Mental Health Technician: Psych

Shift

Various shifts available 36 and 40 hours per week: days, evenings and nights
* exact shift option will vary by current needs. Day shift: 0700 – 1930 or 0700 – 1530. Evening shift: 2300 – 1130 or 1500 – 2330. Night shift: 1900 – 0730 or 2300 – 0730.

On-Site

Missouri Psychiatric Center

University Hospital – 1 Hospital Drive, Columbia, MO

• Base Pay Range: $16.68 - $26.31 per hour, based on experience
• Special Pay:
  Additional $0.75 per hour premium pay
• Shift Differentials:
  Additional $2.00 per hour for evening, night and weekend shift, additional $4.00/hour for weekend program (if available)

As a Mental Health Tech at Missouri Psychiatric Center (MUPC), you will be an essential part of a multidisciplinary team providing compassionate, patient-centered care to children, adolescents, and adults receiving inpatient psychiatric treatment. Working in our Assessment, Adult, or Pediatric units, you will support patients through daily activities, therapeutic programming, and individualized treatment plans designed to promote recovery and wellness. In this role, you will observe, document, and communicate patient behaviors and condition changes while helping maintain a safe and supportive environment.

You will build meaningful connections with patients through therapeutic communication and active participation in treatment activities. MUPC provides specialized training in non-violent crisis intervention, behavioral therapy techniques, group facilitation, and other valuable skills that will help you succeed in the behavioral health field. Working alongside nurses, physicians, therapists, and other care team members, you will play a critical role in crisis stabilization, patient safety, and rehabilitation.

If you are compassionate, adaptable, and passionate about making a difference in the lives of those facing mental health challenges, MUPC offers a rewarding opportunity to grow your career while positively impacting the communities we serve.

The Missouri Psychiatric Center offers short-term, intensive inpatient treatment services for adults, adolescents and children at our facility adjacent to University Hospital in Columbia, MO. The center's 61 inpatient beds are divided among three units. A 17-bed unit serves pre-adolescents, ages 5-12, and adolescents, ages 13-17, two units with a total of 44 beds serve adults. The MU Psychiatric Center also offers an emergency room assessment unit for both adult and pediatric patients to help with crisis stabilization, intake and discharge planning for patients.

We provide special training in non-violent crisis intervention (Crisis Prevention Institute) and additional special training in behavioral therapy, therapeutic communication, group skills, and more!

MU Health Care is proud to be named one of Forbes’ Best-in-State Employers seven years in a row, and that’s largely a result of the incredible culture and team we’ve built. At MU Health Care, we have an inspired, hard-working and collaborative environment driven by our mission to save and improve lives. Here, we believe anything is possible and rally around solutions.

We celebrate innovation and offer opportunities to be a part of something bigger - to have a voice and role in the work that is serving our community and changing the field of medicine.

Our academic health system - the only in mid-Missouri - is home to seven hospitals, including the region’s only Level 1 Trauma Center and region’s only Children’s Hospital, as well as over 90 specialty clinics. Here you can define your career among our many clinical and nonclinical positions - with growth, opportunity and support every step of the…