Behavioral Health Associate

HEALING THE BODY AND MIND 

Founded fifteen (15) years ago, NPH is the largest hospital system in the nation providing care to patients with both neurological and medical needs.  We are unique in that we serve a population which others have been previously been unable to, largely due the patient’s underlying medical issues.  Our facilities maintain an inter-disciplinary focus using a multi-specialty approach for both neuropsychiatric and complex medical care issues.  This proven approach provides unrivaled quality care for all of our patients.  We have multiple locations throughout the United States and are continuing to add locations to ensure better access to our unique model of care. 

NeuroPsychiatric Hospitals is looking for Behavioral Associates to serve our patients and hospital leadership team at our brand new hospital in Kalamazoo, MI. 

The Behavioral Associate will work with physicians, nurses and other healthcare professionals to provide direct behavioral care to patients suffering from a variety of psychiatric conditions.

Benefits of joining NPH

• Competitive pay rates
• Eight-hour shifts
• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• NPH 401(k) plan with up to 4% Company match
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) programs
• Generous PTO and Time Off Policy
• Special tuition offers through Capella University
• Work/life balance with great professional growth opportunities
• Employee Discounts through LifeMart

$3.00 shift differential for 3:00 pm to 11:00 pm shifts and $2.00 shift differential for 11:00 pm to 7:00 am shifts.

• Identify high risk patients, uses Crisis Intervention practices and support safety plan intervention techniques to maintain a safe environment.
• Performs environmental/patient safety rounds and implement a higher level of observation in emergencies. Reports observations, interactions and patient activity to assigned nursing staff timely.
• Understands patient characteristics, triggers, through trauma informed care and patient/environmental variables in order to assist in preventing patients from losing control.
• Participates in shift hand-off meetings, unit rounds, community meetings, team meetings and committee meeting as required.
• Participates in debriefing after codes, incidents, and use of restraints.
• Assists in the assessment of need for as well as the application and removal of restraints
• Leads or co-leads discussion groups on topics such as anger and safety.
• Reviews incident reports as needed to identify possible preventable factors and present these to the treatment team.
• Escorts patients during transfer, for testing or for admission on or off facility premises as required.
• Participates in quality assurance/performance improvement activities and departmental and/or facility-wide training as required.
• Provide ongoing training to unit-staff in implementation of de-escalation training and physical interventions.
• Assists the nursing staff in performing selected nursing procedures and functional tasks to specific patients
• Provides direct physical care, and/or one to one observation to selected patients under supervision
• Assists with lifting, positioning. moving and ambulating patients using body mechanics as instructed
• Transports patients by wheelchair, stretcher or bed
• Escorts ambulatory patients
• Escorts patients outside of the hospital as necessary
• Obtains and records blood pressure, temperature, pulse and respiration rate in accordance with hospital policy.
• Provides direct assistance to patients with Activities of Daily Living as needed.

EDUCATION: High School diploma or GED required. Associates degree or some college preferred. 

EXPERIENCE: Two (2) years of experience in  behavioral health setting in direct care preferred. This is a great role for experienced behavioral health techs and those that are looking to start a new, rewarding career in behavioral health!