Mental Health Technician

Experience the HCA Healthcare difference where colleagues are trusted, valued members of our healthcare team. Grow your career with an organization committed to delivering respectful, compassionate care, and where the unique and intrinsic worth of each individual is recognized. Submit your application for the opportunity below: Mental Health Technician

Job Summary and Qualifications


• Demonstrates expertise in mental health promotion and maintenance of high-quality comprehensive patient care


• Displays respect for patients' integrity, patient information and patient rights


• Demonstrates expertise in the performance of tasks necessary to maintain a therapeutic milieu and optimum patient care


• Escorts patients to and from scheduled activities in a safe and professional manner


• Performs all specific skills assigned including monitoring vital signs in a complete and accurate manner


• Assists with maintaining the cleanliness of the unit


• Maintains high level of interpersonal relationships with program staff


• Utilizes appropriate skills in telephone etiquette when answering the telephone, making sure to record correct messages and pass along to appropriate staff, including patient inquiries


• Demonstrate efficiency in maintaining support services, which are vital to effective program operation


• Maintains unit filing and paperwork system, if assigned by Nurse Manager or Charge Nurse


• Assists with maintaining patients' activities of daily living


• Demonstrates ability to maintain a safe environment


• Documentation of observations and baseline measurements in the medical record


What qualifications you will need:


• Basic Cardiac Life Support must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date


• Nonviolent Crisis Intervention must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date
Benefits

Parkridge Valley Child & Adolescent Campus, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
• Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services
• Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence
• Savings and retirement resources , including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling
• Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
• Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts

Learn more about Employee Benefits

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

Parkridge Valley offers behavioral health. We offer addictive disorder treatment services. These are for children, adolescents and adults. We have four distinctive campuses. These include Parkridge Valley Adult and Senior. These include Parkridge Valley Child and Adolescent campus. These also include Parkridge Valley Cleveland and Parkridge Valley West. Parkridge Valley West is a behavioral health hospital. We offer adult inpatient and outpatient behavioral health services. These are offered to residents of Marion and its surrounding counties.

HCA Healthcare has been named one of the World's Most Ethical Companies by Ethisphere Institute for ten consecutive years (2010-2019). In 2019, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

"There is so much good to do in the world and so many different ways to do it."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.
HCA Healthcare Co-Founder


If you find this opportunity compelling, we encourage you to apply for our Mental Health Technician opening. We promptly review all applications. Highly qualified candidates will be directly contacted by a member of our team. We are interviewing - apply today!

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.