graduate or equivalent.
- · Six months or more experience working with the specific population of the facility preferred.
- · Knowledge of common psychiatric disorders and/or dual diagnosis and various treatment modalities of the population served preferred.
- LICENSES/DESIGNATIONS/CERTIFICATIONS: · CPR and de-escalation and restraint certification required (training available upon hire and offered by facility).
Work Schedule
- Full-Time position.
- No explicit call, weekend, or night shift information provided.
Apply to join Summit BHC as a Behavioral Health Associate – Outpatient.
Key Skills
Position Insights
WeekdayDoc rates Behavioral Health Associate - OP at Summit BHC a 4.0/10 for work-life balance — below average.
This position offers no on-call requirements, no weekend shifts.
Key skills for this role include Patient Monitoring, Crisis Response, De-escalation Techniques, Vital Signs, Patient Interaction.
Benefits include Comprehensive Benefit Plan, Competitive Salary.
Benefits & Perks
Work-Life Balance Score
Protective Factors (2)
No on-call (β=6.95; p<0.001 for ↓ exhaustion)
No weekends (57% ↓ work-life conflict)
Interpretation: Position shows moderate burnout protection with 2 validated protective factors.
Job Details
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted
yesterday
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