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Mental Health Technician

Wellpath

#Behavioral Health #Vital Signs #Patient Care #Healthcare #Mental Health #Direct Care #Underserved Populations #Psychiatric Care #Coping Skills

Quick overview

Provide direct psychiatric and medical nursing assistance to residents under the supervision of licensed staff. Responsibilities include collecting health data, monitoring behaviors, and assisting with activities of daily living.

Requirements summary

Requires a high school diploma or equivalent. Candidates must have one year of direct care experience in a mental health setting.

high schoolPatient EducationCrisis InterventionVital Signs MonitoringDirect Patient CarePatient ObservationPersonal Hygiene SupportBehavioral ObservationAnger ManagementCoping Skills TrainingPsychiatric Nursing Assistance

Job description

You Matter
Make a difference every day in the lives of the underserved
Join a mission driven organization with a people first culture
Excellent career growth opportunities Join us and find a career that supports:
Caring for overlooked, underserved, and vulnerable patients
Diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging
Autonomy in a warm team environment
Growth and training Perks and Benefits In addition to comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, vision, paid time off, and 401k, we foster a work, life balance for team members and their family to support physical, mental, and financial wellbeing including:
DailyPay, receive your money as you earn it!
Tuition Assistance and dependent Scholarships
Employee Assistance Program (EAP) including free counseling and health coaching
Company paid life insurance
Tax free Health Spending Accounts (HSA)
Wellness program featuring fitness memberships and product discounts
Preferred banking partnership and discounted rates for home and auto loans *Eligibility for perks and benefits varies based on employee type and length of service. Why Us Now is your moment to make a difference in the lives of the underserved. If there is one unifying characteristic of everyone on our team, it is the deep desire to make a difference by helping society's most vulnerable and often overlooked individuals. Every day we have the distinct honor and responsibility to show up with non-judgmental compassion to provide hope and healing to those who need it most. For those whose calling it is to serve others, now is your moment to join our mission to provide quality care to every patient with compassion, collaboration, and innovation, to live our mantra to “Always Do The Right Thing!”, and to collectively do our part to heal the world, one patient at a time. Wellpath sees hundreds of thousands of unique individuals in their facilities month over month and a very large percent of those individuals receive direct clinical care, which includes lives saved by Narcan. We offer ongoing training and development opportunities for licensed and unlicensed healthcare team members, and have best in class clinical resources for training, education, and point of care support. How you make a difference The Mental Health Technician is an entry-level position that learns to provide direct care to a specific resident population under the direction and supervision of licensed nursing staff and their designees. This is an integral part of the team who provides standard and routine psychiatric and medical nursing assistance services as part of the overall plan of care within the nursing standards and policies and procedures of the facility. Key Responsibilities Assists licensed nursing personnel in providing direct services to assigned population such as: health data collection; observations of behaviors and activities of daily living; activities of daily living including prompting, education, and support. Assists residents in activities of daily living and personal hygiene, nutrition, rest, and exercise. Takes and records vital signs and may participate in specific treatment interventions such as coping skills, anger management, and other self-regulating behavior. Provides individualized care and treatment that is consistent with/sensitive to the age and life span developmental needs of each resident. Qualifications & Requirements Education High School Diploma or equivalent required. Experience One (1) year direct care experience in a mental health setting. We are an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer We are committed to fostering, cultivating, and preserving a culture of uniqueness. We celebrate a variety of backgrounds and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We encourage you to apply! If you are excited about a role but your experience doesn’t seem to align perfectly with every element of the job description, we encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate for this, or one of our many other roles. Deadline to apply to this position is contingent upon applicant volume. Those positions located in Colorado will have a specific deadline posted in the job description. We are an Affirmative Action Employer in accordance with applicable state and local laws.

Benefits

Dental Insurance

Employee Assistance Program

Wellness Program

Paid Time Off

Vision Insurance

Medical Insurance

401k

Tuition Assistance

Product Discounts

Company Paid Life Insurance

DailyPay

Health Coaching

Dependent Scholarships

Health Spending Accounts (HSA)

Fitness Memberships

Discounted Home and Auto Loans

Free Counseling

Mental Health Technician

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