Behavioral Health Aide (0569CBV1) Competency-Based

IOWA WESTERN COMMUNITY COLLEGE

Registered 2024

Iowa (OA)

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Work Process Schedule

Work Process Content

On the Job Training

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Skills

Treat patients using psychological therapies.

Provide nursing, psychiatric, or personal care to patients with cognitive, intellectual, or developmental disabilities.
Lead prescribed individual or group therapy sessions as part of specific therapeutic procedures.

Administer intravenous medications.

Administer oral medications or hypodermic injections, following physician's prescriptions and hospital procedures.

Care for patients with mental illnesses.

Provide nursing, psychiatric, or personal care to patients with cognitive, intellectual, or developmental disabilities.
Collaborate with or assist doctors, psychologists, or rehabilitation therapists in working with mentally ill, emotionally disturbed, or developmentally disabled patients to treat, rehabilitate, and return patients to the community.

Administer non-intravenous medications.

Administer oral medications or hypodermic injections, following physician's prescriptions and hospital procedures.

Encourage patients or clients to develop life skills.

Encourage patients to develop work skills and to participate in social, recreational, or other therapeutic activities that enhance interpersonal skills or develop social relationships.

Position patients for treatment or examination.

Restrain violent, potentially violent, or suicidal patients by verbal or physical means as required.

Maintain inventory of medical supplies or equipment.

Issue medications from dispensary and maintain records in accordance with specified procedures.

Maintain medical facility records.

Issue medications from dispensary and maintain records in accordance with specified procedures.

Inform medical professionals regarding patient conditions and care.

Monitor patients' physical and emotional well-being and report unusual behavior or physical ailments to medical staff.

Examine patients to assess general physical condition.

Take and record measures of patients' physical condition, using devices such as thermometers or blood pressure gauges.

Interact with patients to build rapport or provide emotional support.

Observe and influence patients' behavior, communicating and interacting with them and teaching, counseling, or befriending them.

Operate diagnostic or therapeutic medical instruments or equipment.

Take and record measures of patients' physical condition, using devices such as thermometers or blood pressure gauges.

Record patient medical histories.

Take and record measures of patients' physical condition, using devices such as thermometers or blood pressure gauges.

Assist patients with hygiene or daily living activities.

Aid patients in performing tasks, such as bathing or keeping beds, clothing, or living areas clean.

Assist healthcare practitioners during examinations or treatments.

Collaborate with or assist doctors, psychologists, or rehabilitation therapists in working with mentally ill, emotionally disturbed, or developmentally disabled patients to treat, rehabilitate, and return patients to the community.

Collaborate with healthcare professionals to plan or provide treatment.

Collaborate with or assist doctors, psychologists, or rehabilitation therapists in working with mentally ill, emotionally disturbed, or developmentally disabled patients to treat, rehabilitate, and return patients to the community.

Collect medical information from patients, family members, or other medical professionals.