Mental Health Technician
Rogers Behavioral Health
Oconomowoc, WI
- Vision , Medical , Dental , Paid Time Off , Life Insurance , Retirement
- Full-Time
Job DescriptionCompany Description
$1,000 Retention Bonus Available for Passionate Caregivers
Are you ready to make a difference in people's lives? Join us as a Mental Health Technician and be a crucial part of our compassionate residential treatment team. We're offering a $1,000 retention bonus to dedicated individuals who are committed to providing exceptional care.
Job Duties & Responsibilities:
- Assists patients with activities of daily living; interacts with patients, attends to patient needs and helps in crisis intervention, as needed.
- Transports patients to and from appointments, clinics, laboratories, and/or treatments, as and when appropriate. Remain with residents when they attend off-site appointments or emergency room medical services.
- Facilitate and transport residents for community outings and meetings.
- Ensure safe practices for medication observation and administration for patients within our residential programs. Assure safe rights for medication observation and administration for the residents including the six rights of medication safety.
- Facilitates on-the-job training for new and existing MHT team members.
- Assist in providing therapeutic patient care, leading groups and one-to-one settings. Support cognitive behavior therapy (CBT), dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) and exposure response prevention (ERP) therapies throughout shift.
- Responds to emergency and/or crises situations and supports visitor safety.
- Actively observes/monitors and records patient behavior and activities including but not limited to meals and monitoring food intake. Complete documentation related to the residents and daily treatment progress notes as required within the medical record.
- Ensure safety and accurate location of patients at all times, including responsibility for milieu management.
- Monitors safety of patients, visitors, and environment, including infection control standards. Complete daily environmental rounds for safety, sanitation, codes, door lock and alarms.
- Safely check residents into unit at admission or return from an off-ground pass or activity.
- Reports any changes in patient condition or safety to the treatment team.
- Orients and educates patients upon admission. Complete admission and discharge process with residents including belonging searches and required documentation.
- Performs other duties as assigned. These may include but are not limited to:
- Maintaining a current knowledge base of department processes, protocols, and procedures, pursuing self-directed learning, and continuing education opportunities, and participating on committees, task forces, and work groups as determined by management.
Education/Training Requirements:
- High School diploma or equivalent.
- Be eighteen (18) years of age for all units. For Adolescent Units, must be at least 18 years old and at least 2 years older than the oldest resident.
- Must possess a current active driver's license and be in good standing.
- Float coverage support to residential and inpatient levels of care.
job requisition id - 1712188
ABOUT ROGERS BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
Since its opening in 1907, Rogers offers evidence-based treatment for adults, children, and adolescents with depression and other mood disorders, eating disorders, addiction, obsessive-compulsive and anxiety disorders, and posttraumatic stress disorder.
Rogers Behavioral Health is a nationally recognized, not-for-profit provider of highly specialized psychiatric care. Backed by more than a century of experience, Rogers is leading the way on measurement-based care and use of clinical outcomes. Rogers provides residential care and has three inpatient facilities located in southeastern Wisconsin. Rogers also offers outpatient services in a growing network of communities across the U.S.
The System also includes Rogers Behavioral Health Foundation, which supports patient care, programs, and research; and Rogers InHealth, an initiative that works to eliminate the stigma of mental health challenges.
For more information, visit rogersbh.org.
EOE/MFDV
Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action – Rogers Behavioral Health (rogersbh.org)
Since its opening in 1907, Rogers offers evidence-based treatment for adults, children, and adolescents with depression and other mood disorders, eating disorders, addiction, obsessive-compulsive and anxiety disorders, and posttraumatic stress disorder.
Rogers Behavioral Health is a nationally recognized, not-for-profit provider of highly specialized psychiatric care. Backed by more than a century of experience, Rogers is leading the way on measurement-based care and use of clinical outcomes. Rogers provides residential care and has three inpatient facilities located in southeastern Wisconsin. Rogers also offers outpatient services in a growing network of communities across the U.S.
The System also includes Rogers Behavioral Health Foundation, which supports patient care, programs, and research; and Rogers InHealth, an initiative that works to eliminate the stigma of mental health challenges.
For more information, visit rogersbh.org.
EOE/MFDV
Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action – Rogers Behavioral Health (rogersbh.org)
Address
Rogers Behavioral Health
Oconomowoc, WI
USA
Industry
Healthcare
Posted date
23 days ago
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