Mental Health Technician - Day Shift

Mental Health Technician – Full Time Day Shift

Bring your passion to Texas Health So We Are Better + Together

Work location: Texas Health Springwood Behavioral Health Hospital, 2717 Tibbets Dr, Bedford, TX 76022

Work hours: Full Time (36 Hour); Day Shift - 7:00AM to 7:00PM

Behavioral Health Department highlights:

• Committed to a Culture of Safety
• Team environment that encourages creativity
• Great Benefits/401K/PTO
• Highly engaged Behavioral Health Leadership Team

Mental Health Technician – Full Time Day Shift

Bring your passion to Texas Health So We Are Better + Together

Work location: Texas Health Springwood Behavioral Health Hospital, 2717 Tibbets Dr, Bedford, TX 76022

Work hours: Full Time (36 Hour); Day Shift - 7:00AM to 7:00PM

Behavioral Health Department highlights:

• Committed to a Culture of Safety
• Team environment that encourages creativity
• Great Benefits/401K/PTO
• Highly engaged Behavioral Health Leadership Team

Education

· High School Diploma or Equivalent (1 year experience) required or

· High School Diploma or Equivalent (CNA – Certified Nurse Aid certification) required or

· Associate’s Degree healthcare related field required

· Bachelor’s Degree healthcare related field preferred

Licenses and Certifications

· BCLS - Basic Cardiac Life Support prior to providing independent patient care and maintained quarterly required And

· ACPI - Advanced Crisis Prevention Intervention Training maintained annually 30 Days required

What You Will Do

Assists with and helps coordinate patient care

· Assists with all patient care provided by the multidisciplinary team.

· Encourages team members. Provides instruction to team members.

· Greets and receives patients admitting/arriving to the unit/area.

· Orients patient to surroundings, reviews safety procedures, and unit rules/guidelines while coordinating with the nurse

· Prepares patient to be discharged/transferred. Assists with gathering belongings and making sure all belongings are returned to the patient (with the exception of medication).

Teamwork and collaboration; the ability to work effectively and productively with co-workers and other disciplines

· Therapeutic communication

· Interacts well with other members of the health care team

Maintains and provides service recovery/ Acts as a positive representative in the workplace as well as the community

· Presents as a positive representative of the entity

· Practices appropriate telephone etiquette

· Practices confidentiality and privacy and complies with HIPAA guidelines

· Promotes and maintains a safe environment. Reports hazards to proper department if they cannot be immediately corrected (i.e. entering work orders)

· Anticipates and accommodates customer needs, putting patients first

Performs technical skills under the supervision of the RN

· Keep unit and patient areas clean and stocked as required

· Collect, label, and send specimens per entity policy

· Demonstrates ability to accurately perform blood glucose testing in a timely manner, performs QC testing per policy

· Follows policy and procedure for hand hygiene and two patient identifiers

· Performs VS per unit standard

Professional Responsibility