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Kennedy Krieger Institute Clinical Assistant - NBU Outpatient (Patuxent) in Columbia, Maryland

Overview

The Clinical Assistant will provide direct care and supervision of patients admitted to the Neurobehavioral Unit (NBU) Outpatient Clinic; implement written behavioral protocols; manage aggressive, self-injurious, and disruptive patient behavior; and collect data on patient-specific target behaviors.

Hours: Mon-Fri 8:30am-5:00pm.

Responsibilities

  1. Review and implement a variety of patient-specific and general Neurobehavioral Unit (NBU) written behavioral protocols.

  2. Accurately collect and clearly report data on specified patient behaviors; provide daily record of patient care activities.

  3. Follow department safety procedures using safe handling techniques and approved physical management procedures, including patient transport and blocking for both patient protection from self-injurious behaviors and self-protection from staff-directed aggressive behavior. Ensure the safety of surroundings.

  4. Provide physical care (washing/bathing, toileting, personal hygiene, dressing, feeding, etc.) to all patients as appropriate to the patient’s level of adaptive skills and needs. Ensure patient has all appropriate personal care and treatment items at all times.

  5. Implement each patient’s daily schedule of unit activities and engage patient, even during times of unscheduled specific activity, while adhering to general clinic schedule.

  6. Utilize appropriate prompting sequence, as minimally as needed, to assist the patient’s ability to participate in task or activity at the highest level of independence. Modify tasks to ensure maximum patient participation and engagement. Assist in developing and implementing activities designed to increase target appropriate skills.

  7. Maintain clinic cleanliness and organization by replacing materials after use; returning supplies and materials to proper storage locations; ensuring safe, clean and well-supplied programming areas; and cleaning up after self and patients and keeping areas free of extraneous materials.

  8. Assist in training activities for newly hired clinical assistants, as needed.

  9. Assist in the assessment of adaptive, leisure, and self-help skills; potential reinforcers; and problem behaviors, as needed.

Qualifications

EDUCATION:

  • High School Diploma or GED required.

  • Bachelor’s Degree preferred.

EXPERIENCE:

  • Six months of previous experience working with the developmentally disabled and/or individuals with severe behavior problems is preferred.

Benefits

Kennedy Krieger Institute offers excellent benefits including medical, dental, vision, 401K with match, tuition reimbursement, free parking and child care subsidies! In addition, we offer rich professional development opportunities.

We require full COVID vaccination or documentation of medical and/or religious exemption(s) approval for this job as we are a healthcare institution committed to putting health and safety first for our patients, students, employees, and the communities we serve.

EOE/M/F/D/V

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Vacancy ID 9273

Pos. Category Behavioral Health/Neurobehavioral Unit

Job Location : Street 9810 Patuxent Woods Drive, Suite C

# of Hours 40.00

Job Locations US-MD-Columbia

Pos. Type Regular Full Time

Department : Name Behav Psych - Neurobehavioral Unit Outpatient

Equal Opportunity Provider & Employer M/F/Disability/ProtectedVet

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