Behavioral Health Assoc I - Acute

Join Summit BHC as a Behavioral Health Associate I – Acute Care in Harlingen, Texas, 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.

• Assists clients with activities of daily living, such as toileting, bathing, dressing, grooming, oral hygiene, meals, snacks, hydration and changing bed linens.

• Conducts safety checks, ensuring that supervision is conducted at intervals in accordance with individualized supervision guidelines.

Requirements

• High school graduate or equivalent required.

• 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).

Benefits & Compensation

• 401(k) with employer match.

Work Schedule

• Full-Time position.

• No explicit call, weekend, or night shift information provided.

Apply to join Summit BHC as a Behavioral Health Associate I – Acute Care.