BEHAVIORAL HEALTH TECHNICIAN II at Avera – Sioux Falls, South Dakota

*This position may be eligible for a $3,000 sign on bonus*

Award Winning Health Care: Avera has been named among the nation’s 15 Top Health Systems, Forbes list of America’s Best-in-State Employers and Level 10 Most Wired Health Care Organization by CHIME.

Culture: Be part of a multidisciplinary team built on teamwork, with compassion and the goal of Moving Health Forward for you and our patients. Work where you matter.

You Belong at Avera: Competitive pay, front-loaded PTO and options for free health insurance, sign-on bonuses, various shifts to fit your lifestyle and opportunities for career growth.

Why is Behavioral Health important?

The Avera Behavioral Health Adult C Unit is designed to be a structured, therapeutic environment for adults to learn to understand their diagnosis, develop a Crisis Response Plan, use healthy coping skills and set and complete goals.

You will enjoy this Behavioral Health setting if you are someone that:

• Enjoys patient focused care with a team that is dedicated to quality patient outcomes
• Likes working with the Adult population
• Has a passion for helping patients with Anxiety, Depression, and Personality Disorders and Suicidal behavior.
• Appreciates an active, challenging care environment that requires critical thinking.
• Values autonomous professional nursing practice.
• Possesses motivation to help create and deliver high-quality patient care in an energizing team environment.

Position Highlights:

• The Adult C Unit is a 26 bed unit
• Opportunity to meet 60+ coworkers and work in a positive environment.
• Opportunity to change the lives of your patients
• Flexible scheduling program
• Student Loan Repayment: This BHT position is eligible for Avera’s Student Loan Repayment Program, which helps you pay off your loans and save money. Each month an extra payment of $167 (up to $10,000) from Avera will help pay down your principal balance faster.
• Career Growth: You have the opportunity to go beyond licensure and employment requirements and become nationally

Job Summary

The Behavioral Health Technician II provides physical and psychological care to patients under the direct supervision of a Registered Nurse. Assumes responsibility and accountability for individual actions and outcomes of patient care delivered.

Education and/or Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Psychology, Social Work, criminal justice, education, behavior analysis, health or social sciences, counseling, alcohol studies, liberal arts, or any other human services and/or medical field is required.
• Two years related experience is preferred.

Work Schedule

• Varied Day/Evening/Night Shifts: every other weekend, every other holiday, 72 hours every 2 weeks

Pay

The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience. 

• $20.50 - $31.00 per hour

What Makes Avera Special?