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Avera Behavioral Health Technician II - Adult Unit - Full-Time in Sioux Falls, South Dakota
*May be eligible for a $3000 Sign-On Bonus*
Join the team at Avera!
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, Student Loan Repayment Program, sign-on bonuses, various shifts to fit your lifestyle and opportunities for career growth.
Join Avera as a Behavioral Health Technician II.
Why is Behavioral Health important?
The Avera Behavioral Health (https://www.avera.org/services/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.
Possesses motivation to help create and deliver high-quality patient care in an energizing team environment.
Position Highlights:
Opportunity to experience a variety of inpatient settings
Work with staff from many areas
Student Loan Repayment: This Registered Nurse (RN) 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.
Job Summary
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? (http://www.avera.org/careers/what-makes-avera-special/)
The policy of Avera to provide opportunities for all qualified employees or applicants without regard to disability and to provide reasonable accommodations for all employees or applicants who may be disabled. Avera is committed to ensuring compliance in accordance with the Americans with Disability Act. For assistance, please contact HR Now at 605-504-4444.
Additional Notices:
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Avera is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer: Minority/Female/Disabled/Veteran/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity.
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