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The Mental Health Technician 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:

+ Helps identify patients' problems, needs, and strengths;

+ Communicates information regarding patients' behavior to other members of treatment team;

+ Encourages and facilitates patients' participation in therapeutic activities;

+ Orients new patients to facility, program, and setting.

+ Assists patients in carrying out activities of daily living, when congruent with the patients' treatment plan and needs, age, and functioning level;

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

+ Enforces the CPI system or other methods of behavior management;

+ Maintains patient, program, department, and related documentation. Carries out clerical and administrative assignment to support patient care, program, and organization operations.

Schedule is Saturday, Sunday, Monday from 7:00am - 7:30pm

Requirements

+ High school or equivalent required

+ Previous experience with therapeutic limit-setting helpful

+ Ability to maintain professional boundaries

Benefits

A benefits package is available the first of the month following just one month of employment!

Desert Parkway offers competitive benefits to include:

+ Medical insurance

+ Dental insurance

+ 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

+ Pet Insurance

+ Identity Theft Insurance