Summit BHC · 3 months ago
Mental Health Tech-Psych
Peak View Behavioral Health
Full-time, Part-time
Onsite
New Grad, Entry Level
$16/hr - $18/hr
0+ years expSummit BHC is seeking Mental Health Techs to join their team at Peak View Behavioral Health in Des Moines, Iowa. The role involves ensuring the wellbeing of patients, assisting with daily living activities, conducting safety checks, and facilitating patient educational groups.
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Responsibilities
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 patients 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
Checks patients for contraband and manages the patient’s valuables and belongings
Interacts routinely with patients, observes behaviors and communicates significant observations to nursing staff
Engages with patient in activities and interactions designed to encourage achievement of treatment goals
Facilitates patient educational-rehabilitative groups which cover a variety of topics including social skills, coping skills, anger management and independent living skills
Takes and records vital signs properly and communicates significant changes in patient’s condition to the charge nurse
Charts in patient records timely, accurately, and appropriately
Applies de-escalation techniques to help manage patient’s emotions, behavior and participation in treatment and assists with seclusion and restraints when necessary
Assists with unit cleaning, organization of new admits charts, discharge process, filing, etc. Initiates patient/employee incident reports
Provides transfer or transportation for patient or coordinate transportation with appropriate staff member, as required
Provides verbal report/briefing to the oncoming shift
Qualification
Required
High school graduate or equivalent
Six months or more experience working with the specific population of the facility preferred
Benefits
Benefits-medical, dental and vision
Tuition assistance $3k per year
Complimentary Continued Education
Company
Summit BHC
Summit Behavioral Healthcare is an Atlanta-based provider of addiction treatment and behavioral health services. It is a sub-organization of Valley Recovery Center at Fresno.
1001-5000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$11.73M2021-09-09Acquired
2017-10-11Private Equity
2015-03-25Series Unknown· $2M
Leadership Team
David Vandewater
President and CEO
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Brian Walton
Chief Operating Officer
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