What are the responsibilities and job description for the Behavioral Health Technician - PHP position at Rogers Behavioral Health?
The Behavioral Health Technician II (BHT) works in the Intensive Outpatient (IOP) and Partial Hospital (PHP) levels of care as a member of the treatment teams providing services to patients. Examples of services provided are activity and therapeutic groups; providing screening activities, education support for our child and adolescent population; conducting staff assisted exposure therapy, etc. The BHT II will act as the NCI trainer for their location.
Schedule : Monday-Friday, 7 : 00am-4 : 30pm
Program : Child Adolescent PHP Clinic (ages 10-18-year-olds)
Job Duties & Responsibilities :
- Supports the clinical team in delivering cognitive and other therapeutic services to program patients according to clinical standards of care and under the supervision of the clinical supervisor / director or designee.
- Works in conjunction with the with the treatment teams to implement Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) specific behavioral intervention, ie Exposure Therapy.
- Supports and leads patient (education) groups, under the direction or in collaboration with the clinical team.
- Conducts expressive group activities to enhance the patients overall experience at Rogers. ie arts and crafts, music, games, psychodrama, etc, in cooperation with the (experiential) therapist.
- Supports arrival dismissal, lunch, and other transitional patient activities as needed, i.e., supervise children and adolescents during their lunchtime.
- Performs admissions tasks to ease access to patient care, including front desk coverage.
- In coordination with the medical and clinical team collects / performs : medical testing, screening requirements, safety protocols, census management activities, etc.
- Participate in multidisciplinary treatment team meetings as requested.
- Works with individual patients and implements treatment plans when providing coverage for Behavior Specialist and non-licensed duties of Therapist staff as needed.
- Monitor dietary intake of the patients, as requested by the clinical team.
- Provide structured, therapeutic milieu management in which a positive pattern of social, education, and personal behavior and coping skills is taught, reinforced, and enhanced.
- Support / Influence behavior management plans / programs for all patients and follow through with implementing each program.
- Complete educational assessments upon admission, informing schools of admission and collaborating with them on progress toward a transition back to school
- Collects and documents patient progress in the treatment plan, as indicated, to contribute to the overall treatment plan of patients. This includes education goals and on going progress toward goals.
- Acts as an NCI trainer.
- Performs other duties as assigned within the education, license, experience and training.
Additional Job Description :
Education / Training Requirements :
Drivers License - Cert
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