Houston Behavioral Healthcare Hospital

Mental Health Technician - Mental Health Technician, Psychiatry Nights

Nursing & Frontline Patient CareConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeHouston, TX, USANo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

Must be 18 years or older and have graduated from high school or have an equivalent credential.
Must have 2 years of previous experience as a mental health technician.
Must have high school-level reading and writing skills, acceptable oral and written communication skills, legible handwriting, and the ability to maintain highly confidential information.
Must have telephone etiquette and customer service skills by phone and face-to-face.
Must have skills in dealing courteously with the public and other staff, prioritizing and managing time, and solving problems.
Must use appropriate social skills, including demonstrating respect for staff and patients, and show empathy toward patients.
Customer service skills include communication, empathy, and patience.

Responsibilities

Deliver quality psychiatric care to patients hospitalized with psychiatric or emotional disorders.
Provide direct patient care to patients with emotional or psychiatric disorders, support the therapeutic milieu, and ensure patient safety and well-being.
Serve as a role model for Mental Health Technicians and provide on-the-job training to newly hired staff.
Orient patients to the unit, take admission vital signs, and record them on the Nursing Assessment Form.
Escort patients leaving the unit for activities, visitation, meals, and scheduled tests. Perform a count before moving patients and ensure rounds sheets accompany them.
Help maintain the unit's therapeutic milieu and enforce the level system or other behavior-management methods.
Assist with physical holds and place patients in seclusion under the direction of the registered nurse, using SAMA techniques and following policies and procedures.
Assist patients with activities of daily living consistent with their treatment plans, needs, age, and developmental level.
Complete safety rounds on time and visually observe patients using Visible Hand. Enter all rooms and, when a patient is sleeping, observe the rise and fall of the chest at least three times.
Complete handoff with the oncoming and off-going shifts by rounding together, confirming patient location and safety, and both initialing the round sheet.
Uphold the organization's ethics and customer service standards and perform related duties as requested.

Desired Qualifications

Familiarity with medical and psychological terminology is preferred.
Basic knowledge of human behavior or principles of psychology is useful.

Mental Health Technician (MHT) Psychiatry Nights

Houston Behavioral Healthcare Hospital · Houston, United States · Full-time · Posted 2026-08-17

Workplace: on_site

Department: Nursing

Description

Houston Behavioral Healthcare Hospital is currently recruiting for Fulltime Mental Health Technicians. Shift is from 7pm-7:30am with rotating weekends.

HBHH is seeking MHT's to deliver quality psychiatric care to patients who are hospitalized with psychiatric/emotional disorders. To provide direct patient care to all patients with emotional or psychiatric disorders; to support the therapeutic milieu; to ensure the safety and well-being of these patients.

Duties:

Serves as a role model for all Mental Health Technicians and provides on the job training to newly hired staff.
Orients patients to the unit, takes admission vital signs and records on the Nursing Assessment Form.
Escorts patients when leaving the unit for activities, visitation, meals and scheduled tests. Always performs a count prior to moving patients, comparing and assuring rounds sheets are with the patients.
Participate in maintaining the therapeutic milieu on the unit, enforces the level system or other methods of behavior management.
Able to assist with restraint (physical hold) of a patient, placing a patient in seclusion under the direction of the RN and utilizing SAMA techniques and adherence to policy and procedures.
Assists patients in carrying out activities of daily living, when congruent with the patients' treatment plan and needs, age, and developmental level.
Safety rounds will be completed on time and patient will be visualized by the MHT, using Visible Hand. This includes entering all rooms, observing the rise and fall of the chest a minimum of 3 times if sleeping.
Performs handoff with the on-going and off-going shifts. Both physically rounding together and assuring patient location and safety. Both will initial the round sheet for that time.
Upholds the organization's ethics and customer service standards. Performs related duties, as requested.

Requirements

Must be 18 years or older and have High School graduate or equivalent.

Experience: 2 years of previous experience as a mental health technician,

High school level reading and writing skills; acceptable oral and written communication skills; legible handwriting; ability to maintain information as highly confidential.

Telephone etiquette and customer service skills by phone and face-to-face; familiarity with medical and psychological terminology preferred.

Skills in dealing courteously with the public and other staff within the organization; basic knowledge of human behavior or principles of psychology useful; skills in prioritizing and in managing time.

Problem-solving skills; use of appropriate social skills, including demonstration and respect for staff and patients; empathy toward patients.

Customer Service skills include communication, empathy and patience. Positive customer service helps build customer loyalty.