Behavioral Health Tech - Ada - Full Time

at  Mercy

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Education: Prefer successful completion of a High School Diploma and/or Nurse Assistant training course and/or possesses a significant amount of Nurse Assistant experience.
• Experience: Prefer experience working with mentally ill as Nursing Assistant or Mental Health Technician.
• Certifications: Must have a current American Heart Association Healthcare Provider card or complete a course within their probation period.
• Other: Skills, Knowledge, and Abilities:
• Physical crisis management skills, Therapeutic communication skills, knowledge of developmental stages, general knowledge of common psychiatric disorders and group dynamics preferred.
• Working Conditions, Mental and Physical Requirements:
• Stand and walk most of the time on duty.
• Meet unit specific physical demands.
• Significant amount of bending and stooping, as well as lifting and turning patients with assistance.
• May be required to work differing schedules, shifts, days of the week, or work frequency according to patient care requirements.
• High risk exposure to blood and body fluids.
• Physical demands are attached plus push, pull, and grip up to 50 lbs., pinch up to 15 lbs., kneel, crouch, and crawl minimally.
• Equipment Used: Office equipment; copier, fax, phone, computer.
• Patient care equipment; patient lift, electric beds, restraints, wheelchair, Geri chair, pulse oximetry and vital sign equipment.

Please refer the Job description for details