Mental Health Technician

About Us

As Mount Sinai grows, so does our legacy in high-quality health care. Since 1949, Mount Sinai Medical Center has remained committed to providing access to its diverse community. We offer the latest in advanced medicine, technology, and comfort in 12 facilities across Miami-Dade (including our 674-bed main campus facility) and Monroe Counties, with 38 medical services, including cancer care, 24/7 emergency care, orthopedics, and cardiovascular care. Mount Sinai is South Florida's largest private independent not-for-profit hospital, dedicated to training the next generation of medical pioneers.

Our hardworking, tight-knit community of more than 4,000 dedicated employees fosters an environment of care and compassion. Each member plays a vital role in our collective mission to deliver excellent healthcare through innovation, education, and research.

Responsibilities

• Provides basic level of psychiatric nursing care including taking and documenting vital signs, weight, height, abdominal girth.
• Assists with all aspects of direct patient care including providing personal care and hygiene, blood glucose testing, administering treatments and enemas.
• Observes and documents patient's condition and behavior; reports significant changes, including observed side effects of medications, to the appropriate authority.
• Handles less complex clinical problems within the limits of knowledge and authority.
• Participates actively in interdisciplinary meetings; assists in developing, implementing, evaluating, revising, and documenting interdisciplinary treatment plans.
• Provides feedback concerning patient responses, problems, and progress; offers alternative plans for patients deemed inappropriate for typical groups.
• Organizes, schedules, and facilitates individual and group therapy, education, training, leisure, and/or recreational activities to address patients' emotional, psychological, and behavioral problems.
• Collaborates with other disciplines in facilitating programming activities.
• Maintains and updates patients' records; prepares behavioral and assessment summary reports to provide accurate current information on patients' problems and progress.
• Confers with the treatment team and patient's family to provide current direct observation reports and information updates.
• Meets with patients to identify treatment needs; orients patients to unit programming groups and activities; maintains therapeutic communication with patients.
• Provides re-direction and/or reality re-orientation as needed.
• Takes admitting psychiatric histories and assists in ongoing treatment.
• Maintains a safe and therapeutic patient environment; performs and documents patient safety rounds/room checks following unit policy and procedure.
• Monitors for suicide/homicide/elopement behaviors and reports them to RN immediately; responds to codes calmly and professionally.
• Adheres to the principles of non-violent crisis intervention when dealing with aggressive patients; assists in placing patients in seclusion/restraint and observes suicide/seclusion precautions.
• Provides care to patients in seclusion/restraint, including but not limited to assisting with transport, transfer, and discharge of patients.
• Accompanies patients to Baker Act court as necessary.
• Conducts patient belonging inventory upon admission and documents in the appropriate form; checks packages brought in by visitors and advises RN when contraband is found.
• Recognizes signs and symptoms of withdrawal from alcohol or other substances and reports to RN.
• Attends at least 75% of scheduled departmental meetings and in-service programs.
• Performs other work as assigned.

Requirements

• Behavioral Health Technician certification preferred.
• Non-Violent Crisis Intervention Certificate within 90 days of employment.
• CPR Certification required.
• High School Diploma or equivalent preferred.
• At least 1 year of experience caring for mentally ill and emotionally disturbed adult patients.

Benefits

• Health benefits
• Life insurance
• Long-term disability coverage
• Healthcare spending accounts
• Retirement plan
• Paid time off
• Pet Insurance
• Tuition reimbursement
• Employee assistance program
• Wellness program
• On-site housing for select positions

Schedule

Night Shift: 7:00 PM – 7:00 AM