Behavioral Health Specialist Emergency Department

Primary City/State: Glendale, Arizona

Department Name: Emergency Ctr-Hosp

Work Shift: Day

Job Category: Clinical Care

Those who have joined the Banner mission come from all walks of life, united by the common goal:
Make health care easier, so life can be better. If changing health care for the better sounds like something you want to be part of, we want to hear from you.

Bring your passion for Behavioral Health to Banner Thunderbird Medical Center- BTMC (in Glendale, Arizona)! Our Behavioral Health Unit is made up of 56 beds and cares for a wide range of different mental health diagnoses as well as those behavioral health patients who haveco-morbidities that require an extra level of acute medical care.

As a Banner Thunderbird Medical Center-BTMC Emergency Department
Behavioral Health Specialist, you will be a part of our highly talented team committed to fostering growth and enhancing patient experience. As a state-of-the art facility, Banner Thunderbird Medical Center is laser-focused on delivering excellent patient care. The team at Banner Thunderbird Medical Center’s Emergency Department is awaiting your arrival! Don’t hesitate, join our fun and team-centered family today!

The Full-Time Day-Shift hours are 6:00am-6:30pm and will require 3 (12 hour) shifts per week, with rotating weekends and holidays.

You will have the opportunity to utilize our self-scheduling tool and enjoy a flat rate of $1/hour weekend shift differential.

Your pay and benefits are important components of your journey at Banner Health. Banner Health offers a variety of benefits to help you and your family. We provide health and financial security options so you can focus on being the best at what you do and enjoying your life.

Banner Health’s premier West Valley Level I Trauma for adults and Tertiary Care destination for all ages. Banner Thunderbird Medical Center (BTMC) and Banner Children’s Hospital at Thunderbird provide a preferred destination for surgical, oncological, cardiovascular, neuroscience, orthopedic, pediatric, and women and infant services achieved through best-in-class 5-star CMS rating to provide patients with high quality, safe care for the best possible experience.

Our campus is one of the largest campuses in the Banner network with over 3000 employees. BTMC was voted Best of the Best in 2023 by Banner Health out of 30 hospitals. This is the most prestigious award one of our largest hospitals can receive for consistently meeting our annual targets. If you would like to contribute to truly leading edge caring, we invite you to bring your experience and skills to Banner Thunderbird.

This position provides direct care to psychiatric patients working under the direction of a registered nurse.

1. Provides basic nursing care to patients including technical monitoring, taking vital signs and physical care. Orients patients to treatment setting and assists with activities of daily living as needed. Reviews and participates in implementation of the patient treatment plan. Makes rounds and monitors patients activities, physical and mental status and reports to nursing staff. Checks patient belongings for contraband. Conducts a variety of patient safety monitoring activities such as observational checks.

Documents observations, interventions, and group activities in the patient medical record while maintaining confidentiality of all health information.

2. Assists in maintaining a safe, orderly & therapeutic environment. Maintains patient safety and protects patient rights through observation and reporting patient behaviors, communications, interactions and physical status. Recognizes patients who are behaving aggressively, acting as a danger to themselves or others, or are in a crisis or medical emergency situation. Provides intervention including, but not limited to, redirecting of patient and/or participating in restraint or seclusion as needed.

3. Assesses and interacts therapeutically with patients and families. Provides treatment that promotes patient dignity, independence, individuality, strengths, privacy, and choice. Demonstrates respect for cultural diversity and patient…