Psych Tech - Grave Shift; CRU - Part-time Swing Shift

Davis Behavioral Health (DBH) is seeking day shift Psych Tech candidates to join the clinical teams at the following programs:

• Crisis Recovery Unit (CRU): an adult residential mental health facility for men and women that operates 24 hours per day, 365 days per year. Located in Layton, Utah.
• Davis County Receiving Center (RC): a 23-72 hour alternative to inpatient hospitalization or incarceration that specializes in short-term crisis resolution.

Please visit the DBH career page to apply for this position as quick applications through sites like Indeed and others may cause delays as critical information is not required on those sites. Please remember to add email addresses for all references to avoid delays in the recruitment process.

Psych Techs are front-line support staff who work directly with clients experiencing behavioral health crises by engaging with clients individually, managing the milieu, attending to client needs, providing supervision of clients, de‑escalating crisis situations, working in coordination with other service providers on the unit, and maintaining a positive recovery environment.

Active engagement with clients is a minimum expectation for Psych Techs in all programs at DBH.

Essential job functions include:

• Regulate emotion, manage impulsivity, and assist clients in learning other skills that will increase their success in their home and community.
• Manage milieu on the unit.
• Take crisis calls.
• Facilitate skills development groups.
• Assist professional staff in group activities.
• Assist clients in accomplishing treatment objectives as outlined by clinical staff.
• Record behaviors and activities.
• Ensure compliance with developed programs and individual treatment plans.
• Act as a liaison between clients, family, and professional staff.
• Provide monitoring of client's behaviors and consequences for clients as needed.
• Provide supervision and structure for clients on site as well as off unit.
• Drive a 15‑passenger van and transport clients to meetings and approved off‑unit activities.
• Complete other duties as needed and assigned.

The following positions are currently available:

• Tuesday & Wednesday 3:00 pm – 11:00 pm
• 2–3 on‑call shifts per week

Please visit the DBH Employment Opportunities page () for specific details on each of these positions and to complete the formal employment application.

These positions are all classified as non‑exempt. Full‑time employees are expected to work 40 hours per week.

The assigned schedule varies by position and is outlined in the job posting on the DBH Employment page.

Strong preference will be given to candidates who are bi‑lingual English/Spanish; however, this is not a requirement. A Spanish‑language incentive stipend is available for candidates who successfully pass a Spanish‑language assessment upon hire.

The hourly rate for this position, based on the established minimum qualifications, is outlined below:

• $19.25 per hour

Compensation is based on the shift and related differential, so if an employee hired to work a swing shift moves to either a day or graveyard/weekend shift, the hourly rate is adjusted automatically in the payroll system.

Psych techs at both the CRU and Receiving Center are eligible for shift differential compensation, as outlined below:

Swing Shift

• Monday through Friday 3:00 pm to 11:00 pm or 4:00 pm to 12:00 am shifts
• 2% shift differential

Graveyard and Weekends

• Monday through Friday 11:00 pm to 7:00 am or 12:00 am to 8:00
• All shifts on Saturday and Sunday
  • Weekend differentials are not in addition to other shift differentials.
• 15%

Part‑time psych techs who are scheduled for a specific on‑call shift are eligible to receive a $20 per diem for each on‑call shift they are scheduled.

The per diem is compensated on a monthly basis during the pay period in which the last day of the month falls. When an employee is called in during one of their on‑call shifts, they are expected to arrive on the unit within 30 minutes of the call. When contacted to provide coverage before the start of a shift, the expectation is that the employee arrives at the scheduled start time of that shift.

On‑call shifts…