Mental Health Technician - Residential, Full-time
Company: Rogers Behavioral Health
Location: Oconomowoc
Posted on: April 16, 2024
Job Description:
$1,000 Retention Bonus Available
The Mental Health Technician functions as an active part of the
treatment team, providing continuous patient care, supervision,
interaction, and de-escalation support, and role modeling to
patients ranging in age depending on which unit worked.Job Duties &
Responsibilities:
- Assists patients with activities of daily living; interacts
with patients, attends to patient needs and helps in crisis
intervention, as needed.
- Transports patients to and from appointments, clinics,
laboratories, and/or treatments, as and when appropriate. Remain
with residents when they attend off-site appointments or emergency
room medical services.
- Facilitate and transport residents for community outings and
meetings.
- Ensure safe practices for medication observation and
administration for patients within our residential programs. Assure
safe rights for medication observation and administration for the
residents including the six rights of medication safety.
- Facilitates on-the-job training for new and existing MHT team
members.
- Assist in providing therapeutic patient care, leading groups
and one-to-one settings. Support cognitive behavior therapy (CBT),
dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) and exposure response prevention
(ERP) therapies throughout shift.
- Responds to emergency and/or crises situations and supports
visitor safety.
- Actively observes/monitors and records patient behavior and
activities including but not limited to meals and monitoring food
intake. Complete documentation related to the residents and daily
treatment progress notes as required within the medical
record.
- Ensure safety and accurate location of patients at all times,
including responsibility for milieu management.
- Monitors safety of patients, visitors, and environment,
including infection control standards. Complete daily environmental
rounds for safety, sanitation, codes, door lock and alarms.
- Safely check residents into unit at admission or return from an
off-ground pass or activity.
- Reports any changes in patient condition or safety to the
treatment team.
- Orients and educates patients upon admission. Complete
admission and discharge process with residents including belonging
searches and required documentation.
- Performs other duties as assigned. These may include but are
not limited to:
- Maintaining a current knowledge base of department processes,
protocols, and procedures, pursuing self-directed learning, and
continuing education opportunities, and participating on
committees, task forces, and work groups as determined by
management.Additional Job Description:Education/Training
Requirements:
- High School diploma or equivalent.
- Be eighteen (18) years of age for all units. For Adolescent
Units, must be at least 18 years old and at least 2 years older
than the oldest resident.
- Must possess a current active driver's license and be in good
standing.
- Float coverage support to residential and inpatient levels of
care.Formal training will be provided for the following:
- American Heart Association CPR certification within 30 days of
hire.
- Training in Nonviolent Crisis Intervention (NCI) within 60 days
of hire.
- Community Based Residential Facility (CBRF) trainings within 90
days of hire.
- Supervised Traineeship Program - 160-hour requirement.
- Medication Administration Certification - within 90 days of
hire
Keywords: Rogers Behavioral Health, Waukesha , Mental Health Technician - Residential, Full-time, Professions , Oconomowoc, Wisconsin
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