# Mental Health Technician - MHT (FT/PRN, Civilian & Military Units, Intake)

> San Antonio Behavioral Healthcare Hospital · San Antonio, United States · Full-time · Posted 2023-02-09

**Workplace:** on_site

**Department:** Nursing

## Description

-   **FULL TIME AVAILABILITIES IN BOTH THE NURSING DEPARTMENT (MILITARY & CIVILIAN) AND ADMISSIONS/INTAKE DEPARTMENTS; DAY AND NIGHT SHIFTS!!!**

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-   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

-   Health Insurance
-   Vision Insurance
-   Dental Insurance
-   401K Retirement Plan
-   Healthcare Spending Account
-   Dependent Care Spending Account
-   PTO Plan with Holiday Premium Pay
-   Life Insurance (Supplemental Life, Term, and Universal plans are also available.)
-   Short and Long-Term Disability (with additional buy-in opportunities)

## Apply

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