Mental Health/Psychiatric Technician

Healthier Mississippi People; Jackson (MS); On-site; USD 32,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

Healthier Mississippi People seeks a Mental Health Technician to supervise patients in a treatment setting. You will monitor safety, support therapeutic activities, and help maintain a respectful, secure environment aligned with the center’s purpose.

Responsibilities include assisting with daily living, participating in treatment programs, and collaborating with mental health professionals to promote positive outcomes for children, teens, or adults as needed.

Qualifications

• Degree (Bachelor or Associate) in psychology or mental health.
• Two years of direct patient care experience in a mental health facility.
• Basic knowledge of crisis intervention.
• Ability to maintain patient records.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to interact with patients, families and staff.

Responsibilities

• Monitors patients' status and progress toward established treatment goals.
• Reports patient observations to supervisor, following prescribed procedures and standards.
• Provides care to patients in a method that promotes safety, comfort and therapeutic environment.
• Participates in the development and implementation of treatment programs.
• Participates in group sessions, training activities, and staff meetings; enhances professional growth and development through participation in educational programs, in-service meetings and workshops.
• Assists patients with activities of daily living; attends to patient behavioral difficulties and provides assistance in crisis intervention as needed.
• Serves on at least one hospital, or medical center committee, task force, or project team to improve patient care or work area.
• Demonstrates core standards of exceptional customer service.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Skills

Crisis intervention

Patient care charts

Record keeping

Verbal & written communication

Interpersonal skills

Therapeutic patient care

Education

Bachelor/Associate degree in psychology or mental health

Job description

Job Summary

To provide child, adolescent, or adult patient supervision in a treatment or educational setting. To assist in the maintenance of a safe, secure environment that enhances treatment and/or educational effectiveness. To perform job duties in accordance with the medical center's purpose

Job Title

Mental Health Technician

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Knowledge of crisis intervention techniques.
• Knowledge of patient care charts and histories.
• Skill in preparing and maintaining patient records.
• Verbal and written communications skills.
• Interpersonal skills to interact with mental health professionals, patients, and family members.
• Ability to provide therapeutic patient care to mentally, emotionally, and/or developmentally disabled individuals.

Responsibilities

• Monitors patients' physical, physiological, and behavioral status and progress toward established treatment goals.
• Reports patient observations to supervisor, following prescribed procedures and standards.
• Provides care to patients in a method that promotes safety, comfort and therapeutic environment.
• Participates in the development and implementation of treatment programs.
• Participates in group sessions, training activities, and staff meetings; enhances professional growth and development through participation in educational programs, in-service meetings and workshops.
• Assists patients with activities of daily living; attends to patient behavioral difficulties and provides assistance in crisis intervention as needed.
• Serves on at least one hospital, or medical center committee, task force, or project team to improve patient care or work area.
• Demonstrates core standards of exceptional customer service.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Physical and Environmental Demands

Requires frequent exposure to unpleasant or disagreeable physical environment such as high noise level and exposure to heat and cold, frequent exposure to bio-hazardous conditions such as risk of radiation exposure, blood borne pathogens, fumes or airborne particles, and/or toxic or caustic chemicals which mandate attention to safety considerations, occasional activities subject to significant volume changes of a seasonal/clinical nature, frequent work produced subject to precise measures of quantity and quality. (occasional-up to 20%, frequent-from 21% to 50%, constant-51% or more)

Requirements

Education & Experience

Degree (Bachelor or Associate) in psychology or mental health or High School Diploma/GED and two (2) years of direct patient care experience in a mental health facility.

Certifications, Licenses or Registration Required

N/A