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Introduction

Are you passionate about the patient experience? At HCA Healthcare, we are committed to caring for patients with purpose and integrity. We care like family! Jump-start your career as a Mental Health Technician II IPF today with HCA Florida West Hospital.

Benefits

HCA Florida West Hospital offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

+ Comprehensive medical coverage that covers many common services at no cost or for a low copay. Plans include prescription drug and behavioral health coverage as well as free telemedicine services and free AirMed medical transportation.

+ Additional options for dental and vision benefits, life and disability coverage, flexible spending accounts, supplemental health protection plans (accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity), auto and home insurance, identity theft protection, legal counseling, long-term care coverage, moving assistance, pet insurance and more.

+ Free counseling services and resources for emotional, physical and financial wellbeing

+ 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service)

+ Employee Stock Purchase Plan with 10% off HCA Healthcare stock

+ Family support through fertility and family building benefits with Progyny and adoption assistance.

+ Referral services for child, elder and pet care, home and auto repair, event planning and more

+ Consumer discounts through Abenity and Consumer Discounts

+ Retirement readiness, rollover assistance services and preferred banking partnerships

+ Education assistance (tuition, student loan, certification support, dependent scholarships)

+ Colleague recognition program

+ Time Away From Work Program (paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence)

+ Employee Health Assistance Fund that offers free employee-only coverage to full-time and part-time colleagues based on income.

Learn more about Employee Benefits (https://careers.hcahealthcare.com/pages/employee-benefits-and-rewards)

_Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location._

Come join our team as a Mental Health Technician II IPF. We care for our community! Just last year, HCA Healthcare and our colleagues donated $13.8 million dollars to charitable organizations. Apply Today!

Job Summary and Qualifications

This role is part of a multidisciplinary team that provides care to patients, ensuring their safety, and advocating for their rights; working in a setting that uses the IPF would likely be involved in the assessment and care of patients with PTSD, using the IPF as a tool to measure and monitor their functional impairment. Providing care to patients via therapeutic use of self, the nursing process, the environmental/instrumentation, and other health care members. The MHT II functions as a member of the therapeutic team and under the direction of a Registered Nurse. The MHT II is a safety champion and preceptor for MHT I’s.

Major Responsibilities:

+ Provides and documents on patient care and observes patient behaviors based on the nursing process, established hospital policies and procedures, unit specific policies and procedures, and/or Standards of Care/Practice.

+ Assists in the coordination of nursing/psychiatric care provided in conjunction with the multidisciplinary treatment team.

+ Assists in the development and facilitation of MHT goals, wrap-up, and diversional patient groups.

+ Participates in the safety rounds rotation and maintains accurate and detailed documentation of assigned safety rounds.

+ Participates and cooperates in the unit based Quality Improvement process.

+ Functions as Safety Champion and as a preceptor/mentor to MHT I’s.

+ Assists patients with the completion and completion of PHQ-9 and GDS surveys.

+ Observes reports and documents the patient’s psychological and physiological status, informing a registered nurse of any incongruences in the above.

+ Practices, develops, and endorses customer service skills in relationships with internal and external customers.

+ Serves as the patient and family advocate with respect to patient’s right to privacy by protecting confidential information.

+ Actively seeks ways to control costs without compromising patient safety, quality of care, or the services delivered.

+ Demonstrates knowledge of the occurrence reporting system and uses system to report potential patient safety issues.

+ Follows established guidelines for reporting a significant medical error or unanticipated outcome in the patient’s care, which results in patient harm.

+ Attends in-services presentations and completes all mandatory education requirements to include training & competency assessment.

+ Uses Performance Improvement Plan to improve patient safety.

+ Other duties as assigned.

What qualifications you will need:

+ Bachelor's degree in related field required or 2+ years MHT experience may be considered in lieu of degree

+ CNA certification - preferred

+ Basic Cardiac Life Support required or must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date

+ Nonviolent Crisis Intervention certification required or must be obtained within 90 days of employment start date

+ Other-Fingerprint Required

HCA Florida West Hospital is a 515-bed facility. We are proud to be the area's leading health care facility in quality outcomes performance. We are the area's first Accredited Chest Pain Center and Breast Imaging Center of Excellence. Our hospital is the first in the state of Florida to have earned Atrial Fibrillation with Electrophysiology Services Accreditation. We have an Advanced Primary Stroke Center. We provide a specialized Emergency Department tailored to the needs of seniors and children. We have a Kid’s ER dedicated to our youngest patients. We are the area’s only comprehensive CARF-accredited physical rehabilitation hospital. Our facility has a behavioral health facility. We offer services including cardiology, cardiovascular surgery, oncology, and orthopedics. Other services that we offer include robotic-assisted surgery, critical care, and neurology/neurosurgery. We also offer urology, gastroenterology, obstetrics, and pulmonary and rehabilitative medicine.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

"The great hospitals will always put the patient and the patient's family first, and the really great institutions will provide care with warmth, compassion, and dignity for the individual."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.

HCA Healthcare Co-Founder

If you are looking for an opportunity that provides satisfaction and personal growth, we encourage you to apply for our Mental Health Technician II IPF opening. We promptly review all applications. Highly qualified candidates will be contacted for interviews. **Unlock the possibilities and apply today!**

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.