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Mental Health Technician/Driver - Outpatient

Desert Parkway Behavioral Healthcare Hospital

Las Vegas, nevada


Job Details

Full-time


Full Job Description

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
  • Participates in maintaining the therapeutic setting, enforces the CPI system or other methods of behavior management
  • Carries out clerical and administrative assignment to support patient care, program, and organization operations
  • Helps identify patients' problems, needs, and strengths
  • Suggests modifications to treatment plan based on observations of patients' behavior
  • Supervises patients to ensure their safety and their involvement in treatment.
  • Orients new patients to facility, program, and setting
  • Schedule is Monday - Friday, 9:00AM - 5:30PM

Requirements

  • High school diploma or GED
  • Previous experience working with youth required
  • Valid Driver's license and insurance required
  • Experience with therapeutic limit-setting helpful or an understanding of level systems or other behavior management modalities helpful
  • Ability to maintain professional boundaries

Benefits

Benefits package is available the first of the month following just one (1) month of employment!

Desert Parkway offers competitive benefits to include:

  • Health Insurance (three plans to chose from) - full time employees only
  • Dental insurance (two plans to choose from)
  • Vision insurance
  • 401K Retirement Plan
  • Healthcare spending account
  • Dependent care spending account
  • PTO Plan with holiday premium pay
  • Discounted cafeteria meal plan
  • Life insurance (including plans for spouse and children)
  • Short- and long-term disability (with additional buy-in opportunities)
  • Pet Insurance
  • Identity Theft Insurance

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