Full Time - Mental Health Technician (MHT)

Mental Health Technician (MHT)

Palmetto Lowcountry is now seeking to fill full-time mental health technician (MHT) positions for our residential treatment program. The MHT, under the direction of a registered nurse, is an active member of the patient treatment team and will provide care to patients whose ages range from adolescent through geriatrics. The MHT implements the therapeutic interventions developed by the treatment team for each patient and maintains awareness of patient's individualized plan of care (including goals and interventions).

Includes, but is not limited to:

• Provides direct care and supervision to patients on assigned unit.
• Monitors and intervenes to maintain appropriate patient boundaries.
• Conduct patient safety checks.

Available schedules:

• Full-time day and night.
• Full-time MHTs will be scheduled 7 shifts in a two-week period with alternating weekend days, rotating holidays, and are part of an emergency team.
• Day: 7:00am to 7:30pm
• Night: 7:00pm to 7:30am

Benefits for full-time employees include:

• Tuition assistance
• In-house psychiatric nurse residency transition-to-practice orientation (20 CEUs)
• Career development opportunities across UHS and our 300+ locations!
• Diverse programming to expand your experience
• HealthStream online learning catalogue with plenty of free CEU courses
• Competitive compensation & generous paid time off
• Excellent medical, dental, vision and prescription drug plans
• 401(K) with company match and discounted stock plan
• Pet insurance
• SoFi student loan refinancing program

Qualifications:

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Minimum of one year of healthcare or behavioral health related experience and/or training preferred, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Age-specific competencies: child, adolescent, adult and geriatric.
• Licensure/certification: CPR/CPI certification required – provided upon hire.

About our organization:

Palmetto Lowcountry Behavioral Health, a subsidiary of UHS, is located on the beautiful Ashley River near Charleston, SC. Palmetto Lowcountry Behavioral Health lends a helping hand to people struggling with mental health and substance use disorders. At Palmetto Behavioral Health we are looking for exceptional people who share our mission of providing superior quality healthcare services and our culture of service excellence: treat everyone as a guest, demonstrate professionalism and excellence, practice teamwork.

About Universal Health Services:

One of the nation's largest and most respected providers of hospital and healthcare services, Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS) has built an impressive record of achievement and performance. During the year, UHS was again recognized as one of the World's Most Admired Companies by Fortune; and listed in Forbes ranking of America's Largest Public Companies. Operating acute care hospitals, behavioral health facilities, outpatient facilities and ambulatory care access points, an insurance offering, a physician network and various related services located all over the U.S. States, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom.

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 as such, openly support and fully commit to 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.