Dallas Behavioral Healthcare Hospital
Mental Health Technician - Intake
Full-Time
No salary listed
Mid
DeSoto, TX, USA
In Person
About the job
Requirements
- A high school diploma or equivalent is required.
- CPR, Handle with Care, and Abuse & Neglect training are required; the employer provides the training.
- 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.
- Must successfully pass a background check, drug screen, and physical examination and provide positive employment references.
- Must be able to multitask and prioritize work using strong time-management skills.
- 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 sizes, shapes, temperatures, textures, sounds, and visual details; and communicate ideas orally, potentially loudly, accurately, or quickly.
Responsibilities
- Provide care to patients on the Senior Adult and Adolescent units who are hospitalized with psychiatric or emotional disorders.
- Support the hospital’s program philosophy of care and maintain a therapeutic milieu for patients.
- Communicate continually 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 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 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, including enforcing 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 plan, needs, age, and developmental level.
- Perform clerical and administrative assignments supporting patient care and department and hospital operations.
Desired Qualifications
- Experience in a freestanding psychiatric hospital is preferred.