Lead Mental Health Technician - Evenings

Suncoast Behavioral Health Center provides quality mental health care and education services for adolescents, ages 11–17 who are experiencing behavioral, emotional, educational, family and social challenges. The dedicated professionals at Suncoast Behavioral Health Center provide quality mental health treatment for children. The program establishes healthy behaviors and prepares children to transition back home.

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The Hospital is looking for a Lead Mental Health Technician: 3P – 11:30P. The Lead Mental Health Technician provides direct patient care to children and adolescents in a behavioral health setting. The Lead Mental Health Technician’s primary responsibility is to ensure patient safety on the units. The Lead Mental Health Technician is responsible for ensuring that direct care and unit tasks are being performed according to hospital policy.

The Lead Mental Health Technician has a patient assignment and assists the patient in treatment, recreation, and other activities of daily living to assess changes in their social behaviors and clinical status. Functions include but are not limited to: ensuring the program schedule is being followed, assignment of unit tasks, ensuring hospital policies are enforced. The Lead Mental Health Technician are responsible for understanding and using the least restrictive interventions per facility policy and successfully avoid seclusion and restraint whenever possible.

• Sign On Bonus $1200.00, new hires only.
• Starting at $19.53 per hour. To promote pay equity salary offers are based on factors such as education and experience.
• Schedule:
  
  3:00PM - 11:30PM, every other weekend required.
• Shift Differentials offered.
• Challenging and rewarding work environment
• Competitive Compensation & Generous Paid Time Off
• Excellent Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Drug Plans:
  Available at day 31.
• 401(K) with company match and discounted stock plan
• Tuition Reimbursement
• SoFi Student Loan Refinancing Program
• Career development opportunities within UHS and its 300+ Subsidiaries!
• More information is available on our Benefits Guest Website:
  Benefits

One of the nation’s largest and most respected providers of hospital and healthcare services, Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS) has built an impressive record of achievement and performance. Growing steadily since its inception into an esteemed Fortune 500® corporation, annual revenues during 2025 were $17.4 billion. In 2026, UHS was again recognized as one of Fortune World’s Most Admired Companies™ and in 2025, was listed in Forbes ranking of America’s Largest Public Companies.

Headquartered in King of Prussia, PA, UHS has approximately 101,500 employees and continues to grow through its subsidiaries. Operating acute care hospitals, behavioral health facilities, outpatient facilities and ambulatory care access points, an insurance offering, a physician network and various related services located in 40 U.S. states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom. For additional information visit  .

• High school graduate or equivalent. Bachelor’s Degree in psychology or related field preferred.
• Minimum 1 year previous psychiatric/behavioral direct care experience in a psychiatric hospital setting as a Mental Health Tech working with children, adolescents and/or adults.
• Demonstrates the ability to communicate verbally and in writing.
• Extensive walking, standing, sitting, must be able to lift over fifty (50 lbs.) pounds. Must be to participate in the physical restraint and seclusion of patients. Must be able to participate in and complete Handle With Care Training on an annual basis.

• Must be able to set and maintain…