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Mental Health Technician

ProJob Family Of Companies
locationStatesboro, GA, USA
PublishedPublished: 6/14/2022
Healthcare
Full Time

Job Description

Job Description

Mental Health Technician

Payrate: $15/hr

Fulltime hours

Must be able to work a 12 hour rotation

Job Description

  • Provides care to patients in a manner that promotes safety, comfort, and the therapeutic environment.
  • Assists patients with activities of daily living; attends to patient behavioral problems and provides assistance in crisis intervention, as needed.
  • Works with other members of a multi-disciplinary team in leading milieu activities such as current events groups, community meetings, goals groups, fitness groups, activities of daily living groups, and/or recreational activities, as appropriate to the specified patient population.
  • Charts patient observations, following prescribed procedures and standards.
  • Participates in the development and implementation of patient treatment programs.
  • Maintains confidentiality of patient records.
  • Transport patients to and from appointments, clinics, laboratories, and/or treatments, as and when appropriate.
  • May perform initial patient evaluations to determine treatment priorities; may take vital signs, weights, and urine, stool, and sputum specimens.
  • Attends and participates in group sessions, in-service education, and staff meetings.
  • Maintains established institutional policies and procedures, objectives, quality assurance program, and safety, environmental and infection control standards.
  • Enhances professional growth and development through participation in educational programs, current literature, in service meetings and workshops.
  • May provide liaison with patients, families of patients, or external facilities and agencies.
  • Performs miscellaneous job-related duties as assigned.

Minimum Job Requirements

  • High school diploma or GED; at least 6 months of experience directly related to the duties and responsibilities specified.
  • Mental Health Experience
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