Mental Health Technician - Temp; Night Shift - convert

About the Facility

Kingwood Pines Hospital is a 116 bed facility located in the beautiful residential Kingwood community. It is about 30 miles northeast of the Houston Medical Center. The hospital provides 24-hour emergency services and serves children, adolescents, and adults for psychiatric and behavioral health. It also offers intensive outpatient and partial hospital program services.

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The Mental Health Technician functions as an active part of the treatment team, providing continuous patient care, supervision, interaction and role modeling to patients ranging in ages from preschool through geriatrics. All MHT’s work under the direction of a Registered Nurse.

• Promotes a safe environment:
  Conducts and documents patient rounds as scheduled; completes environmental rounds as scheduled.
• Takes vital signs as ordered.
• Responds calmly and effectively to emergency situations, de-escalates patients, and follows hospital policies and procedures related to seclusion, restraint, psychiatric emergencies, and medical emergencies.
• Assists with milieu management:
  Identifies potential problems with patients or the milieu (i.e., vital sign abnormalities, changes in patient’s physical condition, suspicious patient behavior, escalating patient behavior, contraband, safety hazards, etc.).
• Ensures the unit schedules are followed and groups are conducted as posted/required.
• Conducts and documents searches as ordered; recognizes and reports environmental hazards; performs patient inventory form per policy.

• Challenging and rewarding work environment
• Career development opportunities within UHS and its subsidiaries
• Competitive compensation
• Excellent medical, dental, vision and prescription drug plan
• 401(k) with company match and discounted stock plan
• Generous paid time off
• Free basic life insurance

• Staff may have the ability to transition into a full-time role at the completion of a successful 60 day performance period.
• High school degree or required.
• One (1) year of related experience, with knowledge of patient care techniques with understanding of mental illness, preferred.
• CPR and HWC crisis intervention training must be completed prior to beginning work.
• Hours:
  
  Night Shift: 7 PM - 7 AM (rotating weekends required). Must be available to work 7 shifts per pay period.
• MUST be available to attend the full hospital and departmental orientations:
  Week 1: M-F 8 AM - 5 PM / Week 2: M & Tu 9 AM - 5 PM and work a minimum of 7 shifts per pay period.

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.