Full-Time
Mental Health Technician
Updated on 9/12/2026
Cooper University Health Care
Academic health system
Compensation Overview
$18 - $29/hr
Camden, NJ, USA
In Person
Bachelor's, Associate's
 Medical, Clinical & Veterinary (1) |
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- A minimum of 2 years of experience in a mental health, forensic, or addictions setting.
- An Associate's Degree in Psychology or a related study.
- American Heart Association Basic Life Support certification.
- Availability to work 7:00 PM–7:00 AM, three shifts every week, every third preassigned weekend, every other holiday, and one hallmark holiday.
- Assist the Registered Nurse in providing direct, indirect, and non-patient care responsibilities.
- Contribute to quality patient care as a member of the multidisciplinary treatment team by providing therapeutic groups and activities, milieu counseling, and milieu management.
- Perform patient care observation rounds, one-to-one observation, environmental rounds, vital signs, control logs, glucose checks, specimen collections, treatment planning, patient education, visitor and meal monitoring, belongings and body checks, and documentation as needed.
- Use verbal de-escalation techniques, limit-setting, and directed physical restraint application to manage disruptive patient behaviors, and participate in psychiatric codes and Code Grey.
- Perform clerical functions supporting the clinical operations of the unit.
- A Bachelor's Degree in Psychology or a related study.
- CPI, Handle with Care, or Aggression Management certification.
Cooper University Health Care is an academic health system based in South Jersey. The organization provides hospital, specialty, primary, emergency, outpatient, research, and medical education services through an integrated care network. It serves patients, families, clinicians, students, researchers, and communities across southern New Jersey. Its operating model centers on academic medicine and community care supported by physician practices, clinical institutes, technology, facilities, and centralized operations. Teams work across nursing, physicians, allied health, research, education, technology, facilities, administration, and patient care. Teams support coordinated daily delivery.
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