Mental Health Technician/Driver - Outpatient - full time

The Mental Health Technician/Driver provides direct patient care to patients with emotional or psychiatric disorders, supports a therapeutic setting and ensures the safety and well-being of patients.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Accompanies and transports patients as assigned
• Responsible for safely transporting patients to and from Desert Parkway Behavioral Healthcare Hospital
• Responsible for complying with all Federal, State, and Local traffic laws
• Maintains the cleanliness of the company vehicle
• Maintains a good rapport with patients
• Assists with phone calls to patients to confirm driving times and dates
• Monitors patients' progress and communicates information regarding patients' behavior to other members of treatment team Encourages and facilitates patients' participation in therapeutic activities
• Maintains a safe, orderly, and therapeutic physical environment for patients
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The Mental Health Technician provides direct patient care to patients with emotional or psychiatric disorders, supports a therapeutic setting and ensures the safety and well-being of patients.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Helps identify patients' problems, needs, and strengths
• Suggests modifications to treatment plan based on observations of patients' behavior
• Provides input into discharge planning
• Monitors patients' progress and communicates information regarding patients' behavior to other members of treatment team Encourages and facilitates patients' participation in therapeutic activities
• Supervises patients to ensure their safety and their involvement in treatment.
• Orients new patients to facility, program, and setting
• Assists patients in carrying out activities of daily living, when congruent with the patients' treatment plan and needs, age, and functioning level
• Maintains a safe,...