Mental Health Technician - MHT (Full-time, Civilian & Military Units, Intake)
12 days ago
San Antonio
Job Description • FULL TIME AVAILABILITIES IN BOTH THE NURSING DEPARTMENT (MILITARY & CIVILIAN) AND ADMISSIONS/INTAKE DEPARTMENTS; DAY AND NIGHT SHIFTS!!!, • Participate in treatment planning by helping identify patients' problems, needs, and strengths; suggesting modifications to treatment plan based on observations of patients' behavior., • Provides input during shift report and discharge planning., • Participate in implementing patients' treatment plans by monitoring patients' progress, communicating information regarding patients' behavior to other members of treatment team., • Maintains communication with patient, family members, and referral sources in patients' interest., • Co-facilitates didactic, educational, and community groups within the context of the adolescent treatment program encouraging and facilitating patients' participation in therapeutic activities., • Supervises patients to ensure their safety and their involvement in treatment and during transport., • Participate in maintaining the therapeutic milieu on the unit, enforces the level system or other methods of behavior management., • Maintain patient, program, department, and related documentation., • Orient new patients to unit, program and milieu., • Carry out general nursing assistance as assigned and supervised by nurse in charge., • Maintains a safe, orderly, and therapeutic physical environment for patients., • Assists patients in carrying out activities of daily living, when congruent with the patients' treatment plan and needs, age, and developmental level., • Carry out clerical/administrative assignment to support patient care and department and hospital operations., • Participates in activities which enhance professional growth and development., • High school, GED, or equivalent preferred., • Experience in healthcare environment preferred., • CNA license a plus., • Health Insurance, • Vision Insurance, • Dental Insurance, • 401K Retirement Plan, • Healthcare Spending Account, • Dependent Care Spending Account, • PTO Plan with Holiday Premium Pay, • Life Insurance (Supplemental Life, Term, and Universal plans are also available.), • Short and Long-Term Disability (with additional buy-in opportunities)