Mental Health Technician Job at Georgia Mental Health Agency

Georgia Mental Health Agency Riverdale, GA

Provide individual treatment plan of care, therapeutic interventions, and quality patient safety monitoring services under supervision of a licensed professional.

Experience

  • Experience working in a mental health setting with children OR Academic healthcare related courses

Preferred Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s preferred but not required
  • Experience working in a mental health or behavioral health setting
  • Psychology or healthcare related academic course or certifications

Education

  • High school diploma or equivalent

Background Check: Must be able to clear full background check

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

  • Must have strong communication and interpersonal skills
  • Must be able to remain calm and manage verbal/physical responses in stressful situations

Job Responsibilities

  • Implements plan of care interventions as established by Behavioral Health Care Team
  • Maintain a safe environment for the patient through situational awareness, crisis prevention strategies and plan of care-initiated interventions
  • Complies and promotes compliance with all behavioral health related policies and guidelines to protect patient, self and others from harm
  • May perform/document components of safety monitoring and general care needs (behavior support interventions, eating, hydration, and/or elimination).
  • Accurately documents data collected & behaviors observed on assigned patient in EMR, according to established time frames
  • Establish and maintain a therapeutic relationship with behavioral and mental health patients
  • Monitors for behavior changes and employs crisis prevention and de-escalation strategies
  • May accompany patient to medical procedures to maintain therapeutic interventions and behavioral support
  • Participates in transfer of care; communicates any special considers, care priorities, and support needs as appropriate.
  • Maintains patients’ rights, including the privacy and security of all confidential and protected health information
  • Performs other responsibilities as required PROFESSIONAL MANDATORY REQUIREMENTS
  • Completes orientation and initial assessment of competency successfully by determined due date.
  • Completes mandatory education and annual competency assessment requirements as defined by unit and system by due date.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $42,658.00 - $55,480.00 per year

Benefits:

  • Health insurance
  • Paid time off

Medical specialties:

  • Addiction Medicine
  • Psychiatry

Schedule:

  • 12 hour shift
  • Day shift
  • Night shift

Ability to commute/relocate:

  • Riverdale, GA: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Experience:

  • Behavioral health: 1 year (Preferred)

License/Certification:

  • Driver's License (Preferred)

Work Location: In person




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