Patient CARE TECH, Behavioral Health Unit, Part Time

Responsibilities

Northwest Specialty Hospital, an extension of Northern Nevada Medical Center, brings expanded services to a new building at 6225 Sharlands Ave in Northwest Reno. The facility offers adult behavioral health services. The detox unit is a new program that will provide detox services to all adults 18 years and older.

The department is managed through a multidisciplinary team of physicians, nurses, CNAs, social workers, and therapists. Patients will receive an individualized care plan that includes individual and family therapy, activities, medication management, and a 24‑hour secure, compassionate environment.

• Compassion:
  We treat everyone with kindness and warmth because we genuinely care about every patient, employee and physician like they are family.
• Empathy:
  We put ourselves in our patient’s shoes and deliver clinical care with a personalized touch.
• Teamwork:
  We foster a caring and friendly work environment to bring the best possible outcomes in our patient’s lives.
• Quality:
  We strive to provide excellence in clinical care.
• Ethics:
  We conduct our business with the highest ethical and moral standards.
• Respect:
  We promise to honor the dignity, individuality and rights of everyone.
• Service Excellence:
  We provide personalized and professional service that exceeds the expectations of those we serve.
• Innovation:
  We continually invest in technology and process improvements to develop new and better ways of delivering clinical care.

• Complete bedside shift report at the beginning and end of each shift and ensure patients receive contact information for the care team.
• Meet with the supervising RN at the start of each shift to receive task delegation.
• Involve the patient and family in psychosocial, spiritual, emotional, population‑specific, and diversity needs in care.
• Follow facility policies and procedures to promote patient safety (e.g., safe environment, equipment safety practices, radiation safety, fire prevention).
• Adhere to fall precautions by performing or assisting patients with toileting/ADL care and never leave the patient alone; if assistance is needed, call or help while remaining with the patient.

• Graduate of an accredited CNA program.
• Current Nevada CNA license.
• Current BLS certificate.

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