Mental Health Technician - Raritan Bay - Pt

Overview

Our team members are the heart of what makes us better. At Hackensack Meridian Health we help our patients live better, healthier lives — and we help one another to succeed. With a culture rooted in connection and collaboration, our employees are team members. Here, competitive benefits are just the beginning. It’s also about how we support one another and how we show up for our community.

Together, we keep getting better - advancing our mission to transform healthcare and serve as a leader of positive change.

Mental Health Technician - Raritan Bay - PT Days with Benefits

RARITAN BAY MEDICAL CENTER- PERTH AMBOY, Perth Amboy, New Jersey

• Provides routine patient care services to our patients under the direction of a professional nurse. Duties include assisting patients in daily living activities, taking and recording vital signs, facilitating psycho-educational group sessions and utilizing crisis intervention techniques as necessary.
• Assists patients with daily living activities (i.e.; 1-to-1 Supervision, Laundry, Bathing, and Toileting).
• Conducts patient search at admission, upon return from pass, or as clinically indicated under the direction of a Registered Nurse.
• Functions as a role model of healthy interpersonal relationships and demonstrates appropriate behavior for patients, family, and staff.

Education, Knowledge,

Skills and Abilities

Required:

• High School diploma, general equivalency diploma (GED), and/or GED equivalent programs.
• Completion of one of the following:
  Certified Nursing Assistant, Medical Assistant or Patient Care Technician program or Fundamentals of Nursing program from an accredited school of nursing or HMH PCT Apprenticeship Program, or equivalent medical or behavioral health background experience (e.g., EMT, Home Health Aide, CMA, MA, PCT, Nursing Assistant). Or actively pursuing an Associate's or Bachelor's degree from an accredited college/university in social work, psychology, nursing or related field.
  
  Note:
  
  Candidates who apply to work in an Acute Care setting, that have not completed one of the programs but meet the other requirements will be considered for selection into the HMH PCT Apprentice Program.
• The ability to learn quickly and adapt to changing patient needs, strong accountability for improving patients’ lives, teamwork, ongoing education, and high-quality patient-centered care.

Education, Knowledge,

Skills And Abilities

Preferred

• Experienced or certified in phlebotomy and checking EKG, vital signs and blood sugar preferred.
• At least one (1) year PCT, MHT, CNA or other behavioral health experience in a hospital setting is strongly preferred.
• Experience with behavioral health patients.
• Certified Nursing Assistant, Certified Medical Assistant, Mental Health Technician or Patient Care Technician who has completed a PCT program including Phlebotomy, EKG and nursing assistant coursework in both theoretical and clinical settings.

• AHA Basic Health Care Life Support HCP Certification within 60 days of entering position.

Starting at $20.32 Hourly

HMH is committed to pay equity and transparency for our team members. The posted rate of pay in this job posting is a reasonable good faith estimate of the minimum base pay for this role at the time of posting in accordance with the New Jersey Pay Transparency Act and does not reflect the full value of our market-competitive total rewards package.

HACKENSACK MERIDIAN HEALTH (HMH) IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, breastfeeding, genetic information, refusal to submit to a genetic test or make available to an employer the results of a genetic test, atypical hereditary cellular or blood trait, national origin, nationality, ancestry, disability, marital status, liability for military service, or status as a protected veteran.

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