Lead Mental Health Technician

UHS•Temple, TX

5d•Onsite

About The Position

Canyon Creek Behavioral Health is a 102-bed, acute care psychiatric hospital located in the beautiful Central Texas town of Temple, Texas. Canyon Creek features individual units for adolescents, adults, and seniors, and offers inpatient acute care and intensive outpatient programs. We are enthusiastic about providing compassionate health care from our team here at Canyon Creek Behavioral Health. Position Summary The Lead Mental Health Tech is responsible for planning and implementing activity services for assigned program, which involves defining and implementing treatment goals as a member of the treatment team and provide continuous patient care, observation, interaction, and role modeling to patients under the direction of the CNO & Milieu Manger. This position functions as an integral part in the training of mental health technicians.

Requirements

High School Diploma or equivalent required
Minimum one (1) year(s) of related experience, with knowledge of psychiatric patient care techniques with understanding of mental illness, preferred.
Successful completion Handle with Care Training, Service Excellence Training, and CPR certification required. Certifications must be obtained during new hire orientation.

Nice To Haves

Certified Nursing Assistant
Degree from an accredited college or university in social work, recreational therapy, or appropriate therapeutic discipline highly desirable.

Responsibilities

Precept new Mental Health Techs and continue to train current MHTs at least 10 new mental health technicians a year if available.
To assist with providing training in HWC and Verbal de-escalation under the supervision of the Hospital Educator (as applicable)
Mentor MHT’s to perform all duties per policy, procedure, regulation and/or approved training.
Utilize sound judgment during assessment and observe and document any changes in a patient’s appearance, behavior, or ability to work toward treatment plan goals.