Sneads Ferry, NC,)

KBR•Jacksonville, NC

8d•Onsite

About The Position

The Psychological Mental Health Technician shall assist with the management and treatment of outpatient behavioral health activities. This role primarily involves providing a wide range of behavioral health interventions from prevention to treatment to individuals, under the supervision of a licensed professional. The technician will conduct intakes, assist with the care and treatment of psychiatric, drug, and alcohol patients, and counsel clients with personal, behavioral, or psychological problems. The role requires independent work, using judgment to apply guidelines, and referring unusual matters to a supervisor. Responsibilities include observing patient behavior, leading therapy sessions, completing intake interviews and required forms, collecting statistical data, administering psychological and psychophysiological tests, maintaining databases, preparing correspondence, developing program instructions, managing budgets, creating appointment templates, handling work orders and inventory, ensuring supply levels, gathering data for presentations, providing information to staff and members of the Command, interfacing with family support organizations, maintaining competency folders, coordinating case reviews, preparing reports, and maintaining a resource library. Services also extend to providing information on healthy family life and parenting skills.

Requirements

Must be a US Citizen.
Requires a Secret Clearance or Top Secret Clearance, or the ability to obtain a clearance.
An associate degree or commensurate level of training, e.g., military mental health technician, for a psychiatric technician or mental health program assistant.
Education requirement may be met by military or comparable training.
If military trained, the individual’s specialty must be as a mental health technician / specialist.
No less than 3 years’ experience as a psychiatric technician.
Must attend psychiatric technicians’ training which will provide a sound foundation/basis to psychology and/or social work.
Must attend training to learn how to intervene and, when required, to restrain violent or potentially violent or suicidal patients by verbal or physical means.
Must maintain current certification in Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) by the American Heart Association.
Must provide front and back proof of all training/certs/documentation.
Must comply with Safety, Health and Environmental plan, policies and procedures.
Must comply with the Quality Assurance plan, policies and procedures.
Must maintain regular and acceptable attendance.
Responsible for completing all required training.

Nice To Haves

EEG Tech experience desired.
Candidates with military experience desired.

Responsibilities

Assist with the management and treatment of outpatient behavioral health activities.
Provide a wide range of behavioral health interventions from prevention to treatment to individuals, under the supervision of a licensed professional.
Conduct intakes and assist with the care and treatment of psychiatric, drug, and alcohol patients.
Counsel clients/patients with personal, behavioral, or psychological problems.
Observe patients to detect behavior patterns and report observations to licensed behavioral health staff.
Lead prescribed individual or group therapy sessions as part of specific therapeutic procedures under the guidance of a licensed mental health professional.
Complete initial intake interviews and required forms for new patients on behalf of the licensed mental health provider.
Collect and maintain monthly statistical data for assigned work place.
Administer psychological tests, compile data, and prepare reports for psychological testing under the supervision of a licensed psychologist.
Administer psychophysiological tests and assessments under the supervision of a licensed medical/mental health professional.
Populate and maintain a computerized database of units within the HQ organization and identify service members assigned to each unit/Directorate to compile monthly training statistics.
Prepare daily correspondence, including training agendas, meeting agendas, purchase orders, and clinical appointments.
Prepare and maintain attendance rosters and statistical data for all active duty personnel who attended Social Work/Behavioral Health services.
Assist in developing program-operating instructions, work with providers to uncover inefficiencies, and make recommendations for corrective action.
Make comparison reviews, including office time sheets, to ensure program operations are managed within budget.
Be responsible for the development and implementation of appointment templates for clinical providers.
Place physical maintenance work orders and maintain hand receipts for physical property and inventory.
Ensure proper supply stock levels and reorder as necessary, including specialized behavioral health forms and tests.
Assist or independently gather data for various presentations such as process improvements initiatives, longitudinal statistical tracking, hospitalizations, and discharges.
Manipulate data and present it using off-the-shelf software applications.
Provide information via telephone and in person to members of the Command, professional staff, and civilian and military personnel in response to inquiries regarding appointments.
Interface frequently with the Command’s family support organizations.
Maintain competency folders in accordance with program policy.
Coordinate attendance and agenda at Case Review Committee with military and civilian agencies.
Coordinate and reserve meeting locations, verify attendance, and prepare current and tentative following weeks' agendas.
Prepare open and closed case reports for required special handling of outpatient medical records in accordance with regulations.
Maintain a resource library for use by professional staff and customers.
Provide services to families desiring information on healthy family life and parenting skills.