Mental Health Technician; BH Float Pool​/Evenings

Position: Mental Health Technician (BH Float Pool) - 36hrs per week / Days/Evenings
This role focuses on providing professional and nonprofessional nursing care services in accordance with physician orders.  In addition, this role focuses on performing the following Nursing Support duties:
Provides basic care services to patients, but does not have an RN or LPN license. Positions in this nursing support work under the direction of physicians, mid-level practitioners, and may work under the direction of registered nurses depending on their unit.  A clinical technologist role that has specialized knowledge or skills gained through a combination of vocational education, training, and experience.

This role will be most commonly applied to patient care and/or scientific/laboratory jobs.  An experienced level role requiring basic knowledge of job procedures and tools obtained through work experience and requiring vocational or technical education.  Works under moderate supervision, works through problems of a routine nature, but may at times require interpretation or deviation from standard procedures and communicates information that requires some explanation or interpretation.
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* Hours:

Full-Time / 36 hours a week / Day/Evening/ 7am-7pm
**** Rotating weekend and rotating holiday shifts required
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* Location:

Float Pool position - LGH Main & Saints Campuses
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* Minimum Qualifications:

** 2. One (1) year of applicable experience in mental health services, addiction recovery.
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* Preferred Qualifications:

** 2. Three (3) years of applicable experience working with psychiatric patients.
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* Duties and Responsibilities:

** The duties and responsibilities listed below are intended to describe the general nature of work and are not intended to be an all-inclusive list.  Other duties and responsibilities may be assigned.
6. Assists with administrative duties such as documenting observations and activity of patient. Requires keeping detailed records, reporting changes in patients' behavior to the clinical care team.
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* What We Offer:

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* • Competitive salaries & benefits  
• 403(b) retirement plan with hospital match  
• Opportunities for growth    
• Free on-campus parking

Tufts Medicine is a leading integrated health system bringing together the best of academic and community health care to deliver exceptional, connected and accessible care experiences to consumers across Massachusetts. Comprised of Tufts Medical Center, Lowell General Hospital, Melrose Wakefield Healthcare, an expansive home care network and a large clinically integrated physician network, Tufts Medicine has more than 15,000 dedicated employees and caregivers.

The health system came together in 2014 to leverage the experience of its member organizations and integrate their missions to together transform the ways that consumers engage with and experience their care.
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