Behavioral Health Technician Overnight Job at Pyramid Healthcare Inc in Ashevill

October Road of Asheville is seeking Behavioral Health Techs to join their amazing team working with adult males in our facility and sober livings.

Pay: $17 per hour plus a shift differential of $1.50 per hour to total of $18.50

Schedule: Overnights 11pm to 7am Monday - Friday and Sunday Nights

Summary
An essential role in the delivery of residential and outpatient treatment services. Direct care position with a primary responsibility of interacting with and supervising clients in treatment and providing transportation services for Pyramid Healthcare clients. Assists in the clinical and administrative teams to identify and serve client needs.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
• Complete the intake process with new clients into program
• Maintains client documentation
• Observe and document client self-administration of medication as applicable
• Coordination of client activities
• Follows objectives of treatment plans and client-specific needs
• Provide client transportation
• Evaluates behavioral and emotional needs of clients and provides response including crisis intervention
• Maintains safe, clean, and orderly physical environment
• Assists with the dietary needs of clients
• Transport clients to and from specified locations within expected time frames
• Supervise and support clients while transporting
• Maintain all necessary documentation associated with services provided
• Completes all required trainings.
• Other duties as assigned
Supervisory Responsibilities
None
Required Qualifications
Licensure, Education, & Experience (All States)
• High diploma or equivalent
• Prefer behavioral health experience or general healthcare experience
• Valid driver’s license in state of hire with safe driving record
• Current CPR, AED and First Aid required
Job Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• Strong oral and written communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to problem solve by gathering and analyzing information
• Ability to handle a crisis and or potential risk situation and react appropriately
• A working knowledge of federal and state standards as well as regulating body and compliance standards.
• Upholding staff code of ethics and therapeutic boundaries
Physical Demands
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to talk or hear. The employee is regularly required to stand, walk, climb stairs, use hands to finger, handle, or feel, and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to sit, stoop, twist, kneel, or crouch. The employee must occasionally lift up to 50 pounds and carry up to 25 pounds. The employee must seldom carry up to 50 pounds. Specific vision
abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
Work Environment
The noise level in the work environment is usually moderately quiet & indoors. This position will require local travel. This position will be scheduled based on operational need & will be required to provide own transportation. Incumbent may be exposed to virus, disease, and/or infection from clients in the work environment. Incumbent may be exposed to traumatic situations (i.e. psychiatric).
Pyramid CORE Values:
We are committed and proud to live our CORE values and use them to inspire those around us. Our employees are expected to align with these values, behaviors and standards. We are held accountable for upholding these CORE Values: INTEGRITY is striving to be honest, transparent and ethical when dealing with clients, staff and the community. DEDICATION is demonstrating an unwavering commitment to always provide exceptional care and support to those we serve is needed daily. COLLABORATION is a steadfast, team-focused approach; working together to achieve excellence. PASSION is genuine, compelling and relentless desire to improve lives and support Pyramid Healthcare’s mission.