Patient Safety Specialist

Mental Health Technician

The Carolina Center for Behavioral Health is currently looking for a Mental Health Technician to join our team of dedicated professionals. The Carolina Center is a 156-bed private behavioral health system located on 13 acres in the Greenville, South Carolina Area. Specializing in psychiatric programs and substance abuse treatments, the center serves Greenville, Spartanburg, Anderson, and areas throughout South Carolina and western North Carolina. Programs are available at various levels of care to accommodate the severity of every patient's condition: inpatient, partial hospitalization, and intensive outpatient treatment.

Position Summary: We are currently seeking a Mental Health Technician who will provide direct patient care under the supervision of a Registered Nurse. The role includes the provision of a safe and therapeutic milieu, crisis intervention, and assistance with activities of daily living. The Mental Health Technician must demonstrate flexibility for reassignment to units providing care to varied populations including male and female, adolescents and adults as well as dually diagnosed adults.

Summary of Job Duties: To provide direct patient care under the supervision of an RN to adolescent, adult and geriatric patients. To ensure the safety and well being of these patients and to support the maintenance of therapeutic milieu.

Essential Job Functions:

• Conducts 15-minute rounds on patients per policy.
• Participates in restraint and seclusion of patients when required.
• Supports facility service excellence standards.
• Gives baths to patients and changes patient's briefs, when required.
• Attends mandatory training.
• Helps maintain the therapeutic milieu on the unit, including, but not limited to, facilitation of community groups.

Benefit Highlights:

• Challenging and rewarding work environment
• Career development opportunities
• Competitive compensation
• Excellent medical, dental, vision and prescription drug plan
• 401(K) with company match and discounted stock plan
• Generous paid time off

Qualifications at Entry: High school level reading and writing skills. Acceptable oral and written communication skills/legible handwriting skills. Ability to maintain information as highly confidential. Professional telephone etiquette and customer service skills by phone and face to face are critical. Certification as nursing assistant or patient care technician and/or familiarity with medical and psychological terminology preferred. Skills in dealing courteously with the public and other staff within the organization. A basic knowledge of human behavior or principles of psychology will be very useful as well as skills in prioritizing and in managing time.

Machines, tools, equipment: Telephone, shower/bath, audio-visual equipment, EKG machine, thermometer, refrigerator, radio, blood pressure cuff, vitals machine, housekeeping and supplies, copy machine, physical restraints, first aid items, and shredder.

Physical and mental requirements of the job: Ability to exercise self-control in potentially volatile situations such as being verbally or physically confronted in a threatening or aggressive manner. Must be able to work and concentrate amidst distractions such as noise, conversation and foot traffic. Ability to handle interruptions often and be able to move from one task to another. Must be flexible and not easily frustrated in dealing with differences of opinions. Able to assist in patient restraints and seclusions. Ability to stop, kneel, crouch, crawl, reach, stand, walk, push, pull, lift, grasp, and be able to perceive the attributes of objects such as size, shape, temperature, and/or texture by touching with skin, particularly that of the fingertips. Ability to express and exchange ideas via spoken work during activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to others accurately, sometimes quickly and loudly. Hearing to perceive the nature of sound with no less than 40 db loss @ Hz,1000 Hz, and 2000 Hz with or without correction; ability to perceive detailed information through oral communication and to make fine discriminations in sound. Perform repetitive motions with wrists, hands and fingers. Individual must be able to exert up to 100 pounds of force and the able to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects. Work required a minimum standard of visual acuity with or without correction that will enable people in the role to complete administrative and clerical tasks and visually observe patients on the unit and in therapeutic activities. While worker may possible be subjected to temperature changes, the worker is generally not substantially exposed to adverse environmental conditions as the work is predominantly inside.