Mental Health Technician

Wellpath • West Palm Beach, FL

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About The Position

Why Wellpath Now is your moment to make a difference in the lives of the underserved. If there is one unifying characteristic of everyone on our team, it is the deep desire to make a difference by helping society's most vulnerable and often overlooked individuals. Every day we have the distinct honor and responsibility to show up with non-judgmental compassion to provide hope and healing to those who need it most. For those whose calling it is to serve others, now is your moment to join our mission to provide quality care to every patient with compassion, collaboration, and innovation, to live our mantra to “Always Do The Right Thing!”, and to collectively do our part to heal the world, one patient at a time. Wellpath sees hundreds of thousands of unique individuals in their facilities month over month and a very large percent of those individuals receive direct clinical care, which includes lives saved by Narcan. We offer ongoing training and development opportunities for licensed and unlicensed healthcare team members, and have best in class clinical resources for training, education, and point of care support. About this role The Mental Health Technician is an entry-level position that learns to provide direct care to a specific resident population under the direction and supervision of licensed nursing staff and their designees . This is an integral part of the team who provides standard and routine psychiatric and medical nursing assistance services as part of the overall plan of care within the nursing standards and policies and procedures of the facility.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or equivalent required.
• One (1) year direct care experience in a mental health setting.

Responsibilities

• Assists licensed nursing personnel in providing direct services to assigned population such as : health data collection; observations of behaviors and activities of daily living; activities of daily living including prompting, education, and support .
• Assists resident s in activities of daily living and personal hygiene, nutrition, rest, and exercise.
• Takes and records vital signs and m ay participate in specific treatment interventions such as coping skills, anger management, and other self-regulating behavior.
• Provides individualized care and treatment that is consistent with/sensitive to the age and life span developmental needs of each resident.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees