Mental Health Tech Night Shift 7p - 7a (1.5k Sign On Bonus)

Georgetown Behavioral; Georgetown (TX); On-site; USD 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sign-On Bonus

Job summary

Georgetown Behavioral Health Institute (GBHI) is a 118-bed acute care psychiatric hospital offering comprehensive mental healthcare programs and services in Georgetown for adults, teens, and seniors. We provide inpatient and outpatient programs to support discharge or alternatives to hospitalization.

Mental Health Technicians deliver high quality care to patients with psychiatric or emotional disorders, support the care plan, and communicate with nursing staff to ensure a therapeutic milieu and

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• CPR and SAMA training required (employer provided).
• Clinical experience preferred in a behavioral healthcare setting.

Responsibilities

• Provide high quality care to patients hospitalized with psychiatric or emotional disorders.
• Communicate with nursing staff regularly and participate in the patient plan of care.
• Maintain a therapeutic milieu and support the hospital program philosophy of care.

Skills

Excellent communication

Good listener

Time management / multitasking

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

CPR certification

Job description

Position offers $1,500.00 Sign-On Bonus

Georgetown Behavioral Health Institute (GBHI) is a 118-bed acute care psychiatric hospital offering comprehensive mental healthcare programs and services in Georgetown for adults, teens, and seniors. In addition to offering inpatient acute care services, we provide outpatient programs that help support patients as they discharge or as an alternative to hospitalization.

Our hospital provides a safe environment staffed by caring and highly educated professionals where we support a person-centered treatment program that promotes stabilization and healing.

Description:

Our Mental Health Technicians provide high quality care to patients who are hospitalized with psychiatric or emotional disorders.

Mental Health Technicians must support the hospital program philosophy of care, support and ensure a therapeutic milieu for all patients, communicate with nursing staff constantly, and participate in the patient plan of care as assigned.

• Education: High school diploma or equivalent required. CPR and SAMA is required (training required and employer provided)
• Required Licenses: None
• Experience: Clinical experience preferred in a behavioral healthcare setting. Experience in a free standing psychiatric hospital preferred.
• Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:
  • Must have excellent communication skills and be a good listener with a pleasant demeanor that encourages and engages others.
  • Must be able to multi-task, prioritize with strong time management skills.
• Screening: Must successfully pass background check, drug screen, physical, and be able to provide positive employment references.
• Physical Demands: With or without reasonable accommodations, must be able to stoop, kneel, crouch, reach, stand for sustained period of time, walk, pull, lift, raise and move objects from position to position (up to 50 lbs.), finger grasp; feel sizes, shapes, temperatures, and textures; express or exchange ideas orally and potentially loudly, accurately, or quickly; visually detect, determine, perceive, identify, recognize, judge, observe, inspect, assess; perceive the nature of sound with or without correction; perform repetitive motions of the wrist, hands, or fingers.

This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. Employee may perform other related duties to meet the ongoing needs of the hospital.

Georgetown Behavioral Healthcare Hospital is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or protected Veteran status.

Full-time employees are eligible for medical, dental, vision, company paid disability, 401(k) and a generous amount of paid time off.