Mental Health Technician

Mental Health Technician

Req #:

Category:
Behavioral and Mental Health

Status:
Full-Time

Shift: Evening

Facility:
Monmouth Medical Center

Department:
Psych Service-Admin Ambulatory

Pay Range: $18.29 - $23.60 per hour

Location:

300 Second Avenue, Long Branch, NJ 07740

Job Title:

Mental Health Technician

Location:

Monmouth Medical Center

Department Name:
Psych Service-Admin Ambulatory

Req #:

Status:
Hourly

Shift: Evening

Pay Range: $18.29 - $23.60 per hour

Pay Transparency:
The above reflects the anticipated hourly wage range for this position if hired to work in New Jersey.

The compensation offered to the candidate selected for the position will depend on several factors, including the candidate's educational background, skills and professional experience.

Seeking to make a meaningful impact on the recovery and safety of psychiatric patients? At RWJBarnabas Health, our multidisciplinary patient care teams work collaboratively to provide high-quality, compassionate care to individuals facing diverse psychiatric illnesses. As a Mental Health Technician (MHT), work is performed under the direct supervision of a Registered Nurse, serving as a vital visual anchor and supportive companion for patients requiring special safety precautions.

Technicians are a critical component of the care plan, redefining the patient experience through vigilance, empathy, and excellence. This is an opportunity to join a dedicated team focused on maintaining a secure and therapeutic healing environment.

• Receiving a formal report before starting your assignment to thoroughly understand all pertinent information related to your assigned patients.
• Providing constant, alert observation and companionship to assigned patients, remaining attentive at all times to monitor patient safety, activity, and prevent injury or escape.
• Reviewing and following the patient's care plan to ascertain and support specific patient goals, following directions for specific patients, and completing assignments.
• Engaging patients in supportive conversation, therapeutic communication, and stimulating activities like board games, videos, or simple, repetitious tasks to develop rapport.
• Measuring and recording vital signs (T, P, R, B/P), height, weight, and accurate intake/output metrics, promptly reporting any values out of the normal range to the RN.
• Reporting all care rendered, as well as any observed physical, mental, emotional, behavioral, or social changes in the patient, directly to the Registered Nurse.
• Assisting patients with personal hygiene, grooming, perineal care, safe ambulation, and routine activities of daily living (ADLs).
• Supporting patient nutritional needs by serving prepared meals, providing feeding or mealtime setup assistance, supplying fluids, refilling water pitchers, and delivering supplemental or bedtime snacks.
• Performing essential clinical procedures under RN direction, including EKGs, venipuncture, capillary sampling, and blood glucose monitoring.
• Always using two patient identifiers to verify identity by name before any direct care, procedure, treatment, or diet, while ensuring the identification band is accurate and secure on the patient's wrist.
• Collecting specimens using appropriate collection techniques and precise specimen labeling.
• Documenting patient location, activity, behavior, thought content, and level of observation in the electronic Safety and Attendance record exactly every 15 minutes.
• Safely turning, moving, and positioning patients to relieve pressure, preserve skin integrity, and transport them out of bed, chairs, stretchers, or wheelchairs using proper body mechanics and demonstrating competency in the use of mechanical lifts.
• Accompanying and remaining with the patient at all times when transported to other departments for testing or procedures, unless explicitly relieved or directed otherwise by a caregiver.
• Maintaining a safe, clean, and secure unit environment by identifying and reporting safety issues, hazardous environments (e.g., damaged floors, walls, ceiling tiles, or unsecured areas), and medical errors.
• Recognizing emergent or potential emergent situations and responding immediately and appropriately.
• Reporting off-duty to the nurse before leaving the unit, ensuring that proper relief by a Behavioral Health Technician (BHT) is present so the patient is never left unattended.

• There is a passion for providing a safe,…