Mental Health Technician

Mosaic Life Care; Maryville (MO); On-site; USD 10,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking health care system dedicated to transforming community health. As a Mental Health Technician, you will play a vital role in assisting patients with daily activities and monitoring their well-being. This position offers the opportunity to work closely with a dedicated team, ensuring high-quality care in a supportive environment. With a focus on employee wellness, the organization provides numerous perks, including wellness programs and free health clinics. If you are passionate about making a difference in patients' lives, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Benefits

Concierge Services

Employee Lounge

Wellness Programs

Free Covered Parking

Free On-Site Health Clinics

Virtual Health Clinics

Qualifications

• High School Diploma required; UAP training or CNA certification preferred.
• Basic Life Support certification required within 90 days.

Responsibilities

• Assist patients with daily living activities and monitor their condition.
• Establish therapeutic relationships while ensuring patient dignity.
• Conduct patient observation rounds and document findings.

Skills

Patient Care

Communication Skills

Monitoring Vital Signs

Assisting with Activities of Daily Living

Education

High School Diploma

Unlicensed Assistive Personnel Training

Certified Nursing Assistant Program

Job description

Mosaic Life Care is a health care system in northwest Missouri. With a vision of transforming community health by being a life-care innovator, Mosaic places the holistic needs of patients first by providing the right care at the right time and place, offering high value and quality health care.

Mosaic has a wide array of benefits to meet each employee’s individual needs. Our benefits were designed by listening to people just like you. Mosaic also offers several perks with a focus on ensuring our employees feel valued, including concierge services, employee lounge, wellness programs, free covered parking, free on-site and virtual health clinics, and many more. When paired with compensation and recognition, it is what continues to make us the employer of choice for employees at any stage of their journey.

Details

• Mental Health Technician
• Mental Health Unit
• Full Time Status
• Night Shift
• Sign-On Bonus Available
• Pay: $16.48 - $20.60 / hour

Summary

This position, under the direction of an RN or other designated authority, assists patients in activities of daily living, measures patients' general physical condition, and leads educational discussions. Observes and reports patients' behavior patterns and intervenes by verbal or physical means as required. The Behavioral Health Technician also maintains the therapeutic milieu (the physical or social setting in which something occurs or develops) that is conducive to quality patient care.

This position works under the supervision of the Director - Behavioral Health and is employed by Mosaic Life Care.

Duties

• Establishes and maintains communication and therapeutic relationships with patients ensuring patient dignity and respecting patients’ values, operating within ethical standards and treating patients with professional demeanor in accordance with organizational standards.
• Conducts and accurately records patient observation rounds per organizational standards.
• Assists patients with activities of daily living (ADLs) including monitoring patient bathing and providing assistance as necessary. Assists with personal laundry if necessary.
• Performs patient care tasks including taking and recording vital signs, collecting patient specimens, monitoring and documenting food and fluid intake, accompanying patients for medical testing as assigned.
• Provides educational groups and Community & Goals groups as assigned.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• All required education is a minimum requirement. Higher levels of education are acceptable. A High School Diploma is required. UAP education requirements include:
  a. an Unlicensed Assistive Personnel (UAP) training program in the last three years, or
  b. a fundamentals of nursing course, or
  c. a certified nursing assistant program with certification (C.N.A.), or
  d. a graduate of a professional or practical nursing program who did not pass the state licensure examination in the past three years, or
  e. a graduate of a professional or practical nursing program outside the United States and awaiting licensure in this country.
• Clinical/BCLS - Basic Life Support required within 90 days. Non-Violent Crisis Intervention and any other required training by the organization are required within 90 days.
• In lieu of the above, documented experience as a nurse assistant, emergency medical technician, or surgical technician in the past three years is required. Experience as a nurse assistant in an inpatient setting is preferred.