Dallas Behavioral Healthcare Hospital
Mental Health Technician - PRN Days or Nights
Full-Time
No salary listed
Mid
DeSoto, TX, USA
In Person
About the job
Requirements
- A high school diploma or equivalent is required.
- Current CPR certification and MANDT certification are required; MANDT training is provided by the employer.
- At least two years of clinical experience is required, including experience in behavioral healthcare, phone triage, telehealth, case management, or a combination of education and experience.
- Must successfully pass a background check, drug screen, and physical examination and provide positive employment references.
- Must be able to stoop, kneel, crouch, reach, stand for sustained periods, walk, pull, lift, raise, and move objects weighing up to 50 pounds.
- Must be able to perform finger grasping; distinguish sizes, shapes, temperatures, and textures; communicate orally accurately or quickly and potentially loudly; visually detect, perceive, identify, recognize, judge, observe, inspect, and assess; perceive the nature of sound with or without correction; and perform repetitive wrist, hand, or finger motions.
Responsibilities
- Provide high-quality care to patients hospitalized with psychiatric or emotional disorders on senior adult and adolescent units.
- Support the hospital's program philosophy of care and support, maintain a therapeutic milieu, communicate continuously with nursing staff, and participate in patient plans of care.
- Help identify patients' problems, needs, and strengths during treatment planning and suggest treatment-plan modifications based on observations of patient behavior.
- Provide input during shift reports and discharge planning.
- Implement patient 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 in 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 therapeutic milieu.
- Provide 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 in accordance with their treatment plans, needs, age, and developmental level.
- Perform 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 behavioral healthcare setting, phone triage, telehealth, case management, or a combination of education and experience is preferred.
- Experience in a freestanding psychiatric hospital is preferred.
- Registered Behavioral Technician or Certified Nursing Assistant certification is preferred.
- Ability to multitask, prioritize, and manage time effectively is preferred.