Mental Health Technician

Mental Health Technician

Submit your application for the Mental Health Technician position at HCA Healthcare. This role requires expertise in mental health promotion and comprehensive patient care, as well as the ability to maintain a therapeutic milieu and optimize patient care.

Qualifications

• Demonstrates expertise in mental health promotion and comprehensive patient care
• Displays respect for patients' integrity, patient information, and patient rights
• Performs tasks necessary to maintain a therapeutic milieu and optimum patient care
• Escorts patients to and from scheduled activities in a safe and professional manner
• Monitors vital signs in a complete and accurate manner
• Maintains the cleanliness of the unit
• Maintains high level of interpersonal relationships with program staff
• Utilizes appropriate skills in telephone etiquette when answering the telephone, making sure to record correct messages and pass along to appropriate staff, including patient inquiries
• Maintains support services, which are vital to effective program operation
• Maintains unit filing and paperwork system, if assigned by Nurse Manager or Charge Nurse
• Aids in maintaining patients' activities of daily living
• Demonstrates ability to maintain a safe environment
• Documents observations and baseline measurements in the medical record

Qualifications You Will Need

• 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

Benefits

TriStar Centennial Medical Center offers a comprehensive benefits package that supports the health, life, career, and retirement of our colleagues. This includes:

• 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: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location. TriStar Centennial Medical Center is a 740+ bed comprehensive facility offering medical and surgical programs, including behavioral health and 24-hour emergency services, heart and vascular, imaging, neurosciences, oncology, orthopedics, pediatrics, rehabilitation, sleep disorder, and women's services. It is an affiliate of TriStar Health and located on a 43-acre campus with facilities such as the TriStar Centennial Heart & Vascular Center, TriStar Centennial Women's Hospital, The Children's Hospital at TriStar Centennial, and Sarah Cannon Cancer Institute at TriStar Centennial Medical Center. HCA Healthcare has been named one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies by Ethisphere Institute for ten consecutive years (2010-2019) and spends an estimated $3.7 billion annually on charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

If you find this opportunity compelling, we encourage you to apply for our Mental Health Technician opening. We promptly review all applications. Highly qualified candidates will be directly contacted by a member of our team. We are interviewing - apply today!

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.