Health technician Jobs in Phoenix, AZ

Job Details

Job Location

27th Avenue - Phoenix, AZ

Position Type

Full Time

Education Level

High School Diploma / GED

Travel Percentage

Up to 50%

Job Shift

Day Shift

Job Category

Behavioral Health / Social Work

Description

Terros Health is pleased to share an exciting and rewarding opportunity for a BehavioralHealth Technician working in the Bridging the Gap ReEntry Program in Phoenix, AZ .Reporting to the BTG ReEntry and Aftercare Supervisor, the ideal individual is flexible, compassionate, and professional. If you enjoy working with individuals during some of the most vulnerable times of their lives this may be just the opportunity you've been seeking. This individual provides direct care services (personal assistance and independent living skills training) and supervision of the patient in the own home.You will need to be professional, friendly, a self-starter, organized, and compassionate.

Terros Health is a healthcare organization of caring people, guided by our core values of integrity, compassion, and empowerment. For more than four decades, the heart of everything we do is inspiring change for life. We help people manage addiction and mental illness, provide primary medical care, restore families, support our veterans, and connect individuals to the care they need.

Position Summary : The Behavioral Health Technician (BHT) for Bridging the Gap - Re-Entry program provides direct care services : intakes, assessments, and coordinates linkages into necessary community services and connections to providers. The BHT coordinates member referrals, provides case management services as needed, completes tasks that require serving the members who are enrolled in the Bridging the Gap Re-Entry / TIP Justice program; liaises with other Program staff, Program Supervisor, Director and medical records staff. The BHT delivers health and wellness and recovery-oriented services to members. The BHT participates in vital program evaluation procedures and is responsible for accurate and professional record keeping in required database platforms.

Terros Health is hiring an Full Time BehavioralHealth Technician for our Bridging the Gap ReEntry Program in Phoenix, AZ.

Schedule : Full-time

40 Hours Per Week

Essential Duties :

• Responsible for direct face to face community-based services to assist client's re-entering into the community from jail and prison. Ensures linkage into community services and resources.
• Offers in-reach into jail, prison, sober living housing and treatment programs for the purpose of engaging member into BTG Re-Entry / TIP services. Orients potential clients to the BTG Re-Entry / TIP program.
• Provides transportation for members as appropriate and as medically necessary, and determined by the Re-Entry / TIP team, in personal vehicle or in Terros Health provided vehicle, when available.
• Ensures ongoing collaboration, including the communication of appropriate clinical information with other involved parties as appropriate. Coordinates care with a member's family, behavioral and general medical providers, community resources, and other involved supports. Assists members with connection to physical health services, including Primary Care services and medical appointment follow up.
• Provides excellent customer service to members, internal and external provider agencies, state entities, or other stakeholders (e.g. probation officers, justice liaisons, advocates, family members, residential staff, hospital staff and vocational rehabilitation, etc.) as needed.
• Offers direct care wellness management and recovery strategies using strength-based engagement and psycho-social / educational / rehabilitation services as needed.

Benefits & Wellness

Qualifications

Physical demands of this position are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.