MENTAL HEALTH TECHNICIAN - FT/ VARIED SHIFTS
Company: Universal Health Services, Inc.
Location: Temple
Posted on: May 24, 2023
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Job Description:
Responsibilities
Canyon Creek Behavioral Health (a UHS facility): Canyon Creek
Behavioral Health is a 102-bed, acute care psychiatric hospital
located in the beautiful Central Texas town of Temple, Texas.
Canyon Creek features individual units for adolescents, adults, and
seniors, and offers inpatient acute care and intensive outpatient
programs. We are enthusiastic about providing compassionate health
care from our team here at Canyon Creek Behavioral Health. An
environment that puts patient care first. One of the most rewarding
aspects of this job is providing excellent care, comfort, and
security to the patients and families you treat, at their most
vulnerable times. Supportive and responsive leadership. You are
never alone, as you are part of a large network of peer co-workers
that routinely exchange ideas and review current topics within the
industry. Having the opportunity to grow, learn, and advance in
your career. There are very robust continuing education options and
opportunities for skills diversification and career advancement
with UHS. For more information, please visit us at BENEFIT
HIGHLIGHTS:
Qualifications
Mental Health Technician: Position Summary: The Mental Health
Technician functions as an active part of the treatment team,
providing continuous patient care, supervision, interaction, and
role modeling to patients ranging in ages from adolescent through
geriatrics. All MHT's work under the direction of a Registered
Nurse. Required: High School diploma or equivalent. Preferred:
Certified Nursing Assistant; Degree from an accredited college or
university in social work, recreational therapy, or appropriate
therapeutic discipline highly desirable. Experience:Preferred:
Previous experienced and knowledge of psychiatric patient care
techniques with understanding of mental illness. Minimum one (1)
year(s) of related patient care experience. Additional
Requirements: Successful completion Handle with Care Training,
Service Excellence Training, and CPR certification required. Work
Hours: 8-hour shifts: Days, 7am - 3pm; Evenings, 3pm - 11pm;
Nights, 11pm - 7am. Must work rotating weekends. Universal Health
Services (UHS) One of the nation's largest and most respected
providers of hospital and healthcare services, Universal Health
Services, Inc. has built an impressive record of achievement and
performance. Growing steadily since its inception into an esteemed
Fortune 500 corporation, annual revenues were $11.6 billion in
2020. In 2021, UHS was again recognized as one of the World's Most
Admired Companies by Fortune; in 2020, ranked #281 on the Fortune
500; and listed #330 in Forbes ranking of U.S.' Largest Public
Companies. Headquartered in King of Prussia, PA, UHS has 89,000
employees and through its subsidiaries operates 26 acute care
hospitals, 334 behavioral health facilities, 39 outpatient
facilities and ambulatory care access points, an insurance
offering, a physician network and various related services located
in 38 U.S. states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the United
Kingdom. EEO StatementAll UHS subsidiaries are committed to
providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment
opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates. UHS
subsidiaries are equal opportunity employers and as such, openly
support and fully commit to recruitment, selection, placement,
promotion and compensation of individuals without regard to race,
color, religion, age, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity,
and sexual orientation), genetic information, national origin,
disability status, protected veteran status or any other
characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. We
believe that diversity and inclusion among our teammates is
critical to our success.NoticeAt UHS and all its subsidiaries, our
Human Resources departments and recruiters are here to help
prospective candidates by matching skillset and experience with the
best possible career path at UHS and our subsidiaries. We take
pride in creating a highly efficient and best in class candidate
experience. During the recruitment process, no recruiter or
employee will request financial or personal information (Social
Security Number, credit card or bank information, etc.) from you
via email. Additionally, recruiters will not email you from a
public webmail client like Hotmail, Gmail, Yahoo Mail, etc. If you
are suspicious of a job posting or job-related email mentioning UHS
or its subsidiaries, let us know by contacting our Compliance
Hotline at: or 1-800-852- 3449.
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