Behavioral Health Tech (BHT)

Major Responsibilities:

• Assists, monitors and/or maintains patient activities of daily living (ADL's).
• Orients patient and family/significant others to the unit and hospital.
• Escorts patients to various locations i.e., tests, meals, activities, supervising and managing their behaviors as required.
• Performs vital signs on patients.
• Receives direction from the RN and communicates significant or unusual occurrences in patient behavior.Documents pertinent observations/occurrences in the patient's medical records according to policy.
• Defuses and reports crisis situations, intervening when appropriate and uses proper procedures.
• Maintains a safe and therapeutic environment by assisting with groups, setting limits on patients; following established safety and risk management policies and procedures.
• Performs patient rounding at designated intervals and documents...