The Mental Health Tech establishes a therapeutic relationship with assigned patients and helps patients with daily living. Responsible for the overall maintenance of a therapeutic environment. Takes vital signs, weighs patients and collects routine specimens. Relies on establish guidelines to accomplish tasks. Works under close supervision. Experience, Education, Training, Special Skills, and Licensure : High School Diploma or Equivalent Crisis Intervention Training within 90 days of employment ... more details
Job Title : Mental Health Technician 1 Job Summary :
The Mental Health Tech establishes a therapeutic relationship with assigned patients and helps patients with daily living. Responsible for the overall maintenance of a therapeutic environment. Takes vital signs, weighs patients and collects routine specimens. Relies on establish guidelines to accomplish tasks. Works under close supervision.
Experience, Education, Training, Special Skills, and Licensure :
High School Diploma or Equivalent
Crisis Intervention Training within 90 days of employment
Proficient in the English language, verbal and written communications skills, basic computer skills
Current BLS certification required
Job Function :
Patient Care
Assists patient with activities of daily living, toileting, feeding, and grooming.
Make beds and clean rooms as necessary.
Takes and records patient vital signs including height, weight, blood pressure, pulse and respirations under the supervision of a nurse.
Assists with the admission process as directed.
Provide assisting in group setting as necessary under the direction of a nurse or therapist.
Assists in moving patients from place to place on and off the unit or area where assigned.
Assists with laundering of clothes as necessary or directed.
Redirects patients and uses proper technique to prevent patient aggression, falls or injury.
Retrieves medications from the pneumatic tube system and/or pharmacy and delivers the medications to the nurse and/or place medications in a secure location as determined by the nurse manager
Documentation
Documents vital signs, activities of daily living, sleep hours, safety checks and environmental checks as appropriate.
Assists in documentation of group activities under the direction of a licensed professional.
Communication and Collaboration
Notifies nurse, therapist or physician of patient behaviors, needs and safety concerns.
Participates in treatment team process.
Conducts phone calls, takes messages and delivers messages as appropriate.
Orients patient to program.
Interacts with patients on a one on one basis in a therapeutic manner and reports relevant patient information.
Safety
Conducts environmental safety checks and notifies nurse of issues.
Conducts patient safety checks as directed.
Obtain and dispense belongings as appropriate at admission, discharge and throughout stay.
Follows organizational infection control procedures including, but not limited to handwashing and cleaning
Job Abstracts is an independent Job Search Engine. Job Abstracts is not an agent or representative and is not endorsed, sponsored or affiliated with any employer. Job Abstracts uses proprietary technology to keep the availability and accuracy of its job listings and their details. All trademarks, service marks, logos, domain names, and job descriptions are the property of their respective holder. Job Abstracts does not have its members apply for a job on the jobabstracts.com website. Additionally, Job Abstracts may provide a list of third-party job listings that may not be affiliated with any employer. Please make sure you understand and agree to the website's Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policies you are applying on as they may differ from ours and are not in our control.
Welcome to Job Abstracts
We would like to take a second to Welcome You to Job Abstracts, the nation’s largest Pure Job Board. With over 3.1 million job listings from 15,000+ Companies & Organizations, we help job searchers find careers that match their interests. As an anonymous user, you have probably discovered how easy our system is to use. However, you have just scratched the surface of what we can offer.
We encourage you to Register so you can use our most powerful features: searching with multiple terms, setting up multiple locations, establishing favorite companies, and accessing your search history. If you find a job you like, you can apply directly for it, and then, keep notes on it. We will also keep a lookout for jobs that match your search terms and email you when we find something you may like.
You can register for free and the system is free to use. If you like our system so far, click on Register and unlock the power required by serious job searchers.
Any time you conduct a search, the system shows you job matches, ranked by their Relevance Score (RS).
The score is calculated by a proprietary algorithm that uses Intelligent Machine Learning.
The Relevance Score tells you how well the job opportunity matches your search term or terms.
When not logged in, the system is limited to one search term. Scores for single term matches are usually lower.
When you register, log in, and set up multiple terms prioritized by importance, the jobs found for you will receive a much higher Relevance Score.