Health Care Technician II at MHTL Homes Pueblo West

About the role

This position exists to provide direct hands-on milieu management care to clients, which includes 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, support in the continued development of social and life skills. These services shall be performed in a manner consistent with the standards of the profession, legal, and regulatory requirements.

This is a full time, in person, essential services designation position. These services are provided in a residential setting, which requires 24/7 care and treatment. As such, we are hiring for daytime, evening, and overnight shifts, which do include weekends.

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/or physical environment needs to support the ongoing needs of the clients.
• Might require gentle guiding and instruction for clients to engage in self-care activities as part of their continued development of activities of daily living.
• Assists clients in becoming oriented to the program, which includes review of the program requirements, their responsibilities as clients, inventory of all personal items, etcetera.
• Ongoing supervision of the clients in care and ensuring the needs of all clients are being met on a daily basis.
• Safeguarding clients by supervising their whereabouts, interactions, and conditions and referring to the MHTL Homes team regarding potential changes that may need to be made based on observations.
• Ensures safety of clients by adhering to safety laws such as seatbelts, expectations while in a moving vehicle, abiding by the rules of the road, etcetera.
• Maintains a schedule of outside client appointments and any recreational or social activities that require transportation and shares this schedule with the MHTL Homes team.
• Completes trip logs properly and timely.
• Adheres to department standards and staff development, ensuring compliance with MHTL Homes policies and procedures and regulatory requirements.
• Completes staff training, including MHTL Homes' specific training along with 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).
• Records a wide range of information, including: medication given (includes time and amount); clients’ responses to medications and treatments; documents refusals of medications and reports this to the clinical team; and all information relevant to all aspects of the clients’ mental status.
• 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.
• Reviews the MAR, pulls out the appropriate medication per the MAR, puts the medication in a cup, hands the cup of medication to the client with a glass of water, and the client takes the medication.
• May supply topical medication to the client, and the client would apply it.

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 certified
• Experience working in psychiatric settings and with direct patient care
• Able to recognize what a calm milieu looks like and understand how to maintain it
• Basic understanding of various psychiatric disorders
• Experience with dealing with clients in crisis, utilizing de-escalation techniques
• Maintains awareness of all 1:1, special precautions, and medical and psych issues for each client
• Knows the 10 rights of Medication Administration, and proper Infection Control practices for passing medications
• Having a 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