Behavioral Health Patient Care Assistant

Primary City/State: Glendale, Arizona

Department Name: Behavior Hlth Sandia Unit-Hosp

Work Shift: Day

Job Category: Clinical Care

Sign-On Bonus of $3000 Available for New Banner Health Certified/Licensed CNA/LNA's *

Find your path in health care. We want to change the lives of those in our care - and the people who choose to take on this challenge. If you’re ready to change lives, we want to hear from you.

Bring your passion for Behavioral Health to Banner Thunderbird Medical Center! This role will care for a wide range of different mental health diagnoses that require an extra level of acute medical care. Those who enjoy working with children and adults will succeed in this role.

As a Banner Thunderbird Behavioral Health Patient Care Assistant you will assist Nursing staff and focus on safety checks, assisting in ADL's, Milieu management, falls prevention measures, and 1 on 1 observations. Previous PCA or CPCA (Patient Care Assistant) nursing assistant or Behavioral Health experience is preferred. You may float between peds/ adolescent and adult behavioral health.
You can be a CNA/LNA or Uncertified but ideally have at least 1 year of Behavioral Health experience
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• Full
  -Time Day Shift (3
  -12 hour shifts per week)
• Day Shift from 6:00am-6:30pm
• Self Scheduling Tool - There are no set schedules.
• Weekend Rotations are required in this role.
• Rotating Holidays Required - 1 major and 1 minor
• Enjoy a flat rate $1/hour weekend shift differential

Your pay and benefits (Total Rewards) are important components of your Journey at Banner Health. Banner Health offers a variety of benefit plans 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 incumbent provides routine patient care to promote patient comfort and contributes to the overall patient plan of care. This position is responsible for on-going patient data collection and documentation in the medical records. The position also performs a variety of support functions which contribute to the overall efficient operation of the nursing unit/department.

• Assists with daily living activities and completes necessary tasks to promote patient health, including assisting patients with basic hygiene needs, maintaining an optimum level of mobility and providing assistance with nutritional intake as needed.
• Collects patient specimens and data, including vital signs, input/output and other delegated measurements in accordance with policy and standard of care. Documents objective data and routine aspects of patient care. Assists in the transportation of patient specimens.
• Recognizes and reports abnormalities and/or changes in the patient’s health status and responses to treatment to a licensed professional. Promotes continuity of care by accurately and completely…