Mental Health Tech

Job Description

Join our team as a variable shift, full-time, Mental Health Tech - Dual Diagnosis, at INTEGRIS Health Meadowlake Hospital in Enid, Oklahoma.

Get to Know Your Team

• INTEGRIS Health, Oklahoma's largest not-for-profit health system, is seeking a dedicated caregiver to join us in our mission to partner with people to live healthier lives.
• Benefits of being an INTEGRIS Health caregiver include front-loaded PTO, medical benefits through the extensive INTEGRIS Health network, financial assistance for continued education, 24/7 mental health support and more.
• Take the first step toward growing your career by joining us.

Responsibilities

The Mental Health Technician participates as a member of the treatment team under the direction of the RN or Nurse Manager. Responsibilities include actively supporting the philosophy and structure of the milieu through management and supervision of the patients in a manner that is age and developmentally appropriate.

The Mental Health Technician Sr responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Acts as a primary caregiver to assigned patients, including assisting patients with daily living skills as needed
• Spends individual time with each assigned patient on a daily basis helping patients attain treatment goals
• Documents patient information for assigned patients
• Utilizes accepted intervention, under the direction of the RN, Nursing Supervisor, Nurse Manager, or Director Nursing, in dealing with problematic patient behaviors (i.e., therapeutic holds)
• Makes patient rounds as prescribed by unit policy and/or patient needs
• Assists in patient admission/discharge and transportation as needed
• Rides/Drives van when assigned, and monitors patient behavior to ensure physical and emotional safety
• The Mental Health Technician Sr reports to the Manager with general supervision from the RN on shift.
• Mental Health staff must be able to assist with physical restraint of patients, utilizing the identified Behavior Technique System.
• Potential for bodily injury related to lifting and incidents of workplace violence.

INTEGRIS Health is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All applicants will receive consideration regardless of membership in any protected status as defined by applicable state or federal law, including protected veteran or disability status.

Qualifications

• 1 year of previous experience in a mental health treatment setting or completion of mental health worker certification program preferred (Vocational-Technical)
• Must be 21 years of age or older
• Must be able to communicate effectively in English (verbal/written)

INTEGRIS Mental Health:

• This job prefers, if needed, the incumbents to operate a INTEGRIS-owned vehicle OR personal vehicle (non-INTEGRIS owned) and have a current Oklahoma State Driver's License as well as a driving record which is acceptable to our insurance carrier.