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Behavioral Health Specialist, Liberty ED Job in Middletown, Ohio US

Behavioral Health Specialist, Liberty ED

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center - Middletown, OH

Posted: 12/6/2025 - Expires: 1/5/2026

Job ID: 292965542

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JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

* Team Member: Accountable for delivering patient care by following processes and procedures and demonstrates resilience by being receptive to ongoing instruction, coaching, and feedback. Take ownership of personal clinical development by actively engaging with advanced team members and the multidisciplinary team, exhibits curiosity, and proactively seeks out knowledge and learning opportunities. Leverages practical experience to identify recurring patterns, recognizing behaviors and proactively anticipating typical reactions. Supports the team by sharing knowledge to enhance overall clinical proficiency and foster a collaborative learning environment. Adapts communication style to effectively listen and communicate with a diverse group, including our patients, their families, and the multidisciplinary team.

* Environment Management and Care Delivery - Coordinates the assigned area by utilizing the following components: safety, structure, planning, participation, and support. Performs environmental checks while adhering to patient safety and treatment schedules. Prevents and responds to escalations and crises utilizing Therapeutic Crisis Intervention concepts, which may include physical restraint to ensure the safety of patients, staff, and others. Takes the lead role during a behavioral crisis, and appropriately deploys interventions aligned with the stress model of crisis and patient treatment plans. Ensure the work area is safe and organized and that treatment schedules are progressing appropriately. Adheres to established policies, procedures, and protocols, completes all patient/safety checks, and follows patient observation level protocols. Prepares the necessary materials for the patient populations. Care assignment may reflect the following: working with patients in a setting based on the programming schedule, specific patient assignment, or an assignment to a specific location or environment to manage. In accordance with respective care location and patient needs, support the patient's stabilization from acute crisis. Demonstrates collaborative efforts with multidisciplinary team and escalates change in patient conditions or any concerns to management, the appropriate staff, licensed providers and approved parties; including following documented escalation plans, where applicable.

* Patient Plan of Care - Implement/document the patient's response to individualized care plans, which may include patient behavioral information collection or implementing behavioral/educational protocols. Per care location and patient needs, may provide approved care to patients as delegated, including activities for daily living, intake and output, feeding, bathing, toileting, isolation precautions, emergency care for patients with lines and tubes. Engage the patient's family and support system in treatment plan as established in the medical record. Provide updates to the approved parents and legal guardians regarding patient condition and progress. Collaborate with all members of the multidisciplinary team and escalates change in patient conditions using the documented escalation process, where applicable or to a licensed staff member. Participate in regular team planning meetings as appropriate or needed. Assist the multidisciplinary team during patient care, and/or parent and staff training related to individual behavioral and education programs, data collection, and environmental modifications to promote patient success.

* Clinical Activity - Leads psychoeducation and recreational group activities ensuring positive patient engagement and safe behaviors. Adapts group content to meet the needs and the functional developmental level of the participating patients. Implement behavioral and educational protocols as designed by psychology staff. Provide insight into antecedent events, behaviors and outcomes that may affect behaviora

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Job Summary

Employment Type:
Full Time Employee
Job type:
Regular Employment
Skill Based Partner:
No
Education Level:
High school graduate
Work Days:
Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
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Applied Math: 4
Graphic Literacy: 5

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