Mental Health Technician

Req #:
Category: Behavioral and Mental Health
Status: Per Diem
Shift: Day
Facility: Monmouth Medical Center
Department: Crisis Receiving Stabilization
Pay Range: $18.29 - $23.60 per hour
Location:
516 State Route 33, Millstone Township, NJ 08535

Job Title:

Mental Health Technician

Location:

Monmouth Medical Center
Department Name:
Crisis Receiving Stabilization
Req #:
Status:
Hourly

Shift: Day
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.
The Crisis Receiving Stabilization Center CRSC is located in Millstone Twp, NJ.
Mental Health Technician – RWJBarnabas Health
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.
A typical day for a Mental Health Technician may include:

• 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.
• Reviewing and following the patient's care plan to ascertain and support specific patient goals.
• 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, refilling water pitchers, and delivering supplemental or bedtime snacks.
• Following explicit directions for specific patients, including adherence to individual dietary requirements and constraints.
• 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.
• Accurately 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 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 laboratory and 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.