Safety Techs are responsible for providing services that seek to create a safe and secure environment for the departments where they are assigned.The Safety Tech undertakes activities designed to identify, deter, abate and de-escalate routine and emergent situations that occur on the assigned unit.

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• Culture - At UnityPoint Health, you matter. Come for a fulfilling career and experience guided by uncompromising values and unwavering belief in doing what's right for the people we serve.
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Physical Environment of Care

• Provide a safe environment to the patients and departments where assigned.

Patient Safety

• De-escalate patients that are behaviorally escalated using strategies identified in MOAB and other assigned trainings.
• Assist in safely utilizing available equipment to maintain safety on the Behavioral Health units.

Regulatory Compliance

• Provide documentation of rounds and all other items required by regulatory standards or policies and procedures.

• High School diploma or post-secondary education
• Good communication and documentation skills.
• Ability to defuse acute situations with behavioral patients
• Calm and compassionate presence