Mental Health Technician
UHS
Summary
At Old Vineyard Behavioral Health Services, we are helping to create brighter, healthier futures for our patients and their families. We are the Piedmont Triad's only private psychiatric hospital meeting the chemical dependency illnesses and behavioral healthcare needs of those in our community. Our 164-bed inpatient services for adolescents through senior adulthood offers comprehensive and individual assessments, psychiatric evaluation and medication stabilization, daily group therapy and personalized aftercare planning. We also offer a Partial Hospitalization and Intensive Outpatient Treatment Program to ensure the continuum of care for our patients.
Job description
This opportunity is for part-time (24 hours per week) Mental Health Technician (MHT). The position offers full benefits and a schedule of every Tuesday & Wednesday 7pm - 7am. This position additionally requires working one Saturday or Sunday per month.
Job Duties
- MHT/Patient Relationship: Develops and maintains a therapeutic relationship throughout the healthcare continuum.
- Patient Safety: Monitors patients at all times, performs patient observation rounds, conducts unit safety checks and patient belonging inventory to ensure no contraband enters patient care area, and monitors/controls availability of hazards and contraband, perform verbal de-escalation, or other approved interventions, in crisis situations.
- Patient Care: Performs patient vital signs and reports unusual outcomes to unit nurse, recognizes changes in condition and takes immediate action to assist, to include reporting to the unit nurse. Assists patients with basic needs, including daily living activities. Facilitates structured groups. Assists in the admission and discharge process.
- Infection Prevention: Follows infection control policies and procedures including appropriate hand hygiene, blood pressure cuff cleaning, and high-touch surface cleaning.
- Patient/Staff Education: Demonstrates a commitment to meeting the learning needs of patients and families. Utilizes appropriate resources to meet those needs and achieve positive patient outcomes. Assists in creating an environment that promotes educational growth opportunities for peers and colleagues.
- Collaboration/Professional Development: Demonstrates respect and understanding for peers and other clinical disciplines and participates as an effective member of the patient care team to formulate an integrated approach to care.
Requirements
- Must be at least 21 years of age.
- Bachelor's degree in health or human services.
- If no degree (or degreed in another area), must have three (3) years of prior work experience in a behavioral health/social services field.
- Knowledge of human behavior or principles of psychology preferred including therapeutic relationships & processes, age specific growth & development, limit setting, crisis & behavior management.
- Requires sufficient body mobility to accomplish essential functions.
- Must be able to sit and stand for extended periods of time.
- Must be able to bend, stoop, and kneel with ease.
- Requires walking and standing often.
- Requires frequently speaking face-to-face as well as on the telephone.
- Able to write legibly and grammatically to convey patient behavior and information in the patient chart.
- Requires normal or corrected vision and hearing to normal range.
- Must be able to express and exchange ideas by means of the spoken word.
- Communicating fluently and effectively both verbally and in writing in English.
- Ability to perform Non-Violent Crisis Intervention (physical, verbal and non-verbal techniques).
- Ability to appropriately and professionally interact with all program staff, patients, visitors, attending physicians, and other department representatives.
Benefits
- Health Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Prescription Drug Plans
- 401(k) with company match
- Discounted stock plan
- Paid Time Off
- Tuition Assistance
- Student Loan Refinancing Program
- Career development opportunities
- Online learning catalogue
Company overview
Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS) is one of the nation's largest and most respected providers of hospital and healthcare services, operating as a Fortune 300 corporation headquartered in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1979, UHS has grown into a major healthcare enterprise with approximately 99,000 employees and annual revenues exceeding $14 billion. The company operates through its subsidiaries, managing 29 acute care hospitals, 331 behavioral health facilities, and 60 outpatient and other facilities across 39 U.S. states, Washington D.C., Puerto Rico, and the United Kingdom. UHS provides comprehensive healthcare services including acute care, behavioral health treatment, cancer centers, and ambulatory surgical centers. The company's strategy focuses on building or acquiring high-quality hospitals in rapidly growing markets and investing in advanced medical equipment and skilled personnel to become the leading healthcare provider in each community it serves. UHS is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: UHS) and has established a strong reputation for delivering compassionate, high-quality care while maintaining financial stability and operational excellence.