Mental Health Technician Job at Desert Parkway Behavioral Healthcare Hospital, Las Vegas, NV

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  • Desert Parkway Behavioral Healthcare Hospital
  • Las Vegas, NV

Job Description

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

Job Tags

Full time, Temporary work, Weekend work,

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