Mental Health Tech III - Mental Health Unit - Full time - Nights
About The Position
The Mental Health Technician III serves as a lead clinical support professional for patients with complex emotional, psychiatric, or behavioral conditions. Under the supervision of licensed clinical staff, this role provides advanced direct care, crisis intervention, and therapeutic support while helping maintain a safe, trauma-informed therapeutic environment. The position also serves as a milieu leader, modeling advanced behavioral interventions, mentoring staff, coordinating shift programming for highly acute individuals, and performing specialized medical and technical support procedures under licensed personnel’s delegation. The MHT III delivers and oversees trauma-informed care to patients and families. The role manages the therapeutic milieu, coordinates routine safety checks, performs high-acuity 1:1 interventions, contributes to treatment plan development, leads complex crisis interventions, facilitates advanced therapeutic groups, and works with the multidisciplinary team on complex discharge planning. It also requires advanced competency in age-appropriate pediatric care and medical support procedures, including specimen collection, electrocardiograms (EKGs), and splint placements. This position serves the inpatient Mental Health Unit at the Mathile Center for Mental Health and Wellness. It is full time, scheduled for three 12-hour night shifts from 7:00 PM to 7:30 AM, with weekend and holiday rotation.
Requirements
- Associate degree in a related field.
- At least 2 years of mental health work experience.
- Registered Behavioral Training and certification provided upon hire.
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor’s degree in a related field.
- 3 or more years of mental health experience.
- 2 years of inpatient mental health, crisis, or emergency department experience.
- At least 1 year of EKG experience.
Responsibilities
- Provide advanced direct care, crisis intervention, and therapeutic support to patients with complex emotional, psychiatric, or behavioral conditions.
- Maintain a safe, trauma-informed therapeutic environment and manage the therapeutic milieu.
- Coordinate routine safety checks and perform high-acuity 1:1 interventions.
- Model advanced behavioral interventions and mentor staff.
- Coordinate daily shift programming for highly acute individuals.
- Contribute to treatment plan development.
- Lead complex crisis interventions and facilitate advanced therapeutic groups.
- Collaborate with the multidisciplinary team on complex discharge planning.
- Provide age-appropriate pediatric care.
- Perform medical support procedures, including specimen collection, EKGs, and splint placements, under the delegation of licensed personnel.
- Deliver and oversee trauma-informed care to patients and families.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
Associate degree
