Behavioral Health Clinician II - Per Diem

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Aug 5, 2026

$15 - $507/hour

SHIFT:

Any (United States of America)

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A Brief Overview
In collaboration with and under the direction of the multidisciplinary Behavioral Health team, the Behavioral Health Clinician II will provide comprehensive & holistic support to patients with Behavioral Health Needs as indicated across the care continuum in the CHOP Enterprise. Ensures the safety of patients at risk of harm to self or others with direct observation, therapeutic interaction, and maintaining a safe environment of care.

Effectively partners with patients and families by orienting them to the unit or space, answering questions, gathering clinical information and collateral contacts, providing therapeutic support and psychoeducation. Actively engages with the patients in a therapeutic manner by providing structure/ schedule, providing direct observation, encouraging participation in group, individual, and milieu activities. Develops strong partnerships with all members of the care team with the shared goal to provide excellent, safe, & supportive care to all patients.

What you will do

• Direct observation as outlined in the Safety Observation Levels policy (TX-10-01), and informed by patient presentation and clinical judgement of the care team.
• Manage an assigned caseload for the shift
• Ability to conduct comprehensive evaluations in collaboration with clinical team as well as thorough documentation to reflect evaluation/intervention/safety planning.
• Responds appropriately and professionally to patient and family escalations by using the least restrictive method of de-escalation starting with verbal strategies and to physically intervenes using non-violent crisis intervention techniques to assure patient, family and staff safety only when verbal efforts have been ineffective and/or the safety of the patient or others is at risk.
• Provides and maintains a safe environment of care.
• Visually monitors patient for at-risk behaviors and implements the interdisciplinary plan of care.
• Obtains information from the clinical record to support patient care
• Documents observations in patient record and communicates relevant information to team members
• Promotes healthy coping via verbal support, implementing structure/schedule, execution of behavior plan developed by therapeutic team, management of the environment, modeling resiliency, providing emotional support and connecting to individual patient
• Redirects patients using appropriate verbal cues according to the plan of care
• Evaluates patient responses to interventions and communicates findings to appropriate team members
• Manages a therapeutic milieu or care environment
• Participates in development of behavior management and mental health care plan
• Encourages and monitors ADLs as a means of reinforcing safety in structured routines
• Performs vital signs after receiving initial training and maintaining competency
• Participates in safe physical transfers and safe patient ambulation through the knowledge and use of body mechanics and gait belts.
• Uses safe and effective oral feeding practices to ensure…