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About this role
This full-time Mental Health Technician (MHT) role supports an adolescent unit at Valle Vista during the day shift. The position focuses on direct care, safety monitoring, maintaining a structured therapeutic environment, and assisting with therapeutic and recreational programming.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide direct care and supervision for residents
- Monitor and intervene with patients for safety
- Ensure structured therapeutic milieu
- Assist with recreational and therapeutic activities
- Transport residents to and from medical appointments and support scheduled programming
Technical Overview
This is a non-IT clinical support role in a psychiatric hospital. The technical scope centers on applying psychiatric mental health care standards (ANA Standards of Practice for Psychiatric Mental Health Care) and executing direct resident care workflows such as safety interventions, structured milieu support, and scheduled programming.
Ideal Candidate
The ideal candidate is an entry-level Mental Health Technician who can provide direct care and supervision for residents on an adolescent unit during the day shift (7:00AM to 3:30PM). They are safety-focused, able to maintain a structured therapeutic milieu, and skilled in supporting residents with hygiene and self-help skills while assisting with recreational and therapeutic activities. They should be comfortable performing duties consistent with the ANA Standards of Practice for Psychiatric Mental Health Care.
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Deal Breakers
Ability to provide direct care and supervision for residents on an adolescent unit (day shift), Must perform duties in accordance with the ANA Standards of Practice for Psychiatric Mental Health Care
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