SUPV - MENTAL HEALTH TECHS

UHS•Dyersburg, TN

4d•Onsite

About The Position

The Shift Supervisor ensures the delivery of quality mental health care within structured clinical programs and an interdisciplinary treatment team at McDowell Center for Children, a 28-bed residential treatment facility in Dyersburg, Tennessee, serving adolescent males with mental health, behavioral, and/or substance abuse issues. The role supervises the therapeutic community through quality assurance monitoring, role modeling, and teaching. The Shift Supervisor directly supervises Mental Health Technicians, monitors their effectiveness, develops work schedules, and ensures staffing meets licensure and acuity standards. The role must be able to perform Program Manager duties in the Program Manager’s absence, use effective decision-making skills, and work directly with leadership to develop and implement the Center’s strategic goals and objectives. The position requires flexibility in caring for varied populations, including residents with dual diagnoses.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED required.
Prior experience working with a psychiatric mental health population; residential setting experience is preferred.
Demonstrate flexibility in providing care to varied populations, including dual-diagnosis residents in a residential treatment setting.
Complete and maintain competency training in CPR, HWC, verbal de-escalation/aggression management, crisis intervention, and restraint training. Training may be obtained during the first week of employment during new-hire orientation.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in behavioral health science preferred.
Prior supervisory experience highly preferred.
Knowledge of psychiatric group processes, therapeutic relationship processes, age-specific growth and development, limit setting and behavior management, and crisis management with aggressive behaviors.

Responsibilities

Ensure delivery of quality mental health care within structured clinical programs and an interdisciplinary treatment team.
Supervise the therapeutic community through monitoring, role modeling, and teaching.
Directly supervise Mental Health Technicians and monitor their effectiveness in meeting position requirements.
Develop work schedules and ensure staffing meets licensure and acuity standards.
Perform the duties of the Program Manager in their absence.
Use effective decision-making skills.
Work with leadership to develop and implement the McDowell Center for Children’s strategic goals and objectives.