What are the responsibilities and job description for the Substance Use Disorder Technician position at CKF Addiction Treatment?
Substance Use Disorder Technician
Department:
Residential
Location:
Salina
Reports To:
Residential Program Director
Created Date:
Dec. 2013
FLSA Status:
Non-exempt
Revised Date:
Jan. 2024
Schedule:
4pm-12am
Category:
In person
Position Summary
Assists patients, working under direction of the medical and clinical staff in chemical dependency detox and residential treatment setting by performing the following duties.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Regular and predictable attendance.
- Adheres to all policies and procedures relating to clinical licensure standards.
- Completes telephone assessments, screens and schedules admissions.
- Greets new patients upon admission and completes all tasks associated with the admission process.
- Assists patients in becoming accustomed to residential routine and encourages them to participate in activities to promote recovery.
- Interacts with patients during social and recreational activities and facilitates educational programs.
- Observes patients to prevent wandering from unit areas or grounds.
- Observes patients to detect unusual behavior, and confronts this behavior in an appropriate manner to prevent escalation of problems from occurring.
- Transports patients off grounds to medical appointments, meetings, and recreational events, and complete the vehicle log book.
- Assists patients with unit chores and helps to maintain the cleanliness of the unit and Tech's station.
- Prepares and serves meals when required, maintains cleanliness of food service kitchen.
- Maintains patient records in a site visit ready manner at all times, and completes other required paperwork such as shift change reports, documenting all patient behavior.
- Completes urinalysis and breathalyzer testing as required.
- Takes and records vital statistics, such as pulse, temperature, and respirations.
- Observes and documents compliance of patients during medication self-administration.
- Completes patient admissions and discharges.
- Other duties as assigned.
Supervisory Responsibilities
This job has no supervisory responsibilities.
Qualifications
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.
Certificates, Licenses and Registrations
- Current valid Kansas Driver’s License.
- CKF will provide First Aid, CPR and AED training within the first 30 days from hire date.
Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to stand; sit and taste or smell. The employee is occasionally required to walk; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 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 work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is occasionally exposed to outside weather conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
