Mental Health Technician PRN

Job Summary

Demonstrates expertise in mental health promotion and maintenance of high-quality comprehensive patient care.

Displays respect for patients’ integrity, patient information and patient rights.

Demonstrates expertise in the performance of tasks necessary to maintain a therapeutic milieu and optimum patient care.

Escorts patients to and from scheduled activities in a safe and professional manner.

Performs all specific skills assigned including monitoring 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.

Demonstrate efficiency in maintaining 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.

Documentation of observations and baseline measurements in the medical record.

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.

Benefits

Medical City Alliance Mental Health, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues.

• 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 and position.

About the Company

Committed to the care and improvement of human life, Medical City Healthcare aims to deliver excellence - providing the highest quality, cost-effective healthcare in the communities it serves.

With the resources and experience of HCA Healthcare, including 186 hospitals in the United States and England, Medical City Healthcare is one of the North Texas region's largest and most comprehensive healthcare providers and includes 16 hospitals, about 5000 working physicians, and more than 17,000 employees in Dallas-Fort Worth.

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.

"Bricks and mortar do not make a hospital. People do."

- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr. HCA Healthcare Co-Founder

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.