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    Mental Health Technician

    Saint Paul, United StatesOn-SiteFull-time1+ yrs experiencePosted 3w ago
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    Job description

    Regions Hospital is hiring Mental Health Technicians.

    Regions Hospital is the largest provider of inpatient mental health services in the east metro. We treat all mental illnesses in adults at our state-of-the-art facility. This means we can provide comprehensive, personalized care for all our patient’s needs, no matter how complex.

    Mental Health Technicians help to provide a caring safe healing environment for our patients.

    As a MHT, you will work with a collaborative care team providing patients with the best care and support. You will work with psychiatrists, physician assistants, occupational therapists, nurses, social workers and more. You will provide patient care to patients experiencing mental illness(es) and their families using de-escalation skills, group dynamics and facilitation. This includes assisting with crisis management, therapeutic programming and milieu management as a member of the Mental Health Care team. This role is instrumental in addressing emergent and urgent issues as needed.

    In addition, this position:

    • Performs activities of daily living (ADLs) on a daily basis.
    • Provides patient care treatments including restraint monitoring, and collects patient data including vital signs, weights, intake & output.
    • Collects routine patient specimens such as urine, stool, and finger stick blood glucose as directed.
    • Respond to call lights and requests and assist nurses with procedures as requested.
    • Documents and charts care provided in the electronic health record.
    • Performing other duties as assigned.

    Work schedule: FTE  0.5  (20 hrs. weekly), Evening Shift - 3pm-11:30pm. Every other weekend rotation and some holidays.

    Required Qualifications:

    Education and Experience:

    Completion of a post-secondary education program in behavioral sciences OR completion of one year of a post-secondary education in behavioral sciences or health care field OR has at least 1 year of supervised experience in the delivery of services to persons with mental illness OR 1 year of similar related health care experience as applicable.

    Licensure/Registration/Certification:

    Current CPR/BLS certification

    Job details are sourced from the employer's original posting.

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    HealthPartners

    You’re part of something bigger at HealthPartners. We are an award-winning integrated health care system comprised of several organizations. Our organization includes a team of 21,000 people dedicated to making a difference for our members, patients and the community. Whether you want to work in direct patient care, or support those who do, you will find a vast variety of job opportunities. Here, your contributions help to improve lives and impact health care for the better. If you want to make a difference, we want you on our team.

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