Lead Mental Health Tech

Position: LEAD MENTAL HEALTH TECH - DAYS
Responsibilities

Suncoast Behavioral Health Center provides quality mental health care and education services for adolescents, ages 11-17 who are experiencing behavioral, emotional, educational, family and social challenges. The dedicated professionals at Suncoast Behavioral Health Center provide quality mental health treatment for children. The program establishes healthy behaviors and prepares children to transition back home.

The Hospital is looking for a Lead Mental Health Technician: 7A - 3:30P. The Lead Mental Health Technician provides direct patient care adolescents in a behavioral health setting. The Lead Mental Health Technician's primary responsibility is to ensure patient safety on the units. The Lead Mental Health Technician is responsible for ensuring that direct care and unit tasks are being performed according to hospital policy.

The Lead Mental Health Technician has a patient assignment and assists the patient in treatment, recreation, and other activities of daily living to assess changes in their social behaviors and clinical status. Functions include but are not limited to: ensuring the program schedule is being followed, assignment of unit tasks, ensuring hospital policies are enforced. The Lead Mental Health Technician are responsible for understanding and using the least restrictive interventions per facility policy and successfully avoid seclusion and restraint whenever possible.

BENEFITS

* Shift Differentials offered.

* Mandatory overtime may be required based on facility needs.

* Challenging and rewarding work environment

* Competitive Compensation & Generous Paid Time Off

* Excellent Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Drug Plans:
Available at day 31.

* 401(K) with company match and discounted stock plan

* Tuition Reimbursement

* SoFi Student Loan Refinancing Program

* Career development opportunities within UHS and its 300+ Subsidiaries!

* More information is available on our Benefits Guest Website:
Benefits

WHY DO OUR CURRENT EMPLOYEES VALUE AT SUNCOAST & UHS?

An environment that puts patient care first. One of the most rewarding aspects of this job is providing excellent care, comfort, and security to the patients and families you treat, at their most vulnerable times. Supportive and responsive leadership. You are never alone, as you are part of a large network of peer co-workers that routinely exchange ideas and review current topics within the industry.

Having the opportunity to grow, learn, and advance in your career. There are very robust continuing education options and opportunities for skills diversification and career advancement with UHS.

One of the nation's largest and most respected providers of hospital and healthcare services, Universal Health Services, Inc. (NYSE: UHS) has built an impressive record of achievement and performance, growing since its inception into a Fortune 500 corporation. Headquartered in King of Prussia, PA, UHS has 99,000 employees. Through its subsidiaries, UHS operates 28 acute care hospitals, 331 behavioral health facilities, 60 outpatient and other facilities in 39 U.S. States, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom.

Qualifications

Job Requirements:

* High school graduate or GED required.

* Preferred:
Bachelor's Degree in psychology or related field preferred (increase in wages).

* Minimum 1 year previous psychiatric/behavioral direct care experience in a psychiatric setting as a Mental Health Tech working with children, adolescents and/or adults.

* Must be able to pass a Level 2 Background Screening to work in Healthcare (AHCA) and Pre-employment Drug Test.

Additional Requirements:

* Must be able to set and maintain therapeutic distance with clients; maintain therapeutic boundaries during treatment and following discharge.

* Must be able to read, understand, and follow: policies, procedures, and written treatment plans.

* Diversity and inclusion in regards to patients, families and co-workers.

* May be required to work occasional overtime and flexible hours.

* Successful completion of CPR Certification and successful completion of Handle with Care prior to assisting with a restraining procedure and within 7 days of employment.

* Ability to communicate verbally and in writing.

* Physical agility to manage patients. Push, pull and lift up to 50 pounds.

* Intermittent sitting, standing, walking, bending, and stooping.

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.

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