Psychiatric Technician- HCPC 2D -General Psychiatric Adult Unit- Night Shift

Psychiatric Technician Position

UTHealth Houston's John S. Dunn Behavioral Sciences Center is hiring a Psychiatric Technician to join our behavioral health team on the General Psychiatry Unit (2D). This 12-hour night shift position (7:00 p.m. to 7:30 a.m.) provides direct patient care and support to an adult co-ed population receiving inpatient psychiatric treatment. We are seeking compassionate, dependable, and safety-focused individuals who are committed to providing therapeutic care and creating a structured environment that promotes patient recovery, dignity, and safety.

The General Psychiatry Unit (2D) is a 24-bed adult inpatient psychiatric unit that provides care to a diverse patient population with a wide range of psychiatric diagnoses and behavioral health needs. As one of the hospital's general psychiatric units, 2D serves patients with varying levels of acuity, requiring staff to be adaptable, engaged, and responsive to changing patient needs.

Working on 2D is both rewarding and challenging. Team members play a vital role in supporting patients through psychiatric stabilization while maintaining a safe, therapeutic, and recovery-focused environment. Staff are expected to be consistently involved in patient care, therapeutic engagement, observation, and the day-to-day support of individuals experiencing acute psychiatric symptoms.

This fast-paced behavioral health setting emphasizes teamwork, communication, professionalism, and patient safety. Psychiatric Technicians work closely with nurses and the interdisciplinary treatment team to provide patient observation, therapeutic interactions, crisis intervention support, and assistance with daily unit operations.

The Psychiatric Technician works as part of a multidisciplinary behavioral health team that typically includes:

• 2 Registered Nurses (RNs)
• 2 Psychiatric Technicians (Psych Techs)

This collaborative staffing model supports patient safety, therapeutic engagement, communication, and coordinated responses to patient and unit needs.

Night

Shift: 7:00 a.m.

- 7:30 p.m.

• 12-hour shifts
• Matrix scheduling pattern with alternating weekends: 2 days on, 2 days off, 3 days on, repeating cycle
• Required to work every other weekend
• Scheduled for a minimum of 84 hours within a two-week pay period

• Mandatory Orientation:
  Two-week onboarding process for all new hires
• Hospital-Wide Education Orientation:
  Monday–Friday, 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM (first two weeks)

Please note:

Team members may be required to float to other behavioral health units throughout the hospital based on staffing needs and patient census to support patient care and operational requirements.

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