Job Description

Legacy Health is seeking a Behavioral Health Technician for a job in PORTLAND, Oregon.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: Behavioral Health Technician
• Discipline: Allied Health Professional
• Duration: Ongoing
• Employment Type: Staff

Overview:

We continue our commitment to raise the bar on the quality of behavioral health care provided to those in our community who suffer from mental illness. Finding the best people to join our team is crucial in meeting our goals. If you thrive in a team environment, join us as we build an integrated, qualified team dedicated to behavioral health.

Under direct supervision and collaboration with the multidisciplinary treatment team, this role provides coordination, implementation, and milieu observation in keeping with the general treatment mode of the program in which employed. The values of teamwork, respect, caring, effective use of resources, and initiative are integrated comprehensively into the performance standards for Behavioral Health Technicians. May render services and supports within their scope to individuals and groups engagement according to the approved behavioral health services by patients’ provider.

Education:

• High school diploma with an active certification in QMHA required or a bachelor’s degree in one of the following majors with an active QMHA-R degree track verification from MHACBO preferred.
  • Addiction Counseling/Services; Applied Behavioral Science; Pre-Art Therapy, Art Therapy; Behavioral Analysis; Behavioral Biology; Behavioral Psychology; Behavioral Sciences; Child Development; Child and Family Studies/Services; Cognitive Sciences; Community Behavioral Health; Community Mental Health; Counseling ( MH, Vocational, Pastoral, Criminal Justice, etc. ); Counselor Education; Early Childhood Development; Education ( with a focus in psychology, school counseling, and/or special education ); Educational Psychology; Exercise Science; Family Development/Relations; Forensic Psychology; Gerontology; Health and Human Services; Health Psychology; Human Development; Human Services; Mental Health; Neuroscience ( Cognitive/Behavioral ); Nursing; Occupational Therapy; Organizational Psychology; Play Therapy; Psychiatric Rehabilitation; Psychology; Public Health/Community Health; Rehabilitation; Social Psychology; Social Work-BSW; Sociology degrees with an emphasis in Psychology; Therapeutic Recreation; Vocational Rehabilitation

Experience:

• Three years’ experience with current QMHA, or a bachelor’s degree with no experience required.

Skills :

• Keyboard skills and ability to navigate electronic systems applicable to job functions.
• Ability to work with a wide range of individuals daily. In addition to working on the adult or pediatric mental health unit, the Behavioral Health Technician could be assigned in the emergency department’s mental health suite to work closely with the Emergency Mental health suite RN in managing the milieu in the ED and assisting with tasks outlined by the ED RN.
• Ability to take direction from the RN. Provide patient care under the direct supervision of the RN, with indirect supervision of mental health skills by an employed Mental Health Professional.
• Ability to observe and report on patient conditions, changes, and collaborate with treatment team in developing treatment plans, under the direction of an RN.
• Ability to be sensitive to needs of these patients and alerts care team leaders of a change in status of the patients on the inpatient psychiatric unit.
• Ability to maintain standards and systems for care delivery for your department.
• Ability to promotes the development and safety of the residents.
• Demonstrated ability to practices good handwashing techniques, follows Universal Precautions.
• Ability to assess and ensure the needs of the residents are being met in relation to clothing, linens, and personal hygiene supplies.
• Ability to provide appropriate crises intervention by anticipating and responding quickly to escalating behaviors.
• Ability to use active listening skills and appropriate tone and volume of voice, while offering a variety of positive coping skills.
• Ability to follow program schedule/milieu with minimal supervision.

LEGACY’S VALUES IN ACTION

Follows guidelines set forth in Legacy’s Values in Action.

Equal opportunity employer/vet/disabled.

Licensure/Certification:

• Healthcare provider Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required.
• Individuals with current Qualified Mental Health Associate (QMHA) Registration and Certification in the state of Oregon, or who are qualified for recertification without restriction, meet the qualifications for this role if they have followed the QMHA-R Degree Path.
• Facility is not in the state of WA, requires OR licensure only.

Legacy Health Job ID #. Posted job title: behavioral health technician

About Legacy Health

Join our team and be a part of creating the gold standard in care safety. Together, we're building the safest environment for giving and receiving care, where both patients and caregivers thrive.

Who is Legacy Health? 

Good health for our people, our patients, our communities and our world — these are not just words. They are commitments that form the core of our mission, and we take them seriously. That mission matches a profound and serious footprint: Legacy Health is a locally owned nonprofit, six-hospital health system that also includes a full-service children’s hospital, a 24-hour mental and behavioral health services center, and more than 70 primary care, specialty and urgent care clinics, 14,000 employees and nearly 3,000 health care providers. 

We provide comprehensive health care services across the Portland and Vancouver metro area and mid-Willamette Valley and have the most five-star ratings for hospitals in the region. From rural areas to urban centers, we play a critical role in the lives of 2.5 million people.

As one of the largest employers in the area, people trust Legacy with their health and livelihoods. That is why Forbes named Legacy one of the best large employers in America in 2023. That vote of trust also demands that we leave a positive mark on our community beyond the hallways of our hospitals and clinics. As a reflective and open-minded organization, we value the ideals of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) patient care across our system.

Benefits

• 403b retirement plan
• Medical benefits
• Dental benefits
• Vision benefits

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