Mental Health Tech III - Mental Health Unit - Full time - Nights
About The Position
The Mental Health Technician (MHT) III serves as a lead clinical support professional, providing advanced direct care, crisis intervention, and therapeutic support to patients with complex emotional, psychiatric, or behavioral conditions. Operating with a high degree of autonomy under the supervision of licensed clinical staff, the MHT III not only maintains a safe, trauma-informed therapeutic environment but also serves as a milieu leader. This role is critical in modeling advanced behavioral interventions, mentoring staff, coordinating daily shift programming for highly acute individuals, and executing specialized medical and technical support procedures within the crisis center under the delegation of licensed personnel. The MHT III is responsible for delivering and overseeing highly skilled, trauma-informed care to patients and families. Key responsibilities include the active management of a safe and therapeutic milieu, coordinating routine safety checks, and executing high-acuity 1:1 intervention. The MHT III plays an active role in treatment plan development, leads complex crisis interventions, facilitates advanced therapeutic groups, and collaborates closely with the multidisciplinary team on complex discharge planning. The MHT III demonstrates advanced competency in providing age-appropriate pediatric care and safely performing essential medical support procedures, including specimen collection, electrocardiograms (EKGs), and splint placements.
Requirements
- Associates degree in related field
- 2 years mental health work experience required
Nice To Haves
- Bachelors degree in related field
- 3+ years of mental health experience
- 2 years inpatient mental health/crisis/emergency department experience preferred
- 1+ EKG experience
Responsibilities
- Serves as a lead clinical support professional, providing advanced direct care, crisis intervention, and therapeutic support to patients with complex emotional, psychiatric, or behavioral conditions.
- Maintains a safe, trauma-informed therapeutic environment and serves as a milieu leader.
- Models advanced behavioral interventions and mentors staff.
- Coordinates daily shift programming for highly acute individuals.
- Executes specialized medical and technical support procedures within the crisis center under the delegation of licensed personnel.
- Delivers and oversees highly skilled, trauma-informed care to patients and families.
- Actively manages a safe and therapeutic milieu.
- Coordinates routine safety checks.
- Executes high-acuity 1:1 intervention.
- Plays an active role in treatment plan development.
- Leads complex crisis interventions.
- Facilitates advanced therapeutic groups.
- Collaborates closely with the multidisciplinary team on complex discharge planning.
- Demonstrates advanced competency in providing age-appropriate pediatric care.
- Safely performs essential medical support procedures, including specimen collection, electrocardiograms (EKGs), and splint placements.
Benefits
- Registered Behavioral Training and certification provided upon hire
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
Associate degree
