Mental Health Technician

Lasting Hope Recovery Center; United States; On-site; USD 25,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

Lasting Hope Recovery Center, a 64-bed adult psychiatric facility, seeks a Mental Health Tech to support behavioral health teams. You will assist psychiatrists, patients, and care management, ensuring smooth operations, accurate medication management, and timely EHR documentation.

Responsibilities include front desk duties, insurance processing, taking vital signs, and assisting with injections and back-office tasks.

Qualifications

• High School Graduate with at least 1 year of mental health experience.
• CPR certification and First Aid within specified timelines.
• BLS Instructor credentials preferred or to be obtained on hire.

Responsibilities

• Assist psychiatrists, patients and care management team to support daily operations.
• Provide basic nursing tasks such as vital signs and accuracy in EHR documentation.
• Manage front office reception, patient registration and insurance processing.
• Support trauma informed care and safety within a calm, confidential environment.
• Contribute to team meetings and quality assurance activities as assigned.

Skills

High School Diploma

Mental health experience

CPR

First Aid

BLS Instructor

Education

Psychiatric Assistant training

Nurse Aide training

Job description

Where You'll Work

A 64-bed adult psychiatric facility, Lasting Hope Recovery Center is a place of healing. All of the rooms are private. At Lasting Hope Recovery Center, patients find comfort and a team of caring professionals working for them. Often, mental illness and substance abuse occur at the same time. CHI Health Lasting Hope Recovery Center offers an entire range of treatment and prevention services to meet the needs of patients experiencing both challenges. Treatment is built on personal strengths and support systems that treat individuals experiencing these illnesses.

Job Summary and Responsibilities

As our Mental Health Tech, you will be vital support for Behavioral Health's front and back office functions, assisting psychiatrists, patients, and the care management team. You'll ensure smooth operations, quality medication management, and clinical problem-solving. Every day you will provide basic medication triage, support services, and take vital signs for behavioral health patients. You'll manage front office reception, patient registration, insurance/copay processing, and telephones, while also handling back office tasks like refill requests, injections, and accurate EHR documentation.To be successful, you need strong multitasking, meticulous attention to detail, and a rapid ability to learn complex information accurately. Exceptional customer service, calm under pressure, EHR proficiency, and strict confidentiality are essential, along with flexibility to float.

Assists patients through a trauma informed care atmosphere 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 patients.

Provides appropriate emergency care and maintains a safe environment. Maintains a secure environment and acts as a resource for emergency situations. Performs basic nursing tasks (i.e. but not limited to: vital signs, blood pressure, specimen collection, accu checks, weighing and assisting with ADL). Assists the nurse in carrying out orders that are within the scope of practice.

Provides trauma informed care and supervision to patients needing physical restraints or seclusion.

Assists the patient in dealing with relationship difficulties, supports and teaches appropriate socializations skills. Facilitates Its various supportive, classroom educational (where appropriate) and psych-educational activities.

Communicates effectively utilizing both verbal and writing methods within a diverse and multicultural environment. Maintains appropriate communication networks and harmonious working relationships with members of the interdisciplinary team and other departments, through participating in staff meetings, quality assurance activities, safety, security and infection control programs, program development and implementation and all additional training assigned by leadership.

Job Requirements

Required

• High School Graduate and with at least 1 year of experience in mental health., upon hire and
• Basic Life Support - CPR, upon hire or
• Basic Life Support Instructor, upon hire and
• First Aid, within 6 - months
• , upon hire

Preferred

• Bachelors Other in Human Service field or one year experience in the Behavioral Health field is preferred, upon hire or
• Graduate of aPsychiatric Assistant and Nurse Aide training program , upon hire