Lead Behavioral Health Technician, FBC - Charlotte, United States - Monarch

Description

Make a Difference in Someone's Life

At Monarch, we work together to provide life-changing care in communities across North Carolina and Rhode Island. As a team, we provide hope, promote wellness, and empower individuals and families impacted by mental illness, substance use disorders, intellectual and developmental disabilities, and traumatic brain injury.

You Belong at Monarch

You deserve a positive and encouraging work environment - a place where you can do your best work and grow as a professional. That is just what you'll find at Monarch. Here, we care for people, including our team members. We offer a comprehensive, competitive benefits package that supports full-time and part-time team members and their families. More than just a job, this opportunity with Monarch will give you room to spread your wings and grow because we believe in promoting from within and developing future leaders.

Job Highlights:

This Opportunity:
The primary responsibility of the Lead Behavioral Health Technician, FBC is to function as a leader among the Behavioral Technicians, ensuring processes are efficient and effective, ensuring excellent communication flows freely, and demonstrating superior care at all times by providing direct care to individuals and families who receive services through a FBC Program

What You'll Do:

• Communicates with shift leadership and local leadership where process or staffing issues, participate in problem-solving and proposing possible solutions to issues and ensures all processes are supportive of superior quality care.
• Manage staff (e.g., hiring, development, performance, terminating, etc.), to ensure utilization of positions assigned to best meet the needs of the individuals served including assisting in staff scheduling to ensure all shifts are properly covered and in ratio with DHSR compliance and acuity needs.
• Serve as a coach for new and existing Behavioral Health Technicians through Rounding sessions, training new behavioral technicians in process and patient care expectations
• Provide care to individuals receiving services in a manner that ensures safety, client rights, confidentiality, dignity, and therapeutic environment.
• Conduct functions that contribute to the effectiveness and safety of the unit including crisis intervention, taking vital signs, observation of individuals receiving services. This also includes ensuring the environment is conducive to recovery.
• Work with clients and families along with other team members to ensure crisis stabilization unit provides individuals receiving services with a safe and supportive environment consistent with recovery concepts and person-centered and treatment planning.
• Coordinate and/or implement skill level activities involving the care, treatment, and training of individuals receiving crisis services.
• Attend and actively participate in meetings and training as required. Maintain current licensure and certification in all agency, state and federal training requirements.
• Demonstrate knowledge of and comply with all agency policies and procedures, as well as state and federal statutes and regulations related to specific program areas.
• Demonstrate knowledge of emergency procedures and assist in crisis situations.
• Participate in on call as needed.
• Complete all other relevant responsibilities as assigned by the supervisor. Driving and travel may be required.

Education We're Looking For:
High School Diploma (Required)

Certifications We're Looking For:
North Carolina Driver License (Valid) - NC Division of Motor Vehicles

Experience We're Looking For:
Experience working in Behavioral Health, Pediatric Mental Health Experience, Supervisory Experience

Schedule:
Tuesday, Friday, & Saturday (7:00pm-7:00am)

Target Weekly Hours:
40

Monarch is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Monarch offers opportunities as diverse as the people we support and the communities we serve. Monarch is an equal opportunity employer and we are firmly committed to supporting and celebrating all forms of diversity.

Monarch does not accept paper applications. Any person with a disability who needs any reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act to apply for a position or otherwise to participate in Monarch job search or selection process, should contact or call

This job description in no way implies that these are the only duties and responsibilities to be performed. You will be required to follow any other instructions and to perform any other duties and responsibilities upon the request of a supervisor. This job description is subject to revision at the discretion of Monarch.