Clinical Assistant - RTC Program

Description

Paradigm Treatment (West Coast) and Ridge RTC (East Coast) partner together under Altior, united by a shared commitment to providing exceptional mental health care. For over a decade, our core clinical and support teams have worked side-by-side, delivering compassionate, evidence-based treatment that changes lives. 

As part of the Altior network, you’ll find the stability of an established organization with the heart of a close-knit treatment community in which every role matters.

A Day in the Life of a Residential Clinical Assistant Would Be:

• Guiding residents through daily activities including meal time, group activities, group, and individual therapy, and ensuring an overall productive day for each patient in treatment.
• Promote and maintain a safe and secure environment that allows for the proper delivery of care.
• Assistant in welcoming and intaking new residents as they enter the facilities while ensuring proper comfort and warmth at the start of their new journeys.
• Develops and/or conducts specialized psycho-educational groups to help patients gain additional knowledge while developing skills to aid along the journey of recovery.
• Effectively communicates with all staff on-site regarding patient care and patient updates to include clinical directors, clinical therapists, nursing staff, program directors, and more.
• Utilizes crisis and/or de-escalation intervention practices, when necessary and appropriate, with the patient(s) whose behavior cannot be otherwise supported without such interventions.
• Monitors patient sharps and valuables and labels/handles appropriately, and reports hazards to the proper department as needed for immediate review.
• Provides CPR, wound care, or medication management as needed under the direction of clinical staff.

Exciting Qualities You May Have:

• Experience with behavioral health
• Previous work experience in a clinical or residential setting
• Passion for the field of mental/behavioral health
• Have previously worked with adolescents/young adults or in a youth-focused environment
• Previous work experience as a Mental Health Technician, Behavioral Health Technician, or Caregiver!

Schedule: 

• Part-Time and Full-Time Schedules Available!