MENTAL HEALTH TECH
Palm Shores Behavioral Health Center, Bradenton, FL, United States
Responsibilities
Palm Shores Behavioral Health Center provides quality mental health care and education services for adolescents, ages 11–17 who are experiencing behavioral, emotional, educational, family and social challenges. The dedicated professionals at Palm Shores Behavioral Health Center provide quality mental health treatment for children and establish healthy behaviors to prepare them to transition back home.
The Mental Health Technician (MHT) performs direct patient care duties in a residential behavioral health setting. The MHT is responsible for supervising patients in treatment, recreation, educational settings, and other activities of daily living to assess changes in their social behaviors and clinical status. MHTs have the primary responsibility for ensuring patient safety. They are responsible for understanding and using the least restrictive interventions per facility policy, and for successfully avoiding seclusion and restraint whenever possible.
Benefits
Sign On Bonus $1200.00
Starting at $17.50 per hour. Salary offers are based on education and experience to promote pay equity.
Schedule: 7:00 am – 3:30 pm, 40 hours a week with rotating weekends off.
Shift Differential offered 3 pm – 7 am.
Mandatory overtime may be required based on facility needs.
Challenging and rewarding work environment.
Competitive Compensation & Generous Paid Time Off.
Excellent Medical, Dental, Vision, and Prescription Drug Plans – available at day 31.
401(K) with company match and discounted stock plan.
SoFi Student Loan Refinancing Program.
Career development opportunities within UHS and its 300+ subsidiaries.
More information is available on our Benefits Guest Website: Benefits.
Qualifications
HSD/GED Required.
Preferred: Bachelor Degree in psychology, sociology, social work, human services or a similar field (increase in wages).
Preferred six-month experience in residential psychiatry or other childcare facility/agency experience in a comparable position.
Must be able to pass a Level 2 Background Screening to work in healthcare (AHCA) and a pre-employment drug test.
Additional Requirements
Must set and maintain therapeutic distance and boundaries with clients during treatment and following discharge.
Must read, understand, and follow policies, procedures, and written treatment plans.
Commitment to diversity and inclusion regarding patients, families, and coworkers.
May be required to work occasional overtime and flexible hours.
Successful completion of CPR Certification and Handle With Care training prior to assisting with a restraining procedure, and within 7 days of employment.
Ability to communicate verbally and in writing.
Physical agility to manage patients: push, pull, and lift up to 50 pounds.
Intermittent sitting, standing, walking, bending, and stooping.
EEO Statement
All UHS subsidiaries are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates. UHS subsidiaries are equal opportunity employers and openly support recruitment, selection, placement, promotion, and compensation of individuals without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), genetic information, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. We believe that diversity and inclusion among our teammates is critical to our success.
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Palm Shores Behavioral Health Center provides quality mental health care and education services for adolescents, ages 11–17 who are experiencing behavioral, emotional, educational, family and social challenges. The dedicated professionals at Palm Shores Behavioral Health Center provide quality mental health treatment for children and establish healthy behaviors to prepare them to transition back home.
The Mental Health Technician (MHT) performs direct patient care duties in a residential behavioral health setting. The MHT is responsible for supervising patients in treatment, recreation, educational settings, and other activities of daily living to assess changes in their social behaviors and clinical status. MHTs have the primary responsibility for ensuring patient safety. They are responsible for understanding and using the least restrictive interventions per facility policy, and for successfully avoiding seclusion and restraint whenever possible.
Benefits
Sign On Bonus $1200.00
Starting at $17.50 per hour. Salary offers are based on education and experience to promote pay equity.
Schedule: 7:00 am – 3:30 pm, 40 hours a week with rotating weekends off.
Shift Differential offered 3 pm – 7 am.
Mandatory overtime may be required based on facility needs.
Challenging and rewarding work environment.
Competitive Compensation & Generous Paid Time Off.
Excellent Medical, Dental, Vision, and Prescription Drug Plans – available at day 31.
401(K) with company match and discounted stock plan.
SoFi Student Loan Refinancing Program.
Career development opportunities within UHS and its 300+ subsidiaries.
More information is available on our Benefits Guest Website: Benefits.
Qualifications
HSD/GED Required.
Preferred: Bachelor Degree in psychology, sociology, social work, human services or a similar field (increase in wages).
Preferred six-month experience in residential psychiatry or other childcare facility/agency experience in a comparable position.
Must be able to pass a Level 2 Background Screening to work in healthcare (AHCA) and a pre-employment drug test.
Additional Requirements
Must set and maintain therapeutic distance and boundaries with clients during treatment and following discharge.
Must read, understand, and follow policies, procedures, and written treatment plans.
Commitment to diversity and inclusion regarding patients, families, and coworkers.
May be required to work occasional overtime and flexible hours.
Successful completion of CPR Certification and Handle With Care training prior to assisting with a restraining procedure, and within 7 days of employment.
Ability to communicate verbally and in writing.
Physical agility to manage patients: push, pull, and lift up to 50 pounds.
Intermittent sitting, standing, walking, bending, and stooping.
EEO Statement
All UHS subsidiaries are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates. UHS subsidiaries are equal opportunity employers and openly support recruitment, selection, placement, promotion, and compensation of individuals without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), genetic information, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. We believe that diversity and inclusion among our teammates is critical to our success.
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