Mental Health Technician

Job Summary and Qualifications

The MHT provides direct patient care to adolescent, adult mood disorder, and Geriatric populations. The MHT provides patient supervision and assists in the maintenance of a safe, secure environment that enhances treatment effectiveness.

What you will do in this role

• Provides care to patients in a manner that promotes safety, comfort, and the therapeutic environment.
• Assists patients with activities of daily living; attends to patient behavioral problems, and aids in crisis intervention as needed.
• Works with other members of a multi-disciplinary team in leading milieu activities such as current events groups, community meetings, goals groups, fitness groups, activities of daily living groups, and/or recreational activities, as appropriate to the specified patient population.
• Charts patient observations, performs 15-minute patient rounds and 1:1 level of care.
• Participates in the development and implementation of patient treatment programs.
• Maintains confidentiality of patient records.
• Accompanies patients to and from appointments, clinics, laboratories, and/or treatments when required.
• May perform initial patient evaluations to determine treatment priorities; may take vital signs, weights, and urine specimens.
• Attends and participates all required in-service education and staff meetings.
• Maintains established institutional policies and procedures, objectives, quality assurance program, and safety, environmental and infection control standards.
• Enhances professional growth and development through participation in educational programs, current literature, in service meetings, and online assigned training.
• May provide liaison with patients, families of patients, or external facilities and agencies.

Qualifications

• Basic Cardiac Life Support must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date.
• Nonviolent Crisis Intervention must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date.
• No Travel Required.
• No experience Required.
• Years of Experience: Not specified.

Benefits

Corpuses Christi Medical Center 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.
• Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing.

Note

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

Nurses are essential to the delivery of healthcare and serve as its foundation. At HCA Healthcare, we are committed to equipping nurses with the tools and resources they need to deliver exceptional patient care, championing the profession, and supporting the advancement of nursing’s future.

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