Full-time
Mental Health Technician (MHT)
Reno Behavioral Healthcare Hospital
Reno, nevada
The Mental Health Technician provides direct patient care to all patients with emotional or psychiatric disorders; supports a therapeutic setting; ensures safety and well-being of patients. Carries out general nursing assistance necessary to treatment of adolescent, adult, or older adult patients as assigned.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Participates in treatment planning:
- Assists in identifying patients' problems, needs, and strengths;
- Suggests modifications to treatment plan based on observations of patients' behavior;
- Provides input into discharge planning.
- Participates in implementing patients' treatment plans:
- Monitors patients' progress;
- Performs patient safety checks at scheduled times and documents appropriately;
- Communicates information regarding patients' behavior to other members of treatment team;
- Maintains communication with...