Behavioral Health Technician (KH)

About the job

Spokane Treatment & Recovery Services in Spokane is hiring a part-time behavioral health technician. The technician helps keep the facility safe by watching and recording client behavior and vital signs, and works alongside clinicians and credentialed staff on routine tasks.

What you'll do

• Admit patients: screen them, check for possible medical problems, take vital signs and complete the admission paperwork
• Search patients' belongings and keep an accurate inventory of them
• Keep a count of all patients, do periodic room checks and watch patients take their medications
• Fill out referral and discharge forms and help clients move through local mental health and social service agencies
• Make breakfast, answer and route phone calls, and lead community meetings for clients
• Do light cleaning, laundry and mopping of shared areas
• Follow HIPAA and federal confidentiality rules for patient information

What you need

• No prior experience, training or education needed
• Microsoft Office skills
• Able to stand and walk often and occasionally lift or move up to 40 pounds
• Able to work around bloodborne and airborne pathogens

Schedule

• Part-time, grave shift

Benefits

• Limited benefit eligibility