Mental Health Tech (7A-7P) Full-time
Dallas Behavioral Healthcare Hospital·Desoto, Texas
Dallas Behavioral Healthcare Hospital·Desoto, Texas
Provide high-quality care to psychiatric patients by maintaining a therapeutic milieu and implementing treatment plans. Collaborate with nursing staff to monitor patient progress and facilitate educational and community groups.
7 PM- 7 AM Rotating Weekends The position will work with children, adolescents and adults We are looking to hire full-time Mental Health Techs (MHT) to provide high quality care to patients on our Senior Adult and Adolescent units who are hospitalized with psychiatric/ emotional disorders. MHT's hired must support the hospital program philosophy of care, support and ensure a therapeutic milieu for all patients, communicate with nursing staff constantly and participate in the patient plan of care. Participate in treatment planning by helping identify patients' problems, needs, and strengths; suggesting modifications to treatment plan based on observations of patients' behavior. Provides input during shift report and discharge planning. Participate in implementing patients' treatment plans by monitoring patients' progress, communicating information regarding patients' behavior to other members of treatment team. Maintains communication with patient, family members, and referral sources in patients' interest Co-facilitates didactic, educational, and community groups within the context of the adolescent treatment program encouraging and facilitating patients' participation in therapeutic activities. Supervises patients to ensure their safety and their involvement in treatment and during transport Participate in maintaining the therapeutic milieu on the unit, enforces the level system or other methods of behavior management. Maintain patient, program, department, and related documentation. Orient new patients to unit, program and milieu. Carry out general nursing assistance as assigned and supervised by nurse in charge. Maintains a safe, orderly, and therapeutic physical environment for patients. Assists patients in carrying out activities of daily living, when congruent with the patients' treatment plan and needs, age, and developmental level. Carry out clerical/administrative assignment to support patient care and department and hospital operations. Performs related duties, as requested. Upholds the Organization's ethics and customer service standards. This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. Employee may perform other related duties to meet the ongoing needs of the hospital.
Must successfully pass background check, drug screen, physical and be able to provide positive employment references.
Physical
Demands: With or without reasonable accommodations, must be able to stoop, kneel, crouch, reach, stand for sustained period of time, walk, pull, lift, raise and move objects from position to position (up to 50 lbs), finger grasp; feel sizes, shapes, temperatures, and textures; express or exchange ideas orally and potentially loudly, accurately, or quickly; visually detect, determine, perceive, identify, recognize, judge, observe, inspect, assess; perceive the nature of sound with or without correction; perform repetitive motions of the wrist, hands, or fingers. This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. Employee may perform other related duties to meet the ongoing needs of the hospital. If you are among the most competitive and qualified candidates for the job, you will be contacted directly by one of our hiring managers. Due to the high volume of applications we receive, we are unable to respond to individual inquiries regarding your application status. Good Luck & we hope to meet you soon! Dallas Behavioral Healthcare Hospital is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or protected Veteran status. Full-time employees are eligible for medical, dental, vision, company paid disability, 401(k) and a generous amount of paid time off.
Requires a high school diploma and at least 2 years of clinical experience, preferably in behavioral healthcare. Must be able to pass a background check and drug screen, and obtain CPR and MANDT certifications.
Market context
Behavioral-health openings in Texas often favor licensed clinicians because employers need candidates who can step into patient-facing care with minimal onboarding. Competition is shaped by the required master’s degree, Texas license, and preferred psychiatric experience, plus CPR and CPI certifications. Review the AI-summarized requirements and benefits on this page to save research time, then confirm your license type and highlight any psychiatric or crisis-care experience in your application.
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