• Behavioral Emergency Response Team Technician-…

    AnMed Health (Anderson, SC)


    SUMMARY

    As a member of the multidisciplinary team, the Behavioral Emergency Response Team (BERT) Technician provides quality patient care for psychiatric/behavioral health patients under the supervision and direction of licensed nursing personnel in the hospital setting.

    SOME SPECIFIC DUTIES MAY INCLUDE:

    + Proactively rounds on patients identified as high risk for violence.

    + Encourages open communication with patients to provide an atmosphere of comfort and safety.

    + Documents observations about patients that are rounded on in the electronic medical record.

    + Responds to a behavioral emergency event and is the lead in talking to the patient about the situation.

    + Works in conjunction with the rest of the Behavioral Emergency Response Team to help formulate a plan for the patient.

    QUALIFICATIONS

    + High School diploma or GED required

    + Good verbal and interpersonal communication skills required

    + Minimum of one year in behavioral health preferred