Mental Health Technician (MHT)

Job Description

Job Description

Mental Health Technician Griffin, GA

Payrate: $15/hr

Fulltime hours

Must be able to work a 12 hour rotation

Job Description

• Provides care to patients in a manner that promotes safety, comfort, and the therapeutic environment.
• Assists patients with activities of daily living; attends to patient behavioral problems and provides assistance in crisis intervention, as needed.
• Works with other members of a multi-disciplinary team in leading milieu activities such as current events groups, community meetings, goals groups, fitness groups, activities of daily living groups, and/or recreational activities, as appropriate to the specified patient population.
• Charts patient observations, following prescribed procedures and standards.
• Participates in the development and implementation of patient treatment programs.
• Maintains confidentiality of patient records.
• Transport patients to and from appointments, clinics, laboratories, and/or treatments, as and when appropriate.
• May perform initial patient evaluations to determine treatment priorities; may take vital signs, weights, and urine, stool, and sputum specimens.
• Attends and participates in group sessions, in-service education, and staff meetings.
• Maintains established institutional policies and procedures, objectives, quality assurance program, and safety, environmental and infection control standards.
• Enhances professional growth and development through participation in educational programs, current literature, in service meetings and workshops.
• May provide liaison with patients, families of patients, or external facilities and agencies.
• Performs miscellaneous job-related duties as assigned.

Minimum Job Requirements

• High school diploma or GED; at least 6 months of experience directly related to the duties and responsibilities specified.
• Mental Health Experience