Mental Health Technician - Adolescent Unit - Full Time Evenings

About the role

The Mental Health Technician, Admissions, functions as a caregiver for a specific patient population in order to achieve desired outcomes. This position focuses on expanding knowledge and skills and on providing effective direct and indirect care, as part of the interdisciplinary team, to a variety of complex patients. Under the direction of the registered nurse, promotes patient satisfaction, comfort, and safety. The incumbent assists with a variety of patient, unit, and environment-related tasks and participates in patient safety initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Provide patient care, based on physical, psychosocial, educational, safety, and related criteria, appropriate to the age of the guests/patients served in the assigned service.
• Provide for effective and safe guest/patient outcomes through practice, judgment, and critical actions.
• Ongoing communication with patients, nursing colleagues, and other members of the health care team regarding the patient's status and rendered care.
• Takes self-directed or self-motivated initiative to do more than is expected or required in the job, acting before being required to by events, improving job performance, and/or creating new opportunities.
• Participates in interdisciplinary collaboration of our patients' plan of care from admission to ensure safe transitioning and continuum of care.
• Participates in Unit/Department Performance Improvement [PI] activities.

Qualifications

• A high school diploma, general equivalency diploma (GED), and/or GED equivalent programs.
• The ability to learn quickly and adapt to changing patient needs, a strong sense of accountability for improving the lives of our patients and their caregivers, an exceptional focus on teamwork, dedication to ongoing education, and the ability and passion to deliver the highest quality of care and service based on a strong sense of patient focus are all required.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Proficient computer skills that include but are not limited to Google Suite and/or Microsoft Office platforms.

Education, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Preferred

• Experienced or certified in phlebotomy and checking EKG, vital signs, and blood sugar.
• At least one (1) year of PCT, MHT, CNA, or other behavioral health experience in a hospital setting is strongly preferred.
• Experience with behavioral health patients.
• Certified Nursing Assistant, Certified Medical Assistant, Mental Health Technician, or Patient Care Technician who has successfully completed a PCT program which includes Phlebotomy, EKG, and nursing assistant course both in the theoretical and clinical setting.

Licenses and Certifications Required

• AHA Basic Health Care Life Support HCP Certification within 60 days of entering the position.

Compensation

HMH is committed to pay equity and transparency for our team members. The posted rate of pay in this job posting is a reasonable good faith estimate of the minimum base pay for this role at the time of posting in accordance with the New Jersey Pay Transparency Act and does not reflect the full value of our market-competitive total rewards package.