Full-Time
Mental Health Technician
Dallas Behavioral Healthcare Hospital
No salary listed
DeSoto, TX, USA
In Person
Category
 Medical, Clinical & Veterinary (1) |
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Required Skills
CPR
Patient Care
Requirements
- A high school diploma or equivalent is required.
- CPR and MANDT are required; training is provided by the employer.
- At least two years of clinical experience is required, preferably in behavioral healthcare, phone triage, telehealth, case management, or a combination of education and experience.
- The employee must successfully pass a background check, drug screen, and physical examination and provide positive employment references.
- The employee must be able to multitask and prioritize work using strong time-management skills.
- The employee must be able to stoop, kneel, crouch, reach, stand for sustained periods, walk, pull, lift, raise, and move objects weighing up to 50 pounds; perform finger grasping and repetitive wrist, hand, or finger motions; perceive physical characteristics and sounds; and communicate ideas orally accurately or quickly, potentially at a loud volume.
Responsibilities
- Provide high-quality care to patients hospitalized with psychiatric or emotional disorders on the Senior Adult and Adolescent units.
- Support the hospital's program philosophy of care and support, maintain a therapeutic milieu, communicate continually with nursing staff, and participate in patients' plans of care.
- Participate in treatment planning by identifying patients' problems, needs, and strengths and suggesting treatment-plan modifications based on observations of patient behavior.
- Provide input during shift reports and discharge planning.
- Implement patients' treatment plans by monitoring progress and communicating behavioral information to other treatment-team members.
- Maintain communication with patients, family members, and referral sources in the patients' interests.
- Co-facilitate didactic, educational, and community groups within the adolescent treatment program and encourage patient participation in therapeutic activities.
- Supervise patients to ensure their safety and involvement in treatment and during transport.
- Maintain the therapeutic milieu, and enforce the level system or other behavior-management methods.
- Maintain patient, program, department, and related documentation.
- Orient new patients to the unit, program, and milieu.
- Carry out general nursing assistance as assigned and supervised by the nurse in charge.
- Maintain a safe, orderly, and therapeutic physical environment for patients.
- Assist patients with activities of daily living when consistent with their treatment plans, needs, ages, and developmental levels.
- Carry out clerical and administrative assignments supporting patient care and department and hospital operations.
- Perform other related duties as requested and uphold the organization's ethics and customer-service standards.
Desired Qualifications
- Experience in a freestanding psychiatric hospital is preferred.
- Registration as a Registered Behavioral Technician or certification as a Certified Nursing Assistant is preferred.