Mental Health Technician

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Do you have the career opportunities as a Mental Health Technician you want with your current employer? We have an exciting opportunity for you to join Portsmouth Regional Hospital, which is part of the nation's leading provider of healthcare services, HCA Healthcare.

• Comprehensive medical coverage that covers many common services at no cost or for a low copay. Plans include prescription drug and behavioral health coverage as well as free telemedicine services and free Air Med medical transportation.
• Additional options for dental and vision benefits, life and disability coverage, flexible spending accounts, supplemental health protection plans (accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity), auto and home insurance, identity theft protection, legal counseling, long‑term care coverage, moving assistance, pet insurance and more.
• Free counseling services and resources for emotional, physical and financial wellbeing.
• 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service).
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan with 10% off HCA Healthcare stock.
• Family support through fertility and family building benefits with Progyny and adoption assistance.
• Referral services for child, elder and pet care, home and auto repair, event planning and more.
• Consumer discounts through Abenity and Consumer Discounts.
• Retirement readiness, rollover assistance services and preferred banking partnerships.
• Education assistance (tuition, student loan, certification support, dependent scholarships).
• Colleague recognition program.
• Time Away From Work Program (paid time off, paid family leave, long‑ and short‑term disability coverage and leaves of absence).
• Employee Health Assistance Fund that offers free employee‑only coverage to full‑time and part‑time colleagues based on income.

Note:
Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

The Mental Health Technician works under the direction of the Registered Nurse, and shares with the treatment team responsibility for providing and maintaining a therapeutic milieu, through basic psychiatric nursing‑related techniques, and supervised therapeutic activities, in accordance with relevant standards and regulations, as well as with clinical and administrative policies. Duties may also include assisting the treatment team with the teaching and orientation of new staff, acting in the role of preceptor, and the performance of other interventions in support of discharge planning process, case management activities, etc.,

as directed by Department Manager.

• Plays a pivotal role in devising and implementing the plan of care as part of the multi‑disciplinary team, monitoring the treatment program with patients; supervising individual patient’s compliance with treatment plans, and documenting observations appropriately.
• Assists in the admission and orientation of new patients to the unit.
• Assists other members of the Treatment Team in the implementation of the Treatment Plan, including teaching and orientation of patients to the plan.
• Possesses the ability to assess data reflective of a patient’s status and interprets appropriate information needed to identify each patient’s requirements relative to his/her age‑specific needs, and provides care as described in clinical services policies and procedures.
• Responds to programmatic needs which may involve interdisciplinary collaboration, as requested by unit management.
• Organizes patients for groups and directs them to groups at the assigned times.
• Supports and reinforces the therapeutic milieu in a manner consistent with the efforts of other treatment team members.
• Facilitates/leads treatment focus meetings, activity groups and other groups having specific education/experience requirements.
• Informs the Charge Nurse of patient conditions, both physical and behavioural, appropriate to the degree of urgency warranted by the patient’s condition.
• Escorts patients to appointments as assigned.
• Performs treatment procedures, e.g. pass preparation/return specimen…