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The Mental Health Technician/Driver provides direct patient care to patients with emotional or psychiatric disorders, supports a therapeutic setting and ensures the safety and well-being of patients.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

+ Accompanies and transports patients as assigned

+ Responsible for safely transporting patients to and from Desert Parkway Behavioral Healthcare Hospital

+ Responsible for complying with all Federal, State, and Local traffic laws

+ Maintains the cleanliness of the company vehicle

+ Maintains a good rapport with patients

+ Assists with phone calls to patients to confirm driving times and dates

+ Monitors patients' progress and communicates information regarding patients' behavior to other members of treatment team Encourages and facilitates patients' participation in therapeutic activities

+ Maintains a safe, orderly, and therapeutic physical environment for patients

+ Participates in maintaining the therapeutic setting, enforces the CPI system or other methods of behavior management

+ Carries out clerical and administrative assignment to support patient care, program, and organization operations

+ Helps identify patients' problems, needs, and strengths

+ Suggests modifications to treatment plan based on observations of patients' behavior

+ Supervises patients to ensure their safety and their involvement in treatment.

+ Orients new patients to facility, program, and setting

+ Schedule is Monday - Friday

+ Sign on bonus - $500.00

+ Increased rate for working evening hours

Requirements

+ High school diploma or GED

+ Previous experience working with youth required

+ Valid Driver's license and insurance required

+ Experience with therapeutic limit-setting helpful or an understanding of level systems or other behavior management modalities helpful

+ Ability to maintain professional boundaries

Benefits

Benefits package is available the first of the month following just one (1) month of employment!

Desert Parkway offers competitive benefits to include:

+ Health Insurance (three plans to chose from) - full time employees only

+ Dental insurance (two plans to choose from)

+ Vision insurance

+ 401K Retirement Plan

+ Healthcare spending account

+ Dependent care spending account

+ PTO Plan with holiday premium pay

+ Discounted cafeteria meal plan

+ Life insurance (including plans for spouse and children)

+ Short- and long-term disability (with additional buy-in opportunities)

+ Pet Insurance

+ Identity Theft Insurance