Mental Health Technician - PRN Days/Nights

Universal Hospital Services Inc.; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career development

Competitive pay

Challenging environment

Job summary

Kingwood Pines Hospital is a 116 bed facility located near Houston, providing psychiatric and behavioral health services. The Mental Health Technician works as part of the treatment team, under the direction of a Registered Nurse, to deliver continuous patient care and role modeling for patients from preschool through geriatrics.

Responsibilities include promoting a safe environment, taking vital signs, responding to emergencies, assisting with milieu management, and ensuring schedules and

Qualifications

• High School Degree or equivalent required.
• One year of related experience with psychiatric patient care techniques preferred.
• CPR and HWC Crisis Intervention training required before starting.
• Must attend full hospital and departmental orientations and work a minimum of 3 shifts per pay period.

Responsibilities

• Promotes a safe environment: conducts and documents patient rounds as scheduled; completes environmental rounds as scheduled.
• Takes vital signs as ordered.
• Responds calmly and effectively to emergency situations, de-escalates patients, and follows hospital policies and procedures related to seclusion, restraint, psychiatric emergencies, and medical emergencies.
• Assist with milieu management: Identifies potential problems with patients or the milieu (e.g., vital sign abnormalities, changes in patient’s physical condition, suspicious patient behavior, escalating patient behavior, contraband, safety hazards).
• Ensures the unit schedules are followed and groups are conducted as posted/required.
• Conducts and documents searches as ordered; recognizes and reports environmental hazards; performs patient inventory form per policy

Skills

Patient care

Crisis intervention

Vital signs

Teamwork

CPR certified

Education

High School Diploma

Job description

Responsibilities

Kingwood Pines Hospital is a 116 bed facility located in the beautiful residential Kingwood community. We are located about 30 miles northeast of the Houston Medical Center. The hospital provides 24-hour emergency services. We serve children, adolescents, and adults for psychiatric and behavioral health. The hospital also has services in intensive outpatient and partial hospital program services.

Website: www.kingwoodpines.com

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Position Summary

The Mental Health Technician functions as an active part of the treatment team, providing continuous patient care, supervision, interaction and role modeling to patients ranging in ages from preschool through geriatrics. All MHT’s work under the direction of a Registered Nurse.

Job Duties/Responsibilities

• Promotes a safe environment: Conducts and documents patient rounds as scheduled; completes environmental rounds as scheduled.
• Takes vital signs as ordered.
• Responds calmly and effectively to emergency situations, de-escalates patients, and follows hospital policies and procedures related to seclusion, restraint, psychiatric emergencies, and medical emergencies.
• Assist with milieu management: Identifies potential problems with patients or the milieu (i.e., vital sign abnormalities, changes in patient’s physical condition, suspicious patient behavior, escalating patient behavior, contraband, safety hazards, etc.).
• Ensures the unit schedules are followed and groups are conducted as posted/required.
• Conducts and documents searches as ordered; recognizes and reports environmental hazards; performs patient inventory form per policy

Benefit Highlights

• Challenging and rewarding work environment
• Career development opportunities within UHS and its Subsidiaries
• Competitive Compensation

About Universal Health Services

One of the nation’s largest and most respected providers of hospital and healthcare services, Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS) has built an impressive record of achievement and performance. Growing steadily since its inception into an esteemed Fortune 500 corporation, annual revenues were $13.4 billion in 2022. During the year, UHS was again recognized as one of the World’s Most Admired Companies by Fortune; and listed in Forbes ranking of America’s Largest Public Companies. Headquartered in King of Prussia, PA, UHS has approximately 94,000 employees and continues to grow through its subsidiaries. Operating acute care hospitals, behavioral health facilities, outpatient facilities and ambulatory care access points, an insurance offering, a physician network and various related services located all over the U.S. states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom. www.uhs.com

Qualifications

• High School Degree or equivalent required
• One (1) year of related experience, with knowledge of psychiatric patient care techniques with understanding of mental illness, preferred
• CPR and HWC Crisis Intervention training must be completed prior to beginning work
• MUST be available to attend the full hospital and departmental orientations: Week 1: M-F 8 AM - 5 PM / Week 2: M & Tu 9 AM - 5 PM and work a minimu m of 3 shifts per pay period.

EEO Statement

All UHS subsidiaries are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates. UHS subsidiaries are equal opportunity employers and as such, openly support and fully commit to recruitment, selection, placement, promotion and compensation of individuals without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), genetic information, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

We believe that diversity and inclusion among our teammates is critical to our success.