Mental Health Technician

HCA Healthcare • Corpus Christi, TX

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About The Position

The Mental Health Technician provides direct patient care to adolescent, adult mood disorder, and geriatric populations. The role includes supervising patients and helping maintain a safe, secure environment that supports effective treatment. The technician works with a multidisciplinary team to support patient care and treatment programs, while maintaining confidentiality and following institutional, quality assurance, safety, environmental, and infection-control standards.

The position may also involve initial patient evaluations, taking vital signs and weights, collecting urine specimens, and serving as a liaison among patients, their families, and external facilities or agencies. The technician is expected to participate in required education, staff meetings, and professional development activities.

Requirements

• Basic Cardiac Life Support certification must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date.
• Nonviolent Crisis Intervention certification must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date.
• No experience required.
• No travel required.

Responsibilities

• Provide care that promotes patient safety, comfort, and a therapeutic environment.
• Assist patients with activities of daily living, respond to behavioral problems, and aid in crisis intervention as needed.
• Work with a multidisciplinary team to lead milieu activities, including current events groups, community meetings, goals groups, fitness groups, activities of daily living groups, and recreational activities as appropriate to the patient population.
• Chart patient observations and perform 15-minute patient rounds and 1:1 levels of care.
• Participate in the development and implementation of patient treatment programs.
• Maintain confidentiality of patient records.
• Accompany patients to appointments, clinics, laboratories, and treatments when required.
• May perform initial patient evaluations and determine treatment priorities; may take vital signs and weights and collect urine specimens.
• Attend and participate in required in-service education and staff meetings.
• Follow institutional policies and procedures, objectives, quality assurance programs, and safety, environmental, and infection-control standards.
• Support professional growth through educational programs, current literature, in-service meetings, and assigned online training.
• May serve as a liaison with patients, patients’ families, or external facilities and agencies.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health, and telemedicine coverage.
• Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services.
• Paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage, and leaves of absence.
• 401(k) plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay, based on years of service.
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support, and financial wellbeing counseling.
• Tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships, and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing.
• Fertility and family-building benefits and adoption assistance.
• Life insurance and supplemental health protection plans.
• Auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection, and consumer discounts.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed