Mental Health Tech III - Mental Health Unit - Full time - Days

About the role

The Mental Health Technician (MHT) III serves as a lead clinical support professional, providing advanced direct care, crisis intervention, and therapeutic support to patients with complex emotional, psychiatric, or behavioral conditions. Operating with a high degree of autonomy under the supervision of licensed clinical staff, the MHT III not only maintains a safe, trauma-informed therapeutic environment but also serves as a milieu leader.

Responsibilities

• Maintains a safe and therapeutic milieu
• Coordinates routine safety checks
• Executes high-acuity 1:1 intervention
• Delivers and oversees highly skilled, trauma-informed care to patients and families
• Participates in treatment plan development
• Leads complex crisis interventions
• Facilitates advanced therapeutic groups
• Collaborates closely with the multidisciplinary team on complex discharge planning
• Demonstrates advanced competency in providing age-appropriate pediatric care and safely performing essential medical support procedures, including specimen collection, electrocardiograms (EKGs), and splint placements

Requirements

• Associates degree in related field
• 2 Years Mental Health Work Experience
• Registered Behavioral Training and certification provided upon hire

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in related field
• 3+ years of mental health experience
• 2 Years Inpatient Mental Health/crisis/emergency Department Experience
• 1+ EKG experience

Pay

Full time, 36 hours/day shift, 7:00 AM - 7:30 PM, 3 (12) hour shifts, weekend and holiday rotations

Schedule

Full time, 36 hours/day shift, 7:00 AM - 7:30 PM, 3 (12) hour shifts, weekend and holiday rotations