Mental Health Technician

Hourly Wage Estimate: $16.02 - $22.43 / hour

The estimate displayed represents the typical wage range of candidates hired. Factors that may be used to determine your actual salary may include your specific skills, how many years of experience you have and comparison to other employees already in this role. The typical candidate is hired below midpoint of the range.

The Mental Health Technician delivers high quality, patient-centered care by performing a variety of delegated basic patient care services related to behavioral health nursing functions and activities of daily living. Under the supervision of the registered nurse, the Mental Health Technician assists the nursing staff in providing patient care in accordance with the MHT’s skills/training and the needs of the department and consistently assists the patient care team with maintaining a clean, well-organized, and safe patient care environment.

The Mental Health Technician complies with all hospital policies/procedures and observes the State Board of Nursing rules for unlicensed personnel.

• Basic Cardiac Life Support must be obtained within 90 days of employment start date
• Nonviolent Crisis Intervention must be obtained within 90 days of employment start date

Lewis Gale Hospital Alleghany, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
• Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services
• Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence
• Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling
• Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
• Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts

Note:

Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

Lewis Gale Hospital-Alleghany is a 204-bed acute care facility in Low Moor, Virginia. We serve patients in both Virginia and West Virginia. We have delivered a decade-long commitment to help save and improve patients’ lives. We are committed to giving back to the extended community that we call home. We offer a full range of medical specialties from emergency medicine to general surgery.

Our facility is home to the Senior Transitions program. This program is a 15-bed specialty unit for seniors with emotional and behavioral issues requiring short-term acute stabilization. We are an important part of Lewis Gale Regional Health System. This Health System is an integrated network of closely aligned patient-care facilities that consistently rank among the top in the nation for patient care.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

"The great hospitals will always put the patient and the patient's family first, and the really great institutions will provide care with warmth, compassion, and dignity for the individual."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.

HCA Healthcare Co-Founder

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.