Mental Health Technician - Adolescent Psych

MultiCare Health System; Washington, Tacoma (District of Columbia, WA); On-site; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Part time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking health care system dedicated to providing exceptional mental health care. As a Mental Health Technician, you'll play a vital role in supporting psychiatric patients, ensuring their safety and well-being while working collaboratively with a diverse team. This position offers a unique opportunity to grow within a mission-driven organization that values respect, integrity, and excellence. With flexible schedules and a commitment to employee growth, you'll find a rewarding career path in a community-focused environment that prioritizes healing and health. Be part of a team that makes a difference every day!

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits package

Paid time off

Flexible schedules

Competitive salary

Medical and dental benefits

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in human services or 1 year of experience required.
• Must obtain Nursing Assistant Registered or CNA before start date.

Responsibilities

• Provide safe and therapeutic environment for psychiatric patients.
• Collaborate with clinical staff to ensure comprehensive health care.

Skills

Patient Care

Collaboration

Crisis Intervention

Customer Service

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Social Work

Bachelor's Degree in Counseling

Bachelor's Degree in Psychology

Tools

BLS Certification

CPR Certification

Job description

You Belong Here.

At MultiCare, we strive to offer a true sense of belonging for all our employees. Across our health care network, you will find a dynamic range of meaningful careers, opportunities for growth, safe workplaces, and flexible schedules. We are connected by our mission - partnering and healing for a healthy future - and dedicated to the health and well-being of the communities we serve.

FTE: 0.6, Shift: Evening, Schedule: 12 hour shifts, rotating weekends

Position Summary

The Mental Health Technician is an incredible opportunity to expand your role in health care through functioning as part of a collaborative, interdisciplinary treatment team. This role is responsible for providing a safe, supportive, and therapeutic environment for psychiatric patients while assisting with the provision of basic patient care and recovery needs.

Responsibilities

• You will support the unit through excellent patient customer service and clinic management assistance

• You will collaborate with physicians, clinical staff, front office staff and clinic management to ensure comprehensive health care outcomes

• You will perform a variety of functions within the clinic setting requiring specialized knowledge and integration of available standards, resources, and data

• Advocate for ethical and holistic care promoting the autonomy, dignity, and health of patients from diverse ethnic and social backgrounds

• You will assist with maintaining a safe and hazard free environment by observing and documenting patient behavior, conducting patient room searches, reporting unsafe conditions and applying appropriate emotional and physical support

• You will provide and document interventions in a variety of modalities individually matched to the needs of each patient

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Social Work, Counseling, Psychology, or any other human services field preferred and/or in lieu of education, will take 1 year of experience.

• Must be eligible to obtain a Washington State Agency Affiliated Counselor; apply within 30 days and have from DOH within 90 days.

• Must obtain a Nursing Assistant Registered or CNA prior to start date

• If assigned to Navos Hospital, BLS certification is required prior to starting. Other campuses require CPR certification prior to starting on the floor and can be obtained onsite, if not already in hand.

• If assigned to Navos Hospital, First Aid training is required prior to starting.

• If assigned to Navos Hospital, Food Handler's Card is required within first two weeks of hire date

Our Values

As a MultiCare employee, we'll rely on you to reflect our core values of Respect, Integrity, Stewardship, Excellence, Collaboration, Kindness and Joy. Our values serve as our guiding principles and impact every aspect of our organization, including how we provide patient care and what we expect from each other.

Why MultiCare?

• Belonging: We work to create a true sense of belonging for all our caregivers
• Mission-driven: We are dedicated to our mission of partnering for healing and a healthy future and the patients and communities we serve
• Market leadership: Washington state's largest community-based, locally governed health system
• Employee-centric: Named Forbes "America's Best Employers by State" in 2023
• Technology: "Most Wired"health caresystem 15 years in a row
• Leading research: MultiCare Institute for Research & Innovation, 40 years of ground-breaking, clinical and health services research in our communities
• Lifestyle: Live and work in the Pacific Northwest - offering breathtaking water, mountains and forest at every turn.

Pay and Benefit Expectations

We provide a comprehensive benefits package, including competitive salary, medical, dental and retirement benefits and paid time off. As required by various pay transparency laws, we share a competitive range of compensation for candidates hired into each position. The pay scale is $25.66 - $42.42 USD. However, pay is influenced by factors specific to applicants, including but not limited to: skill set, level of experience, and certification(s) and/or education. If this position is associated with a union contract, pay will be reflective of the appropriate step on the pay scale to which the applicant's years of experience align.

Associated benefit information can be viewed here.