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Form of workMental Health Technician - Part time: 24 hours a week with everyother weekend!
Available shifts: 11pm-7am, 3pm-11pm, & 7am-3pm
What does a Mental Health Technician do?
Provide direct patient care to adults and adolescents will a wide variety of disorders to ensure the safety and wellbeing of patients. Mental Health Technicians are dedicated and committed to deliver high-quality, compassionate, and therapeutic patient care making us a great place to work!
- Closely monitor patients and complete observation rounds using required safety protocols - Patient Safety is #1!
- Participate in treatment planning by helping to identify patients’ problems, needs and strengths
- Assist in the admission process, including obtaining vital signs, safety search of patients and personal belongings, obtaining urine specimens and orienting new patients to the unit and their program
- Plan, prepare, and deliver group therapy programs for patients
- Participate in hospital codes necessary to the unit’s safe operation.
- Partners with the Charge Nurse with assignments and ensuring a successful shift
- Create an engaging unit milieu to maintain a therapeutic and safe environment with a goal to achieve high patient satisfaction
What does a Mental Health Technician value at Dover Behavioral Health System?
An environment that puts patient care first. One of the most rewarding aspects of working here is providing excellent care, comfort, and security to the patients and families you treat, at their most vulnerable times. Supportive and responsive leadership. You are never alone, as you are part of a large network of peers and nursing leaders that routinely exchange ideas and review current topics within the industry. Having the opportunity to grow, learn, and advance in your career. There are very robust continuing education options and opportunities for skills diversification and career advancement.
Dover Behavioral Health System is a 104-bed, acute care psychiatric hospital located in Dover, Delaware. Our facility features individual units for adolescents and adults and offers inpatient acute care, partial hospitalization, and intensive outpatient programs. On average, over 10,000 patients receive care from our compassionate health care team each year. At Dover Behavioral Health System patient satisfaction is one of our top commitments. For three years in a row, Dover Behavioral Health System has placed in the Top 10 for highest patient satisfaction scores amongst UHS hospitals. In 2020, we placed 6th for highest patient satisfaction scores! Our high patient satisfaction is due to our dedicated and seasoned staff and our strong clinical programs. Please consider following us on LinkedIn and check back for other positions that might be of interest to you on our careers page.
Qualifications
Mental Health Technician Job Requirements:
- Minimum of High School Diploma or GED; Bachelors Degree in Psychology or related field highly preferred
- A minimum of one year of direct work experience in a Behavioral Health environment including leading groups, de-escalating behaviors, and managing multiple clinical diagnoses is highly recommended.
- Experience in an inpatient setting strongly preferred
Benefits:
- Tuition Assistance
- Loan Forgiveness
- Orientation (Could earn 20 CEUs) * Career development opportunities across UHS and its 300+ locations
- Diverse programming to expand your experience and energize your career HealthStream online learning catalogue with plenty of free CEU courses
- Competitive Compensation & Generous Paid Time Off
- Excellent Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Drug Plans
- 401(K) with company match and discounted stock plan
- SoFi Student Loan Refinancing Program
*UHS benefits are available to employees who are regularly scheduled to work at least 30 hours per week. Coverage is effective on day 31 of employment. Eligibility for employees who are scheduled to work less than 30 hours per week varies by location.
About UHS (Our Parent Company)
One of the nation’s largest and most respected providers of hospital and healthcare services, Universal Health Services, Inc. has built an impressive record of achievement and performance. Growing steadily since its inception into an esteemed Fortune 500 corporation, our annual revenues were $10.77 billion in 2018. In 2020, UHS was again recognized as one of the World’s Most Admired Companies by Fortune; in 2019, ranked #293 on the Fortune 500; and in 2017, listed #275 in Forbes inaugural ranking of America’s Top 500 Public Companies. Headquartered in King of Prussia, PA, UHS has more than 87,000 employees and through its subsidiaries operates 26 acute care hospitals, 327 Behavioral Health facilities, 40 outpatient facilities and ambulatory care access points, an insurance offering, a physician network and various related services located in 37 U.S. states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom.
EEO Statement
All UHS subsidiaries are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates. UHS subsidiaries are equal opportunity employers and as such, openly support and fully commit to recruitment, selection, placement, promotion and compensation of individuals without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), genetic information, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
We believe that diversity and inclusion among our teammates is critical to our success.
Notice
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