Compassionate Mental Health Technician - Patient Care

HCA Healthcare, Inc.; Fort Worth (TX); On-site; USD 41,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Wellbeing support (free counseling)

Time away from work (PTO, family leave

401(k) with 100% match on 3–9% of pay

Tuition and certification support

Job summary

Medical City Alliance Mental Health, part of HCA Healthcare, is seeking staff to promote mental health and provide high-quality patient care within a therapeutic milieu at a busy Dallas–Fort Worth facility.

The role requires respectful interaction with patients, accurate vital sign monitoring, and maintaining a clean, safe environment while supporting daily living activities and proper documentation.

Qualifications

• BCLS must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date.
• Nonviolent Crisis Intervention must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrates expertise in mental health promotion and maintenance of high-quality comprehensive patient care.
• Displays respect for patients’ integrity, patient information and patient rights.
• Maintains therapeutic milieu and optimum patient care.
• Escorts patients to and from scheduled activities in a safe and professional manner.
• Performs monitoring of vital signs in a complete and accurate manner.
• Assists with maintaining the cleanliness of the unit.
• Maintains high level of interpersonal relationships with program staff.
• Answers telephone messages accurately and passes along inquiries to appropriate staff.
• Maintains support services essential to program operation.
• Maintains unit filing and paperwork as assigned by Nurse Manager or Charge Nurse.
• assists with activities of daily living for patients
• Demonstrates ability to maintain a safe environment.
• Documents observations and baseline measurements in the medical record.

Education

Basic Cardiac Life Support

Nonviolent Crisis Intervention

Job description

Medical City Alliance Mental Health, part of HCA Healthcare, is seeking staff to promote mental health and provide high-quality patient care within a therapeutic milieu at a busy Dallas–Fort Worth facility.

The role requires respectful interaction with patients, accurate vital sign monitoring, and maintaining a clean, safe environment while supporting daily living activities and proper documentation.