R-Psychiatric Technician Student, Night Shift, Behavioral Health

• Shift Differential Eligible:
  Yes

AHC SGMC Behavioral Health

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Adventist Health Care - Behavioral Health seeks to hire an experienced Psychiatric Technician Student who will embrace our mission to extend God’s care through the ministry of physical, mental and spiritual healing.

• Monitor therapeutic treatment milieu
• Collaborates with the treatment team to develop patient care protocols and procedures.
• Incorporates clinical guidelines into patient care
• Actively participates and completes Psychiatric Technician Academy
• Uses information technology to deliver safe and efficient care
• Uses critical thinking skills to make clinical judgment and individualize patient care.

• 0-2 years of clinical experience in acute or sub-acute care setting
• High school diploma or GED

• Employment Type:
  
  Full-time
• Hours per Week: 36 hrs/week
• Typical Daily
  
  Schedule:
  
  1st 2.5 weeks 8:00 AM– 4:30PM Monday through Friday, then transition to 3 - 12hr shifts per week with rotating weekend for remaining 4.5 weeks. Once the program is completed, the schedule for the Psychiatric Technician will continue to be 12-hour shifts, day or nights and every other weekend.
• Shift Type:
  Day (6:45am - 7:15pm) or Night (6:45pm - 7:15am)
• Weekend Requirements:
  Rotating weekend requirement
• Holiday Requirements:
  Rotating holiday requirement
• Shift Differential Eligible:
  Yes
• 18 Month Work Commitment
• 5/18 Start Date

A Psychiatric Technician, student reports directly to the Clinical Nurse Manager. The Psychiatric Technician Associate is required to attend and successfully complete the Psychiatric Technician Academy. The academy provides the foundation of the role off the psychiatric technician through the use of classroom and didactical learning. Upon completion of the program, the PT Associate has the basic tools needed for the safe and effective delivery of patient-centered care to groups of similar patients.

The PT Associate monitors patients through the continuum of care while also striving to advance their own knowledge and skills through careful consideration of feedback and guidance provided by more senior psychiatric technicians and the Clinical Nurse Manager. The Psychiatric Technician Associate demonstrates professionalism and exemplifies the Adventist Health Care values.

$18.00 - $22.79

If the salary range is listed as $0 or if the position is Per Diem (with a fixed rate), salary discussions will take place during the screening process.

United States of America (Non-Exempt)

• Work life balance through nonrotating shifts
• Recognition and rewards for professional expertise
• Free Employee parking
• Medical, Prescription, Dental, and Vision coverage for employees and their eligible dependents effective on your date of hire
• Employer-paid Short & Long-Term Disability, Basic Life Insurance and AD&D, (short-term disability buy-up available)
• Paid Time Off
• Employer retirement contribution and match after 1-year of eligible employment with a 3-year vesting period
• Voluntary benefits include flexible spending accounts, legal plans, and life, pet, auto, home, long term care, and critical illness & accident insurance
• Subsidized childcare at participating childcare centers
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) support

As a faith-based organization, with over a century of caring for the communities in the Maryland area, Adventist Health Care has earned a reputation for high-quality, compassionate care. Adventist Health Care was the first and is the largest healthcare provider in Montgomery County.

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