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Job Description
The Mental Health Technician provides direct patient care to all patients with emotional or psychiatric disorders; supports therapeutic setting; and ensures safety and well-being of patients. Carries out general nursing assistance necessary to treatment of adolescent, adult, or older adult patients as assigned.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Helps identify patients’ problems, needs, and strengths
- Performs patient safety checks at scheduled times, documents appropriately
- Communicates information regarding patients’ behavior to other members of treatment team;
- Maintains communication with patient, family members, and referral sources in patients’ interest;
- Accompanies and transports patients as assigned.
- Maintains a safe, orderly, and therapeutic physical environment for patients.
- Participates in maintaining the therapeutic setting on the unit, enforces the CPI system or other methods of behavior management.
- Carries out clerical and administrative assignment to support patient care and department and organization operations.
Requirements
- High school diploma, GED, or equivalent required.
- Experience with therapeutic limit-setting helpful or an understanding of level systems or other behavior management modalities helpful
- Ability to maintain professional boundaries
- Maintains confidentiality of patients at all times
- Sensitivity to and willingness to interact with persons of various social, cultural, economic and educational backgrounds
Benefits
401(k) Retirement Plan available
