Job Description:

This position is for a full-time pediatric behavioral health specialist (BHS) at the Salt Lake campus of Primary Children’s Hospital. The BHS will work closely with the psychiatry/consult liaison and crisis teams to provide one on one support to pediatric patients on medical units of the hospital. This support mirrors the BHS support provided on a behavioral health unit but in an individualized setting. The BHS will teach coping and regulation skills, provide de-escalation, collaborate with and coach medical staff on behavior management techniques, and implement clinician-driven treatment plans to support patient safety and healing.

Shift Details:

Hours - 11:00 - 23:30

Rotating days: Sunday, Monday and Tuesday - then Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.

Essential Functions

• Participate in behavioral responses and behavioral action planning along with the treatment team.
• Provide support for complex patient demographics on medical units in line with recommendations from psychiatry teams.
  Provide bedside support and training of de-escalation techniques and safe positioning with medical staff.
• Participates in the overall environment of care, including safety interventions, patient care needs, assisting with ADL’s and self-directed resources.
• Takes initiative to improve the work environment and guide others toward resolving problems/treatment questions. May assist in mentoring and/or orientation of new caregivers and students.
• Aligns with the Intermountain Operating Model and continuous improvement practices including idea escalation, unit project coordination, and change management.
• Maintains high standards of professionalism and sets the example for patients and other caregivers by modeling appropriate and positive behaviors and coaching peers and patients in real time.
• Completes timely and accurate documentation of groups, patient care interventions, and observations.
• May provide more direct observation of acutely unsafe patients in collaboration with the treatment team.

Skills

• Patient Safety
• Communication
• Leadership Behaviors
• Problem Solving
• Coaching
• Skill Development
• Empathy and Emotional Intelligence

Minimum Qualifications

• Basic Life Support (BLS) for healthcare providers
• Demonstrated relevant work experience in a behavioral health or similar setting and ability to demonstrate all BHS job essentials.

Preferred Qualifications

•  Bachelor’s degree in social work, psychology, sociology, or family studies.
• 6 months relevant work experience in a behavioral health or similar setting and ability to demonstrate all BHS job essentials.

Physical Requirements

• Ongoing need for employees to see and read information, labels, assess patient needs, operate monitors, identify equipment and supplies.
• Frequent interactions with patient care providers, patients, and visitors that require employees to verbally communicate as well as hear and understand spoken information, alarms, needs, and issues quickly and accurately, particularly during emergency situations.
• Manual dexterity of hands and fingers to manipulate complex and delicate equipment with precision and accuracy. This includes frequent computer use and typing for documenting patient care, accessing needed information, medication preparation, etc.
• Expected to lift and utilize full range of movement to transfer patients. Will also bend to retrieve, lift, and carry supplies and equipment. Typically includes items of varying weights, up to and including heavy items. Expected to participate in the physical management of high-risk patient behaviors.
• May be expected to stand in a stationary position for an extended period of time.

Location:

Intermountain Health Primary Childrens Hospital

Work City:

Salt Lake City

Work State:

Utah

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

36

The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience. 

$19.31 - $26.22

We care about your well-being – mind, body, and spirit – which is why we provide our caregivers a generous benefits package that covers a wide range of programs to foster a sustainable culture of wellness that encompasses living healthy, happy, secure, connected, and engaged.

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