Behavioral Health Technician (BHT) - Adolescent Inpatient Psychiatry
Company: Denver Health
Location: Fort Collins
Posted on: April 28, 2024
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Job Description:
We are recruiting for a motivated Behavioral Health Technician
(BHT) - Adolescent Inpatient Psychiatry to join our team!
We are here for life's journey.
Where is your life journey taking you?
Being the heartbeat of Denver means our heart reflects something
bigger than ourselves, something that connects us all:
Humanity in action, Triumph in hardship, Transformation in
health.
Department
4 Pav M Adolescent Psych
The following positions within Inpatient Adolescent Psychiatry,
Inpatient Adult Psychiatry, Psychiatric Emergency Services, CARES,
and Outpatient Behavioral Health Services are offering the
opportunity to enroll in a new program offering a cash incentive to
recognize your work treating patients with substance use disorders.
This program is sponsored through the ACCESS (Advancing Careers,
Competencies, and Equity in Substance Treatment Services) grant.
Employees must be > 0.6 FTE to be eligible. 50% of the bonus
will be received 90 days after signing the program contract.
--- Registered Nurses (RNs) may earn up to $7,500 by December
2024
--- Behavioral Health Technicians (BHTs) may earn up to $3,500 by
December 2024
--- Care Navigators may earn up to $3,500 by December 2024
Adolescent Inpatient Psychiatry provides care for adolescents ages
12-21 admitted to the hospital for evaluation, assessment, and
treatment of psychiatric issues. Adolescents are admitted out of
concern for safety and to prevent any worsening of their condition.
The program is designed to encourage progress in a therapeutic,
educational, nurturing, and structured environment. The adolescent
unit uses a multidisciplinary approach to include registered nurses
and behavioral health technicians to monitor the patient's entire
stay, 24/7. The treatment team of clinicians includes
psychiatrists, clinical social workers, psychologists, and
occupational therapy. The adolescent unit features an in-facility
school through the Colorado Department of Education. The adolescent
unit comprises of 21 beds. Staffing ratios include a
nurse-to-patient ratio of 1:5 and behavioral health technician
ratio of 1:8. These ratios create safe, dignified, individualized
patient care.
Job Summary
Under close supervision, responsible for providing a safe,
supportive and therapeutic environment for psychiatric patients.
Provides direct patient care and may conduct therapeutic group
sessions under the direction and supervision of the RN. Provides
input to the RN to help develop the plan of care and assists in
carrying out the plan of care for assigned patients. Assists with
the admission of new patients and orients new patients and families
to the unit.
Essential Functions:
Work Type
Regular
Salary
$21.82 - $29.53 / hr
Benefits
Our Values
All job applicants for safety-sensitive positions must pass a
pre-employment drug test, once a conditional offer of employment
has been made.
Denver Health is an integrated, high-quality academic health care
system considered a model for the nation that includes a Level I
Trauma Center, a 555-bed acute care medical center, Denver's 911
emergency medical response system, 10 family health centers, 19
school-based health centers, Rocky Mountain Poison & Drug Safety, a
Public Health Institute, an HMO and The Denver Health
Foundation.
As Colorado's primary, and essential, safety-net institution,
Denver Health is a mission-driven organization that has provided
billions in uncompensated care for the uninsured. Denver Health is
viewed as an Anchor Institution for the community, focusing on
hiring and purchasing locally as applicable, serving as a pillar
for community needs, and caring for more than 185,000 individuals
and 67,000 children a year.
Located near downtown Denver, Denver Health is just minutes away
from many of the cultural and recreational activities Denver has to
offer.
We strongly support diversity in the workforce and Denver Health is
an equal opportunity employer (EOE).
Denver Health values the unique ideas, talents and contributions
reflective of the needs of our community. For more about our
commitment to diversity visit:
https://www.denverhealth.org/for-professionals/careers/diversity-and-inclusion
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