Behavioral Intervention Specialist - RI Center for Biobehavioral Health

Overview

Job Description

Summary: Works with individuals, groups, or communities to facilitate positive and healthy behaviors. Interacts with adolescents who have congenital heart disease using a theory-based lifestyle intervention to increase physical activity.

Job Description

Essential Functions: Conducts assessments to identify behaviors and develop intervention plans. Monitors and evaluates the effectiveness of interventions and modifies plans as needed. Collaborates with other professionals, such as psychologists and social workers, to provide comprehensive care. Provides training and support to caregivers and other professionals to ensure consistency in intervention strategies. Maintains accurate and up-to-date records of client progress and communicates with relevant parties as needed. Maintains accurate and timely documentation of all interventions and progress. Education Requirement: Bachelor’s degree in a relevant area, including exercise physiology, nursing, physical therapy, psychology, community wellness, social work, or another health-related field, required. Be pursuing an advanced degree in a relevant area as mentioned above. Licensure Requirement: (not specified) Certifications: (not specified) Skills: An interest in working with adolescents, required.

Experience

• (not specified)
• Physical
• Requirements:
• Occasionally:
• Bend/twist,
• Climb stairs/ladder,
• Lifting /
• Carrying: 21-40 lbs,
• Patient
• Equipment,
• Pushing /
• Pulling: 41-60 lbs,
• Squat/kneel
• FREQUENTLY: Driving motor vehicles (work required) *additional testing may be required,
• Lifting /
• Carrying: 0-10 lbs,
• Lifting /
• Carrying: 11-20 lbs,
• Pushing /
• Pulling: 0-25 lbs,
• Pushing /
• Pulling: 26-40 lbs,
• Sitting,
• Standing,
• Walking
• CONTINUOUSLY: Audible speech, Color vision, Computer skills,
• Decision
• Making,
• Depth perception,
• Flexing/extending of neck,
• Hand use: grasping, gripping, turning, Hearing acuity, Interpreting Data, Peripheral vision, Problem solving, Reaching above shoulder, Repetitive hand/arm use, Seeing – Far/near
• Additional
• Physical
• Requirements performed but not listed above: (not specified) "The above list of duties is intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by individuals assigned to this classification. It is not to be construed as an exhaustive list of duties performed by the individuals so classified, nor is it intended to limit or modify the right of any supervisor to assign, direct, and control the work of employees under their supervision. EOE M/F/Disability/Vet" The moment you walk through our doors, you feel it. When you meet our patient families, you believe it. And when you talk with anyone who works here, you want to be part of it. Welcome to Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Where Passion Meets Purpose. Here, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion are integrated into our core values and practices. We are passionate about building, sustaining and evolving an inclusive and equitable environment. We are seeking individuals who live these values and want to share their experiences and efforts in support of our collective mission. We’re 15,000 strong. And it takes every one of us to improve the lives of the kids we care for, and the kids around the world we’ll never meet. Kids who live healthier, fuller lives because of the knowledge we share. We know it takes a Collaborative Culture to deliver on our promise to provide the very best, innovative care and to foster new discoveries, made possible by the most groundbreaking research. Anywhere. Ask anyone with a Nationwide Children’s badge what they do for a living. They’ll tell you it’s More Than a Job. It’s a calling. It’s a chance to use and grow your talent to make an impact that truly matters. Because here, we exist simply to help children everywhere. Nationwide Children’s Hospital. A Place to Be Proud.