Mental Health Technician

Job Summary

Demonstrates expertise in mental health promotion and maintenance of high-quality comprehensive patient care.
Displays respect for patient’s integrity, patient information, and patient rights.
Assist with maintaining patient’s activities of daily living.
Demonstrates accountability for specifically assigned duties, such as patient observation rounds, suicide risk observation, monitoring vital signs, and inventory of patient’s belongings.
Maintains patient record and documentation according to policy.
Uses Meditech software proficiently.
Demonstrates the knowledge and skill to provide nursing care to the psychiatric patient under the direction of the RN.
Works as a member of a team to assist with milieu management and performs job tasks to ensure personal, patient and departmental safety.
Communicates professionally and effectively with staff, physicians, management, external and internal customers.
Ensures timely and accurate communication of patient information with all members of the treatment team.
Leads or co-leads groups: goals, community, leisure, diversionary, and wrap-up.
Assists Charge Nurses and co-workers in maintaining efficiency.
Completes clerical responsibilities.

Qualifications

• BLS Certification
  CPI must be obtained within 60 days of employment
• Preferred: Certified Nursing Assistant
  Experience: Required: Able to work under pressure and maintain composure and pleasant manner.
  Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills necessary.
  Demonstrated typing and word processing skills, experience with telephone systems, excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• PREFERRED: Previous experience in hospital/medical setting.
  Experience with psychiatric patients.

Benefits

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

Work Schedule

This is a Full Time mixed shift position with weekend requirements.

About the Facility

LewisGale Hospital Alleghany, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The facility is a 204-bed acute care facility in Low Moor, Virginia. We serve patients in both Virginia and West Virginia. We have delivered a decade-long commitment to help save and improve patients’ lives. We are committed to giving back to the extended community that we call home. We offer a full range of medical specialties from emergency medicine to general surgery. Our facility is home to the Senior Transitions program. This program is a 15-bed specialty unit for seniors with emotional and behavioral issues requiring short-term acute stabilization. We are an important part of LewisGale Regional Health System. This Health System is an integrated network of closely aligned patient-care facilities that consistently rank among the top in the nation for patient care.

About HCA Healthcare

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.

Equal Opportunity Employer

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.