Behavioral Health Technician II | Adolescent Unit at Abarca Health

Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States

Abarca Health Logo
Not SpecifiedCompensation
Junior (1 to 2 years), Mid-level (3 to 4 years)Experience Level
Full TimeJob Type
UnknownVisa
Healthcare, Behavioral HealthIndustries

Requirements

  • Ability to work rotating days/evenings/nights/weekends/holidays
  • Visual acuity adequate to perform position duties
  • Ability to communicate effectively with others, hear, understand, and distinguish speech and other sounds
  • Enjoys working with children ages 5-12 and adolescents ages 13-17, as well as their families
  • Passion for helping patients with conditions such as addiction, anxiety disorders, ADHD, depression, or suicidal behavior
  • Appreciates an active, challenging care environment requiring critical thinking
  • Values autonomous professional nursing practice
  • Motivation to create and deliver high-quality patient care in a team environment
  • Required education, license/certification, or work experience (specifics: B - details incomplete in description)

Responsibilities

  • Provides physical and psychological care to patients under direct supervision of a Registered Nurse
  • Assumes responsibility and accountability for individual actions and outcomes of patient care delivered
  • Works with individual patients in 1-on-1 or group settings consistent with nursing care needs and inter-disciplinary treatment plan
  • Participates in daily inter-disciplinary treatment team meetings, providing input on patient behaviors and interactions
  • Implements suicide precautions as needed
  • Assesses changes in patient’s condition/behavior and notifies RN
  • Assists with patient and family programs, ensuring safety and welfare of all participants
  • Assists with activities of daily living care, including vital signs, specimen collection, and other general nursing care procedures
  • Assesses individual patient needs, provides input for creating/modifying nursing care plans, and assists with implementing therapeutic activities
  • Maintains accurate and concise records, documenting promptly all pertinent information in the patient’s EMR
  • Assesses impending agitation and escalation of behavioral changes and participates in behavioral management
  • Researches, plans, and implements updating/development of new therapeutic patient groups with oversight from the Programming Committee

Skills

Patient Care
Psychological Care
Behavioral Health
Group Facilitation
Crisis Intervention
Adolescent Care
Child Care
Critical Thinking

Abarca Health

Pharmacy Benefit Management services provider

About Abarca Health

Abarca Health provides Pharmacy Benefit Management (PBM) services, focusing on flexible and user-friendly solutions for health plans, employers, and government programs like Medicare and Medicaid. Its main product, the Darwin platform, allows clients to quickly implement and modify benefit designs while ensuring compliance with regulations. Abarca Health manages over $5.3 billion in drug spend and processes 100 million prescription claims annually, offering additional services like home delivery for prescriptions. The company's goal is to deliver exceptional service and innovative solutions in the PBM market.

Aventura, FloridaHeadquarters
2005Year Founded
VENTURE_UNKNOWNCompany Stage
HealthcareIndustries
501-1,000Employees

Benefits

PTO
Parental leave
Work flexibility
Health insurance
Wellness stipend
401k
Tuition reimbursement
Leadership development programs

Risks

Increased competition from Amazon Pharmacy and Mark Cuban's Cost Plus Drug Company.
Growing focus on specialty drugs may require platform adaptation.
Shift towards price transparency could pressure Abarca's pricing models.

Differentiation

Abarca Health's Darwin platform is highly adaptable and user-friendly.
The company offers innovative programs like Triple S en Casa for home delivery.
Abarca Health ensures compliance with ever-changing healthcare regulations.

Upsides

Abarca transitioned two million members to Darwin in 18 months, showing operational efficiency.
Collaboration with Blue Shield of California boosts Abarca's reputation in the PBM sector.
Recognition as a top IT workplace attracts top talent, driving innovation.

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