Behavioral Health Technician

Behavioral Health Technician (BHT)

Copper Springs in Avondale, AZ

Job Type: Full-Time | Days

Schedule: 3x12 Hour Shifts

Your experience matters

Copper Springs is a behavioral health hospital part of Lifepoint Health, a diversified healthcare delivery network with facilities coast to coast. We are driven by a profound commitment to prioritize your well-being so you can provide exceptional care to others. As a Behavioral Health Tech joining our team, you're embracing a vital mission dedicated to making communities healthier.

More about our team

Copper Springs in Avondale, Arizona, is a 72-bed behavioral health hospital. It offers both inpatient and outpatient services for adults, adolescents, and their families. The facility provides a range of treatments for mental health and addiction issues.

How you'll contribute

A Behavioral Health Tech who excels in this role:

• Provides support to the therapeutic milieu under the direction of the RN by ensuring scheduled programs are delivered, supervising patients, maintaining safety, and treating patients and guests with dignity.
• Observe and maintain a safe environment through regular patient checks, safety monitoring, contraband searches, and one-on-one supervision as needed.
• Perform delegated tasks such as taking vital signs, collecting specimens, documenting care, assisting with group education, and monitoring patients.
• Promote a positive therapeutic milieu and accompany patients to meals, breaks, off-unit visits, and appointments.
• Report all medical or psychiatric changes to the RN and assist with admissions, including belongings inventory and vital signs.
• Document patient property at admission and discharge and conduct unit safety checks each shift to ensure a clean, therapeutic environment.
• Encourage or assist patients with activities of daily living and facilitate or co-facilitate psychoeducational and therapeutic groups using established guidelines.
• Apply crisis intervention and de-escalation techniques as needed to maintain knowledge of program protocols.
• Orient new staff members to the unit, document in the medical record according to policy, provide feedback to the interdisciplinary team, comply with OSHA and CDC specimen guidelines, and perform duties as assigned.

Why join us

We believe that investing in our employees is the first step to providing excellent patient care. In addition to your base compensation, this position also offers:

• Comprehensive Benefits: Multiple levels of medical, dental and vision coverage for full-time and part-time employees.
• Financial Protection & PTO: Life, accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity insurance, short- and long-term disability, paid family leave and paid time off.
• Financial & Career Growth: Higher education and certification tuition assistance, loan assistance and 401(k) retirement package and company match.
• Employee Well-being: Mental, physical, and financial wellness programs (free gym memberships, virtual care appointments, mental health services and discount programs).
• Professional Development: Ongoing learning and career advancement opportunities.

What we're looking for

• Education: Highschool Diploma or GED
• Must be at least 21 years of age.
• Open to flexible work hours and overtime.
• BHT certification preferred.
• Previous experience in a psychiatric health-care facility with chemical dependency, dual diagnosis, psychiatric or geriatric patients preferred.
• Certifications Required: CPR and de-escalation certifications within 30 days of hire

More about Copper Springs – Avondale

Copper Springs is a behavioral health hospital located in Avondale, Arizona, serving the greater Phoenix metro area. We provide inpatient and outpatient mental health and addiction treatment for adolescents and adults in a safe, supportive, and compassionate environment. Our programs include inpatient psychiatric care, detox services, Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP), and Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP), allowing us to support patients at every stage of their healing and recovery journey. We also offer 24/7 walk-in access, ensuring timely care for individuals in crisis.

Copper Springs is proud to offer Help for Heroes, a specialized program designed to meet the unique needs of active-duty military, veterans, first responders, and other frontline professionals who face high levels of stress and trauma in their careers. Our team is deeply committed to our mission of Changing People's Lives by providing evidence-based care, treating every patient with dignity and respect, and fostering a culture of teamwork, safety, and compassion among staff and patients alike.

EEOC Statement

"Copper Springs in Avondale is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Copper Springs is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity for all applicants and employees and complies with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination and harassment in employment."