Behavioral Health Technician — Day Shift & Growth

Lifepoint Health®; Fort Worth (TX); On-site; USD 25,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Tuition assistance

Paid time off

Wellness programs

Job summary

WellBridge Fort Worth, part of Lifepoint Health, seeks a Behavioral Health Technician to support therapeutic milieu under RN direction, ensuring safety and dignity for patients. You will engage in supervising patients, administer tasks, and help deliver scheduled programs in a caring psychiatric setting.

The role requires critical thinking, resilience in stress, and relevant CPR/de-escalation certifications within 30 days of hire, with a 3x12 day shift schedule.

Qualifications

• Education: High School Diploma or GED preferred.
• Experience: psychiatric health-care facility with chemical dependency, dual diagnosis, psychiatric, or geriatric patients preferred.
• Licenses: CPR and de-escalation certification required within 30 days of hire.
• Requires critical thinking, decisive judgment and ability to work with minimal supervision.
• Able to work in a stressful environment and take appropriate action.

Responsibilities

• Observe and maintain a safe environment through patient checks and supervision.
• Take vital signs, collect specimens, document care and monitor patients.
• Promote a positive therapeutic milieu and accompany patients to meals and appointments.
• Report medical or psychiatric changes to the RN and assist with admissions.
• Document patient property at admission and discharge and conduct unit safety checks.
• Encourage activities of daily living and facilitate psychoeducational groups.
• Apply crisis intervention and de-escalation techniques as needed.
• Orient new staff, document in medical records, and comply with OSHA/CDC guidelines.

Skills

Critical thinking

Decisive judgment

Minimal supervision

CPR certification

De-escalation training

Education

High School Diploma or GED preferred

Job description

WellBridge Fort Worth, part of Lifepoint Health, seeks a Behavioral Health Technician to support therapeutic milieu under RN direction, ensuring safety and dignity for patients. You will engage in supervising patients, administer tasks, and help deliver scheduled programs in a caring psychiatric setting.

The role requires critical thinking, resilience in stress, and relevant CPR/de-escalation certifications within 30 days of hire, with a 3x12 day shift schedule.