Health Care Technician II at MHTL Homes Pueblo West.

About the role

This position provides direct hands-on milieu management care to clients, including assistance with activities of daily living, documentation of care provided, awareness of psychosocial and physical needs/safety of clients, engagement in social and recreational activities, and support in the continued development of social and life skills.

Responsibilities

• Provides direct client care by hands on performance and/or assistance as needed with activities of daily living (ADL) and continued development of social and life skills through the engagement in recreational and social activities.
• Arranges and adapts personal care items, such as food or clothing, and supports the ongoing needs of the clients.
• Maintains environmental needs by gently guiding and instructing clients for self-care activities.
• Ensures clients are oriented to the program, reviews program requirements, and maintains inventory of personal items.
• Orients clients to the program requirements, their responsibilities as clients, and reviews the program requirements.
• Monitors safety needs by supervising clients, their whereabouts, interactions, and conditions, and referring to the MHTL Homes team regarding potential changes.
• Transports clients to and from appointments and recreational/social activities, ensuring safety of the clients.
• Maintains schedules of outside client appointments and recreational/social activities, and collaborates with the MHTL Homes team.
• Maintains trip logs and completes them in a timely manner.
• Adheres to department standards and staff development, ensuring compliance with policies and procedures and regulatory requirements.
• Completes staff training, including MHTL Homes' specific training and CDHS mandatory training.
• Attends assigned meetings and in-services as scheduled by the supervisor.
• Ensures all documentation, such as shift notes, incident logs, refrigerator temperature logs, and other logs related to life, safety, and health, are timely and correctly completed.
• Teaches or orients new/pulled/pool staff related to milieu management/safety basics.
• Administers medications to the individuals served in accordance with the Medication Administration Record (MAR).
• Dispenses medication to clients and assists with client self-administration of medications.
• Reviews the MAR, pulls out the appropriate medication per the MAR, hands the medication to the client, and records relevant information.
• May supply topical medication to the client, and the client applies it.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

  Requirements

  Must be QMAP certified within 6 months of hire. Must have a valid, non-restricted Colorado Driver’s License or a non-restricted U.S. Driver's License for positions within 30 miles of the CO state border. Must be a resident of Colorado at the time of application and throughout the duration of employment.

  Qualifications

  • High school diploma or General Education Diploma (GED)
  • One (1) year of experience in an occupational field related to the work assigned to the position
  • QMAP certification
  • Experience working in psychiatric settings and with direct patient care
  • Experience with dealing with clients in crisis, utilizing de-escalation techniques
  • Basic understanding of various psychiatric disorders
  • Understanding of when to report changes in client condition or complaints such as pain or other medical needs to the Provider or Nurse
  • Knowledge of the 10 rights of Medication Administration and proper Infection Control practices for passing medications
  • Basic understanding of signs and symptoms of adverse effects r/t medications
  • Experience with Google Suite, Google Drive, and Google Docs
  • Experience with preparing meals for a group, following food safety standards, and diets

  Skills

  Relevant years of state service experience.

  Benefits

  Details about benefits will be provided upon successful completion of the hiring process.

  Pay

  Details about pay will be provided upon successful completion of the hiring process.

  Schedule

  Details about the schedule will be provided upon successful completion of the hiring process.