LEAD Behavioral Health Technician-Evening and Night shifts

About the Role

Highlands Behavioral Health System is an 86-bed, acute care psychiatric hospital located in Littleton, CO. The facility features individual units for adolescents, adults, and seniors, and offers inpatient acute care, partial hospitalization, and intensive outpatient programs.

The Lead Tech is responsible for planning and implementing activity services for assigned programs, defining and implementing treatment goals as a member of the treatment team, and providing continuous patient care, observation, interaction, and role modeling to patients under the direction of the Chief Nursing Officer (CNO). This position also plays an integral role in the training of behavioral health technicians.

Responsibilities

• Plan and implement activity services for assigned programs.
• Define and implement treatment goals as part of the treatment team.
• Provide continuous patient care, observation, interaction, and role modeling to patients.
• Train and develop behavioral health technicians in psychiatric patient care techniques.

Requirements

• High School Degree or equivalent (required).
• One year of related experience, with knowledge of psychiatric patient care techniques and understanding of mental illness (preferred).
• At least one year of experience training and developing other staff members in psychiatric patient care techniques or at least one year of experience performing similar duties at Highlands Behavioral Health System (preferred).

Benefits

• Tuition and Educational Reimbursement Program.
• Student Loan Repayment Program.
• Competitive compensation and generous paid time off.
• Excellent medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug plans.
• Discounts on pet insurance, automotive insurance, and homeowners insurance.
• 401(K) with company match and discounted stock plan.
• Career development opportunities within UHS and its subsidiaries.
• SoFi Student Loan Refinancing Program.

More information is available on the UHS Benefits Guest Website.

Schedule

8-hour shifts (7:00 AM – 3:30 PM).

About the Organization

Universal Health Services, Inc. (NYSE: UHS) is one of the nation’s largest and most respected providers of hospital and healthcare services. Headquartered in King of Prussia, PA, UHS has 99,000 employees and operates 28 acute care hospitals, 331 behavioral health facilities, and 60 outpatient and other facilities across 39 U.S. states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico, and the United Kingdom.