Health Care Technician - MHTL Pueblo West

About The Mental Health Transitional Living Homes

This position is open to current Colorado residents only. Please note:
This recruitment may be used to fill multiple vacancies. You are required to work at your assigned work location during your scheduled work times. Work arrangements are subject to change at any time.

Description Of Job

About the Position

This position exists to provide direct hands-on milieu management care to clients, which includes assistance with activities of daily living, documentation of care provided, awareness of psychosocial and physical needs/safety of clients, engagement in social and recreational activities, and support in the continued development of social and life skills. These services shall be performed in a manner consistent with the standards of the profession, legal, and regulatory requirements.

This is a full-time, in-person, essential services designation position. These services are provided in a residential setting, which requires 24/7 care and treatment. We are hiring for daytime, evening, and overnight shifts, which do include weekends.

Duties include:

• Responsible for providing direct client care by hands-on performance and/or assistance as needed with activities of daily living (ADL) and continued development of social and life skills through the engagement in recreational and social activities.
• Provides environmental needs to all clients by arranging and adapting personal care items, such as food or clothing and/or physical environment needs to support the ongoing needs of the clients.
• Clients may require gentle guidance and instruction to engage in self-care activities as part of their continued development of activities of daily living.
• Assist clients in becoming oriented to the program, which includes a review of the program requirements, their responsibilities as clients, inventory of all personal items, etc.
• Responsible for the ongoing supervision of the clients in care and ensuring the needs of all clients are being met on a daily basis.
• Monitors safety needs by supervising the clients in care, their whereabouts, interactions, and conditions, and refers to the MHTL Homes team regarding potential changes that may need to be made based on observation.

Medication Administration

• Administers medications to the individuals served in accordance with the Medication Administration Record (MAR).
• Administers medications in proper doses at appropriate times to each individual.
• Records a wide range of information including: medication given (time and amount); clients’ responses to medications and treatments; documents refusals of medications and reports this to the clinical team; and all information relevant to all aspects of the clients’ mental status.
• Requires staff to be certified as a Qualified Medication Administration Professional (QMAP). The MHTL Homes programs will assist any individuals who are not QMAP certified to obtain such certification.

• Responsible for the adherence to department standards and staff development.
• Responsible for ensuring that the standards for the MHTL Homes in terms of programming and operation are followed accordingly as set in the MHTL Homes policies and procedures and regulatory requirements.
• Responsible for completing staff training, which includes MHTL Homes specific training along with CDHS mandatory training.
• Attend assigned meetings and in-services as scheduled by the supervisor to fulfill the mission/vision of the agency.
• Ensures all documentation such as shift notes, incidents logs, refrigerator temperature logs and other logs related to life, safety, and health are timely and correctly completed.
• This position is a resource and teaches/orients new/pulled/pool staff related to milieu management/safety basics.

Other duties as required for business needs.

Education

High school diploma or General Education Diploma (GED). No substitutions.

• 1 year of direct care experience with clients suffering from SMI
• Experience passing…