Patient Care Technician – Mesa – 01554 – Community Bridges, INC – Mesa, AZ

Community Bridges, Inc. (CBI) is an integrated behavioral healthcare agency offering a variety of different programs throughout Arizona. CBI provides residential, outpatient, inpatient, patient-centered medical homes, medication-assisted treatment, and crisis services to individuals experiencing crisis, opioid use disorder, homelessness, and mental illness.

Community Bridges is currently seeking a Patient Care Technician for our multiple locations throughout Arizona.

The Patient Care Tech will work as part of the clinical team dedicated to behavioral health and substance use. As Patient Care Tech, you will coordinate services with the goal to provide experience, strength, and hope to individuals, their families, and significant others.

Responsibilities

• Obtains vital signs, performs urine drug screening, obtains blood glucose levels and other medical care duties as delegated by the RN.
• Orient patients to treatment setting and assists with activities of daily living as needed.
• Participates in implementation of the patient plan of care.
• Completes rounds and monitors patient activities, physical and mental status and reports patient status to nursing staff.
• Performs bathroom monitoring, bed checks, and special monitoring as directed by the RN or RN Supervisor.
• Checks patient belongings for contraband to ensure safety for the person while in treatment at CBI.
• Documents observations, interventions, and group activities in the patient medical record while maintaining confidentiality of all health information.
• Assists in maintaining a safe, orderly & therapeutic environment.
• Recognizes patients who are behaving aggressively, acting as a danger to themselves or others, or are in a crisis or medical emergency, and communicates this information in real time to the RN.

Requirements

• Six months of behavioral health work experience
• Minimum of a high school diploma or GED
• Arizona Driver’s License with 39 months clear MVR

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision, Disability, Life
• 401K with employer match
• 5-Weeks PTO

Community Bridges (CBI) is an integrated healthcare provider of behavioral health and substance use programs, offering comprehensive care, prevention, treatment, and education using evidence-based models. CBI is committed to providing patient-first, quality healthcare services.

CBI was ranked #5 in the top 10 Behavioral Health Services for 2020

CBI Offers an excellent benefits package!

• Medical, Dental, Vision, Disability, Life, Supplemental plans – Hospital indemnity/ Critical Illness, Pet Insurance, Dependent Care Savings, Health Care Savings, 401K with employer match – 100% vested upon enrollment, Generous PTO accrual, Wellness programs, Tuition Reimbursement and Scholarship Programs, incentives, and more!
• For the past four years, The Phoenix Business Journal has recognized CBI as one of the top ten healthiest mid-size employers in the Valley.

CBI treats patients from all different walks of life and believes in maintaining the dignity of human life. Recovery is possible!