• PRN Mental Health Technician - MHT (Civilian,…

    San Antonio Behavioral Health (San Antonio, TX)


    + 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.

    + Upholds the Organization's ethics and customer service standards.

    Requirements

    + High school, GED, or equivalent preferred.

    + Experience in healthcare environment preferred.

    + CNA license a plus.

    + Must obtain and maintain approved CPR certification as well as successful completion of Management of Assaultive Behavior training including restraint and seclusion policies prior to assuming patient care responsibility.

     

    Benefits

     

    + 401K Retirement Plan