Mental Health Technician at Diversicare in Rocky Top, TN

Overview

The Mental Health Technician (MHT) supports the nursing staff in maintaining a therapeutic setting by performing routinely assigned tasks and carrying out patient care activities within the scope of the MHT's training and experience. The MHT will maintain a safe and professional standard for patient care in accordance with Federal and State regulations, policies and procedures and accreditation and quality standards

Responsibilities

• Continually monitors and enforces compliance with unit rules.

• Effectively applies supportive behavior when assisting in the control of patients who exhibit

unacceptable behavior.

• Demonstrates the ability to employ de-escalation, crisis intervention, and therapeutic

interventions as needed.

• Completes unit safety checks.

• Inventories patient belongings accurately and secures contraband as needed.

• Complies with standard/universal precautions and infection control policies and attends

required in-services to keep self-informed.

• Implements patient care activities under the direction and supervision of licensed nursing

personnel.

• Performs vital signs, weights, ADL monitoring, nutritional monitoring, and communicates

findings to the nurse.

• Assists patients with laundry, meals, bathroom functions and maintaining of belongings as

needed.

• Assists at risk/physically challenged patients with mobility needs as needed.

• Individualizes all patient care activities to the age specific/disability/cultural sensitivity needs of

the patient.

• Communicates and documents patient observation and date effectively.

• Documents patient's departure from unit with 100% accuracy and within defined timelines.

• Documents significant occurrences, observed behavior, vital signs, nutrition intake and patient

observation findings on assigned patients and as requested by the registered nurse, with

100% accuracy and within defined timelines.

• Communicates outcome of assigned tasks to nursing staff in a timely manner.

• Communicates follow-up on patient care responsibilities, incomplete assignments, ongoing

activities and current patient needs to relevant staff to assure continuity of care.

• Escorts patients in and out of weekly Treatment Team meetings and in and out of visits with

practitioners and therapists.

• Performs goals and activity groups to keep patients engaged outside of required therapy

groups and report findings to clinical services.

• Performs other duties and projects as assigned.

Qualifications

• High school graduate or equivalent.
• Certified Nursing Assistant preferred
• At least 1 year experience working with psychiatric patients in an inpatient setting preferred
• Valid driver’s license
• Crisis intervention experience preferred