Mental Health Tech 1 - Adolescent - $2000 Sign on Bonus

Mental Health Tech

The Mental Health Tech establishes a therapeutic relationship with assigned patients and helps patients with daily living. Responsible for the overall maintenance of a therapeutic environment. Takes vital signs, weighs patients and collects routine specimens. Relies on established guidelines to accomplish tasks. Works under close supervision.

Responsibilities

• Patient Care
  • Assists patient with activities of daily living, toileting, feeding, and grooming.
  • Make beds and clean rooms as necessary.
  • Takes and records patient vital signs including height, weight, blood pressure, pulse and respirations under the supervision of a nurse.
  • Assists with the admission process as directed.
  • Provides assistance in group setting as necessary under the direction of a nurse or therapist.
  • Assists in moving patients from place to place on and off the unit or area where assigned.
  • Assists with laundering of clothes as necessary or directed.
  • Redirects patients and uses proper technique to prevent patient aggression, falls or injury.
  • Retrieves medications from the pneumatic tube system and/or pharmacy and delivers the medications to the nurse and/or place medications in a secure location as determined by the nurse manager.
• Documentation
  • Documents vital signs, activities of daily living, sleep hours, safety checks and environmental checks as appropriate.
  • Assists in documentation of group activities under the direction of a licensed professional.
• Communication and Collaboration
  • Notifies nurse, therapist or physician of patient behaviors, needs and safety concerns.
  • Participates in treatment team process.
  • Conducts phone calls, takes messages and delivers messages as appropriate.
  • Orients patient to program.
  • Interacts with patients on a one-on-one basis in a therapeutic manner and reports relevant patient information.
• Safety
  • Conducts environmental safety checks and notifies nurse of issues.
  • Conducts patient safety checks as directed.
  • Obtain and dispense belongings as appropriate at admission, discharge and throughout stay.
  • Follows organizational infection control procedures including, but not limited to handwashing and cleaning.
  • Inspects for contraband items as appropriate.
  • Monitors patients for potential hazards.

Qualifications

Education: High School Diploma or Equivalent

Experience: Crisis Intervention Training within 90 days of employment

Special Skills: Proficient in the English language, verbal and written communications skills, basic computer skills

Certifications: AHA BLS Certification

Required Skills

• Mental Health Service
• Patient Care

About Us

Our Lady of the Lake is uniquely capable of caring for a full range of illness or injury, including those that are extremely complex, for both pediatric and adult patients. Our family of services includes:

• An 988-bed hospital and the area's only Level I Trauma Center
• A freestanding Children's Hospital
• A 545-provider care network covering more than 40 specialties
• Two free-standing emergency rooms—Our Lady of the Lake Livingston and Our Lady of the Lake North
• A network of nearly 15 urgent care clinics
• Outpatient imaging and surgery centers
• Assumption Community Hospital
• Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University
• Our Lady of the Lake Ascension, a 78-bed, community hospital providing emergency, inpatient, outpatient, and surgical services to Ascension Parish and surrounding areas

We serve 38,000 inpatients and 820,000 outpatients annually and are committed to building a healthy community through excellence in patient care and education. A part of FMOL Health, Our Lady of the Lake is consistently awarded for compassionate care, clinical expertise, leading edge technology and innovation.