Compassionate Mental Health Tech: Patient Care

Corterra-of-Wichita,-LLC; Wichita (KS); On-site; USD 21,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Corterra of Wichita is seeking a dedicated Mental Health Technician to support individuals with mental health conditions. This role involves observing and recording patient information, assisting with treatment plans, and providing compassionate care under supervision of the Nursing Director.

The MHT will escort and monitor patients, attend to daily personal needs, maintain privacy, and collaborate with physicians, nurses and the care team to ensure safety and quality of care.

Qualifications

• High School diploma or GED.
• Crisis prevention certification is required.
• CPR certification.
• Minimum one year experience preferred with appropriate education.
• Ability to manage anger, fear, hostility, and violence of others.
• Ability to make decisions under pressure.
• Ability to manage stress.
• Proficient in applicable software applications.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Ability to prioritize multiple tasks and deadlines.
• Comfortable working in confined or crowded areas.
• Comfortable working alone or in a team environment.

Responsibilities

• Restores and promotes patient health by assisting in their individual therapeutic treatment plan.
• Attends to patient personal needs (hygiene, toileting, bathing, dressing, transferring) as required.
• Escorts and monitors patients during admissions, transfers, and discharges; and provides line-of-sight or one-to-one support to patients as ordered by the physician.
• Checks and documents luggage and personal belongings upon admission; maintains patient property list.
• Regularly observes and records patients’ behaviors, temperature, pulse, respiration, blood pressure, and weight.
• Monitors and documents patient food and fluid intake; feeding patients as required.
• Completes and documents 15-minute (or less) visual checks on patients per hospital policy.
• Ensures patient dignity and respects patient values.
• Establishes a compassionate environment by providing emotional and psychological support to patients, families, and friends.
• Maintains patient privacy and confidentiality; and protects operations by keeping patient and hospital information confidential.
• Operates within ethical standards.
• Collaborates with physicians, nurses, and multidisciplinary team members.
• Assures quality of care by adhering to therapeutic standards, measuring health outcomes against patient care goals and regulatory standards.
• Coordinates and supervises therapeutic activities for individual patients and for groups in accordance with patient care treatment plans.
• Helps maintain hospital cleanliness and neatness for patient comfort.
• Assists in orientation for patients and families.
• Per RN direction, and using approved methods, assists in safely placing patients in seclusion or restraints; observes suicide/seclusion precautions.
• Monitors visitors and supervises visitation.
• Intervenes with patients who disregard, violate, or ignore safety rules. Reports any signs of increasing aggression, suicidal behavior, danger of elopement, violation of smoking rules, or violation of any other facility safety rules
• Assists in emergency care if necessary
• Maintains continuity among peers by documenting and communicating actions, irregularities, and continuing needs
• Protects patients and employees by adhering to safety standards, infection-control policies and protocols, storage procedures, and controlled substance regulations
• Uses hygienic practices and teaches patient hygienic practices
• Attends and contributes to therapeutic groups, community meetings, and activities
• Attends appropriate facility in-service training programs
• Completes all required educational settings, including staff meetings and competencies per hospital policy
• Ensures operations of equipment by completing preventative maintenance requirements, calling for repairs, and evaluating new equipment and techniques
• Assists with tele-psych equipment as required
• Provides feedback to supervisor on an ongoing basis regarding concerns, improvements, changes, etc.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Stress management

Decision making under pressure

Attention to patient safety

Reading and following instructions

Team collaboration

Education

High School diploma or GED

Crisis prevention certification

CPR certification

Minimum one year experience preferred with appropriate education

Tools

EMR software

Job description

Corterra of Wichita is seeking a dedicated Mental Health Technician to support individuals with mental health conditions. This role involves observing and recording patient information, assisting with treatment plans, and providing compassionate care under supervision of the Nursing Director.

The MHT will escort and monitor patients, attend to daily personal needs, maintain privacy, and collaborate with physicians, nurses and the care team to ensure safety and quality of care.