Mental Health Technician

AECOM; Omaha (NE); On-site; USD 10,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider seeks a support specialist to assist in enhancing patient experiences at CHI Health Immanuel. The role focuses on fostering individuality in patients, performing essential medical tasks, and contributing to a team dedicated to quality care. If you have a passion for helping others and possess a relevant educational background, this position may be ideal for you.

Qualifications

• 1 year of experience preferred in a related field.
• Certification in Basic Life Support (BLS) required.
• Preferred experience in Behavioral Health field.

Responsibilities

• Assists patients with self-expression and behavior testing.
• Performs patient safety tasks including vital signs and daily living activities.
• Participates in admission procedures and orients patients and families.

Skills

Patient support

Self-expression promotion

Behavior modification

Education

High School Diploma

Bachelor’s Degree in Human Service field

Tools

Basic Life Support (BLS)

Mental Health Tech Certification

Job description

**Responsibilities**

In healthcare, we all agree that support is a must in order to be successful. This position will support our healthcare teams by ensuring they have everything they need in order to care for our patients. We couldn’t do it without you! If you have a passion for supporting others and enhancing patient experience, we want to talk to you.

**Expectations:**

+ Assists patients in the development of individuality and appropriate methods of self-expression through promoting an environment in which the patient can problem-solve and test out new behaviors

+ Assists the patients in acknowledging and accepting responsibility for psychological and behavioral patterns through providing feedback and positive reinforcement, consistently applying program rights and regulations, behavior modification program and communicating in an appropriate manner with the patient

+ Participates in admission procedures; orients patient and family (significant others) to unit and program

+ Performs basic tasks on the patient such as patient safety rounding, admissions, vital signs, blood pressure, specimen collection, accu checks, weighing and assisting with activities of daily living

**Qualifications**

+ High School Diploma with at least 1 year of experience preferred

+ Basic Life Support (BLS) required

+ Preferred: Bachelor’s Degree in Human Service field or Graduate of a Psychiatric Assistant or Nurse Aide training program or one year experience in the Behavioral Health field

+ Certification Mental Health Tech - preferred

**Overview**

CHI Health Immanuel, located in North Omaha just off of I-680 on 72nd Street, offers a full-service hospital, cancer center, rehabilitation center, specialty spine hospital and more. For well over a century, our commitment to serve our community inspires our staff to provide the highest quality of care to all who we have the privilege to serve.

**Pay Range**

$15.88 - $21.83 /hour

We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.