Registered Behavior Technician

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Day (United States of America)

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A Brief Overview
Under the direction of a Board Certified Behavior Analyst, and in collaboration with the multi-disciplinary treatment team, the Registered Behavior Technician (RBT) will provide comprehensive & holistic support to patients admitted to the psychiatric inpatient units. RBTs will support milieu therapies through participation in program development and review, group or milieu based interventions, and training on and implementation of individualized behavior plans. RBTs will support completion of functional behavior assessments through data collection and review. The RBT also ensures the safety of patients at risk of harm to self or others with direct observation, therapeutic interaction, and maintaining a safe environment of care. The RBT effectively partners with patients by orienting them to the unit or space, answering questions, gathering clinical information and collateral contacts, providing therapeutic support and psychoeducation. The RBT actively engages with the patients in a therapeutic manner by providing structure/ schedule, providing direct observation, encouraging participation in group, individual, and milieu activities. The RBT develops strong partnerships with all members of the care team with the shared goal to provide excellent, safe, & supportive care to all patients.

What you will do

• Provide coaching and instruction for individualized behavior plans and group-based milieu interventions, including PBIS orientation, to members of the multidisciplinary treatment team members to foster continued learning and increased clinical skill.
• Support completion of functional behavior assessments (FBA) and other related assessment as directed by the BCBA for identified patients. FBA responsibilities include, but are not limited to, completing direct observation of identified target behaviors and reviewing historical behavioral data as requested.
• Manage implementation of individualized behavior plans, as developed by the BCBA, through training of patient and treatment team members. Collected behavioral data as directed by the BCBA to support data based decision making regarding continuation of, changes to, and/or discontinuation of individualized plans.
• Manage an assigned case load for the shift.
• Ability to conduct comprehensive evaluations in collaboration with the clinical team as well as through documentation to reflect evaluation/intervention/safety planning.
• Responds appropriately and professionally to patient and family escalations by using the least restrictive method of de-escalation starting with verbal strategies and to physically intervenes using non-violent crisis intervention techniques to assure patient, family and staff safety only when verbal efforts have been ineffective and/or the safety of the patient or others is at risk.
• Provides and maintains a safe environment of care.
• Visually monitors patient for at-risk behaviors and implements the interdisciplinary plan of care.
• Obtains information from the clinical record to support patient care.
• Documents observations in patient record and communicates relevant information to team members.
• Promotes healthy coping via verbal support, implementing structure/schedule, execution of behavior plan developed by therapeutic team, management of the environment, modeling resiliency, providing emotional support and connecting to individual patient.
• Redirects patients using appropriate verbal cues according to the plan of care.
• Evaluates patient responses to interventions and communicates findings to appropriate team members.
• Manages a therapeutic milieu or care environment.
• Participates in development of behavior manageme