Mental Health Technician - Day Shift

Texas Health Resources•Bedford, TX

4d•Onsite

About The Position

The Mental Health Technician role at Texas Health Springwood Behavioral Health Hospital involves assisting with and coordinating patient care within a multidisciplinary team. This position focuses on providing direct patient support, ensuring a safe and therapeutic environment, and collaborating effectively with colleagues. The role requires adherence to hospital policies, active participation in professional development, and a commitment to patient well-being and service recovery.

Requirements

High School Diploma or Equivalent (1 year experience) required
High School Diploma or Equivalent (CNA – Certified Nurse Aid certification) required
Associate’s Degree healthcare related field required
BCLS - Basic Cardiac Life Support prior to providing independent patient care and maintained quarterly required
ACPI - Advanced Crisis Prevention Intervention Training maintained annually 30 Days required

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s Degree healthcare related field preferred

Responsibilities

Assists with all patient care provided by the multidisciplinary team.
Encourages team members and provides instruction to them.
Greets and receives patients admitting/arriving to the unit/area.
Orients patient to surroundings, reviews safety procedures, and unit rules/guidelines while coordinating with the nurse.
Prepares patient to be discharged/transferred. Assists with gathering belongings and making sure all belongings are returned to the patient (with the exception of medication).
Therapeutic communication.
Interacts well with other members of the health care team.
Presents as a positive representative of the entity.
Practices appropriate telephone etiquette.
Practices confidentiality and privacy and complies with HIPAA guidelines.
Promotes and maintains a safe environment. Reports hazards to proper department if they cannot be immediately corrected (i.e. entering work orders).
Anticipates and accommodates customer needs, putting patients first.
Keep unit and patient areas clean and stocked as required.
Collect, label, and send specimens per entity policy.
Demonstrates ability to accurately perform blood glucose testing in a timely manner, performs QC testing per policy.
Follows policy and procedure for hand hygiene and two patient identifiers.
Performs VS per unit standard.
Adherence to THR and entity employment policies.
Complies with Time & Attendance policy; clocking in/out, tardiness, missed punches, PTO usage, proper use of time clock (clocking in to the correct cost center).
Complies with department specific guidelines for scheduling.
Complies with department guidelines for supply utilization.
Demonstrates adaptability and flexibility to changes in schedule and/or workload assignments when necessary to meet changing needs of the individual patient or unit.
Achieves professional growth and development through participation in educational programs and/or providing in services.
Actively participates in staff meetings and/or committee meetings.
Attends 10 staff meetings per year, according to entity policy.
Actively participates in committees, process improvement projects, and special assignments. Encourages others to do the same.
Ensures a conducive learning environment for orientees. Assists with new employee orientation.