Lead Behavioral Health Technician-Nightshift

Job Description

Job Description

JOB TITLE : Lead Behavioral Health Technician

DEPARTMENT : Residential Services

REPORTING TO : Behavioral Health Technician Supervisor

DATE : Rev. 10 / 2025

POSITION OVERVIEW

The Lead Behavioral Health supports clients in their daily living activities while also welcoming and orienting new residents, accompanying them to appointments, and ensuring proper documentation of important information. Responsibilities also include managing resources, training staff, addressing issues, and collaborating with the client and treatment team.

SCOPE OF RESPONSIBILITIES

• Welcome new residents to their assigned unit, providing unit orientation, reviewing the resident handbook, smoke / phone schedule, and ensuring that resident questions are answered in a compassionate, thorough manner. (Resident belonging inventory and check will be performed by BHTs)
• Enter memo into resident Carelogic chart, addressing relayed information to BHT staff to ensure all shifts / BHTs are aware.
• Ensure each unit has adequate linens available.
• Train and shadow new BHT staff.
• Monitor the resident’s self-administering medication.
• Complete weekend vitals and SOWS with withdrawal management residents by 8 : 00 am.
• First contact to address client / BHT problems in the unit.
• Complete work timely and accurately.
• Work effectively and collaboratively within a team environment.
• Demonstrates effective and respectful communication with peers, residents, and managers.
• Contributes to unit performance activities.
• If additional assistance is needed for Behavioral Health Technicians, the Behavioral Health Technician Supervisor will aid.
• Maintain admission / discharge data in Carelogic.
• Perform rounds to ensure residents are where they are supposed to be during programming hours.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and / or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Knowledge and Abilities

Position Requirements

Physical Requirements

This description is intended to describe the essential job functions, the general supplemental functions, and the essential requirements for the performance of this job. It is not an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities, and requirements of a person so classified. Other functions may be assigned, and management retains the right to add or change the duties at any time.

Three 12-hour shifts per week with rotating weekends and holidays.