Lead Behavioral Health Tech

Job Description:

Job Title: Lead Behavioral Health Technician
Location: St. Charles, MO
Department: Primary Care
Employment Type: Full Time

Job Summary:

As a Lead Behavioral Health Technician, you'll play a crucial role in assisting the Clinical Team with assigned treatment procedures while providing leadership and guidance to other Behavioral Health Technicians (BHTs). You will be responsible for supervising clients/patients, modeling appropriate behavior, ensuring a safe and therapeutic environment, and orienting both clients and team members to program expectations.

The Lead Behavioral Health Technician position offers...

Additional Pay - Shift differential if hired for overnight shift
Paid Time Off - 29 days per year including vacation & holiday pay (for full time employees)
All-Inclusive Employee Benefits Package - A robust employee benefits package encompassing health, dental, vision, retirement, disability, life insurance, wellness program, and more
Telemedicine - 24/7 phone, web, or mobile app medical, behavioral health, & dermatology visits with copays as low as $15 if enrolled in health benefits
Employee Assistance Program - 24/7 counseling services, legal assistance, & financial consultation for you and your household at no cost
Premier Training - Encompassing initial immersive onboarding, continuous skill enhancement, comprehensive curricula, and a supportive learning atmosphere.
Workplace Culture - An environment cultivating employee wellbeing, valuing each individual's humanity, and actively promoting healthy, joyful workforce engagement

Key Responsibilities:

• Active Participation: Participate as an integral member of the treatment team, assisting in identifying client strengths, needs, abilities, and preferences. Carrying out any additional requests from your supervisor.

• Program Compliance: Ensure adherence to all program expectations and rules, reporting behaviors to supervisors for effective therapeutic interventions

• Medication Policies: Adhere rigorously to all medication policies and collaborate with trained nursing staff to guarantee compliance, whether the medication is administered by the client/patient or PFH associate.

• Admission/Orientation Assistance: Assist in the admission/orientation process, including obtaining vital signs if applicable, safety searches of client/patient and belongings, and collecting any necessary urine/lab specimens for testing.

• Client Education and Support: Assist and educate clients/patients in performing daily activities as needed.

• Transportation Assistance: Provide transportation support for clients/patients as required.

Education and/or Experience Qualifications:

• High School education or equivalent

• Minimum of two (2) years of responsible employment history

Required License/Certification:

• Must have a driver's license

Additional Qualifications:

• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to establish rapport with clients/patients

• Job Training Provided**

• Ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary team

• Basic computer skills

• Experience in behavioral health or related field is preferred

Position Perks & Benefits:

• Paid time off: full-time employees receive an attractive time off package to balance your work and personal life

• Employee benefits package: full-time employees receive health, dental, vision, retirement, life, & more

• Top-notch training: initial, ongoing, comprehensive, and supportive

• Career mobility: advancement opportunities/promoting from within

• Welcoming, warm, supportive: a work culture & environment that promotes your well-being, values you as human being, and encourages your health and happiness

Brightli is on a Mission:
A mission to improve client care, reduce the financial burden of community mental health centers by sharing resources, a mission to have a larger voice in advocacy to increase access to mental health and substance user care in our communities, and a mission to evolve the behavioral health industry to better meet the needs of our clients.

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