Behavioral Health Technician/CNA - Per Diem -Req#

Description

About Astria


The Astria Health system, headquartered in the heart of the state of Washington's wine country in the beautiful Yakima Valley, is the largest non-profit healthcare system based in Eastern Washington. Astria Health is the parent non-profit organization of Astria Sunnyside Hospital and Astria Toppenish Hospital and delivers care throughout the Valley through its Astria Health Hospitals and its Astria Ambulatory Care model focused on delivering the highest level of ambulatory and outpatient care in convenient locations in both the Lower and Upper Yakima Valley. Astria Ambulatory Care is designed to meet the changing lifestyles and diverse needs of those living and working throughout the region.

Across our healthcare network, you will find a dynamic range of meaningful careers and opportunities for growth and safe workplaces. Whether we use our expertise in accounting, human resources, finance, planning, marketing, or our clinical services in any of our operational divisions, our shared passion for providing exceptional healthcare to our communities motivates us to achieve excellence each day. If you share our passion, we want to hear from you.


Our operating principles define how we come together as a team to do our work. They reflect Astria Health's unique view on what's important and right - being a leader in providing innovative, exceptional rural healthcare solutions with kindness and dignity. Documenting this core aspect of our culture helps employees make good decisions independently, cultivate trust through accountability, and go beyond the expected. We believe in continuously escalating the bar for talent and performance because we are obsessed with a commitment to excellence and patient care. It also helps candidates consider career opportunities and evaluate whether they will thrive at Astria Health.

Astria Health is seeking a Behavioral Health Technician to join our team! This position is located at our Toppenish Hospital in the Behavioral Health Unit.

Shift: Variable Shifts

What you get to do every day!

As the Behavioral Health Technician, you will be responsible for assisting with the examination and treatment of patients under the direction of a registered nurse or provider, and general clinical duties. You will:

• Perform and provide patient care duties and assist patients with general hygiene as delegated by Program Director or designee
• Assist with activities of daily living, monitoring vital signs, and responding promptly to patient needs and requests
• Prepare and disassemble patient rooms for admission and discharge
• Provide support for the patient's therapeutic treatment plan
• Utilize effective verbal and nonverbal communication skills, with the ability to interact professionally and respectfully with patients, families, visitors, and colleagues, fostering a supportive and therapeutic atmosphere
• Frequently observe and record patient information pertinent to treatment plan and report information to clinic team
• Complete progress notes for assigned patients per program and hospital policy
• Must be capable of engaging in crisis management using policy-approved verbal de-escalation, physical and mechanical restraint techniques, as trained, when managing potentially dysregulated or combative patients, while ensuring the safety of self, patients, and staff without physical restrictions.
• Other duties as assigned
• Collaborate effectively across organizational boundaries
• Adheres to the core values and standards of the organization

Requirements

• High School Education or GED
• WA State Agency Affiliated Counselor Registration Eligible
• Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) preferred, or willing to obtain Nursing Assistant Registration (NAR) upon hire
• WA State Food Handler Card within 30 days of hire
• Must maintain BLS
• Oral and written fluency in the English language
• Minimum of one year experience in Behavioral Health or related field

Preferred Qualifications.

• Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) or willing to obtain Nursing Assistant Registered (NAR) immediately upon hire as well as successful completion of NAR Training in which the employee is able to demonstrate all required competencies

This position is identified as a safety-sensitive position for which impairment while on the job would present a substantial risk of death. As a condition of employment, you will need to authorize and complete a background check. Information received from the background check is reviewed case-by-case and will not necessarily remove an applicant from consideration.