Lead Mental Health Technician

Mission Health · Asheville, NC · 2 wk ago

On-siteHealthcareFull-time

Job Summary

The Lead Mental Health Technician (MHT) serves as a clinical leader and mentor within the psychiatric care team. Operating under the general supervision of the Registered Nurse (RN), the Lead MHT delivers high-quality, patient-centered care while coordinating the daily activities of the MHT staff.

This role combines direct patient care, such as assisting with activities of daily living (ADLs), documenting behavioral changes, and facilitating therapeutic groups with administrative and leadership responsibilities to ensure seamless unit operations and adherence to care plans.

Qualifications

Serve as the primary point of contact for the MHT staff, assisting the RN in assigning daily duties, managing shift workflows, and ensuring adequate unit coverage.
Orient, train, and mentor new MHTs on facility protocols, patient safety measures, and effective behavioral intervention techniques.
Obtain and record initial and ongoing patient information throughout the cycle of care.
Document observations, interactions, patient responses to performed activities, and any physical or behavioral changes at time of occurrence.
Lead or co-lead groups that include topics related to goals, community, leisure, diversionary, and wrap-up.
Assist with patient mobility by regularly turning, positioning, and ambulating as well as transferring patients to and from other units/departments.
Clerical duties include assembling and maintaining charts, filing, answering and transferring phones, and relaying messages.

Required Qualifications

Basic Cardiac Life Support must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date.
Nonviolent Crisis Intervention must be obtained within 1 year of employment start date.
High School Diploma or equivalent required; Bachelor’s degree in Psychology, Social Work, or a related field is highly desirable.
Minimum of 2–3 years of experience in Mental Health required.

Benefits

Mission Hospital offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services.
Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services.
Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence.
Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling.

About the Employer

Mission Hospital, located in Asheville, North Carolina, serves as the regional tertiary and quaternary care center in Western North Carolina and the adjoining region. Mission Hospital is licensed for 853 beds and is the region’s only trauma center, comprehensive stroke center, Level III neonatal intensive care unit, and includes the only children’s hospital in Western North Carolina. Mission Hospital is also a Magnet® designated hospital for nursing excellence.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World's Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

"Bricks and mortar do not make a hospital. People do."

- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr. HCA Healthcare Co-Founder