Mental Health Technician 1 PRN Premium

at  Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System

The Mental Health Tech establishes a therapeutic relationship with assigned patients and helps patients with daily living. Responsible for the overall maintenance of a therapeutic environment. Takes vital signs, weighs patients and collects routine specimens. Relies on establish guidelines to accomplish tasks. Works under close supervision.

• Patient Care
• Assists patient with activities of daily living, toileting, feeding, and grooming.
• Make beds and clean rooms as necessary.
• Takes and records patient vital signs including height, weight, blood pressure, pulse and respirations under the supervision of a nurse.
• Assists with the admission process as directed.
• Provide assisting in group setting as necessary under the direction of a nurse or therapist.
• Assists in moving patients from place to place on and off the unit or area where assigned.
• Assists with laundering of clothes as necessary or directed.
• Redirects patients and uses proper technique to prevent patient aggression, falls or injury.
• Retrieves medications from the pneumatic tube system and/or pharmacy and delivers the medications to the nurse and/or place medications in a secure location as determined by the nurse manager
• Documentation
• Documents vital signs, activities of daily living, sleep hours, safety checks and environmental checks as appropriate.
• Assists in documentation of group activities under the direction of a licensed professional.
• Communication and Collaboration
• Notifies nurse, therapist or physician of patient behaviors, needs and safety concerns.
• Participates in treatment team process.
• Conducts phone calls, takes messages and delivers messages as appropriate.
• Orients patient to program.
• Interacts with patients on a one on one basis in a therapeutic manner and reports relevant patient information.
• Safety
• Conducts environmental safety checks and notifies nurse of issues.
• Conducts patient safety checks as directed.
• Obtain and dispense belongings as appropriate at admission, discharge and throughout stay.
• Follows organizational infection control procedures including, but not limited to handwashing and cleaning
• Inspects for contraband items as appropriate.
• Monitors patients for potential hazards.

Education: High School Diploma or Equivalent
Experience: Crisis Intervention Training within 90 days of employment
Special Skills: Proficient in the English language, verbal and written communications skills, basic computer skills
Certifications: BLS Certification
The Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System is a leading health care innovator in Louisiana and Mississippi. We bring together outstanding clinicians, the most advanced technology and leading research to ensure that our patients receive the highest quality and safest care possible.
This commitment is grounded in a history that is more than 100 years old, but reflected today by our strategic vision of transforming healthcare through superior performance and excellent patient care.

In the last fiscal year, Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System had:

• 1,747 Licensed Beds
• 65,322 Discharges
• 44,592 OR Procedures
• 10,827 Full Time Employees
• 331,360 Inpatient Days

• 1,915 Active Medical Staff229,296 Emergency Visits

• As a nonprofit, mission-focused Catholic healthcare ministry, we give special attention to our citizens who are most in need. During the most recent fiscal year, we provided more than $39 million in unreimbursed care and community support to the underprivileged.
  Our health system is one of the largest in Louisiana, with hospitals, clinics and physicians located throughout Louisiana and in Mississippi. In fact, we provide care to almost half of Louisiana’s citizens, and serve in Mississippi’s largest metropolitan area. Because of our size and the partnerships we have with other local organizations, we are able to pool our resources and share cost and service efficiencies and learn from each other, thereby accelerating our ability to improve care and solve challenges.
  Since our founding in Monroe, Louisiana in 1911, we have been blessed by the guidance of the Franciscan Sisters. Through their guidance and steadfast example, we have committed to assure that we perpetuate their healing ministry for another hundred years. It is a noble purpose we strive to fulfill every day.
  Headquartered in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, we serve patients across Louisiana and Mississippi through a network of hospitals, clinics, physicians, elderly housing and integrated information system. Our health system has partnered with the State of Louisiana as it transforms its healthcare delivery system. The partnership includes inpatient acute care and primary care delivery in Baton Rouge and Bogalusa.
  Following in the footsteps of our founders, the Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady, our team members and physicians are called to provide high quality care and compassion to all people, especially those most in need.
  As we look to the future of our healthcare ministry, we chart our course by “going where we are called.”

• Patient Care
• Assists patient with activities of daily living, toileting, feeding, and grooming.
• Make beds and clean rooms as necessary.
• Takes and records patient vital signs including height, weight, blood pressure, pulse and respirations under the supervision of a nurse.
• Assists with the admission process as directed.
• Provide assisting in group setting as necessary under the direction of a nurse or therapist.
• Assists in moving patients from place to place on and off the unit or area where assigned.
• Assists with laundering of clothes as necessary or directed.
• Redirects patients and uses proper technique to prevent patient aggression, falls or injury.
• Retrieves medications from the pneumatic tube system and/or pharmacy and delivers the medications to the nurse and/or place medications in a secure location as determined by the nurse manager
• Documentation
• Documents vital signs, activities of daily living, sleep hours, safety checks and environmental checks as appropriate.
• Assists in documentation of group activities under the direction of a licensed professional.
• Communication and Collaboration
• Notifies nurse, therapist or physician of patient behaviors, needs and safety concerns.
• Participates in treatment team process.
• Conducts phone calls, takes messages and delivers messages as appropriate.
• Orients patient to program.
• Interacts with patients on a one on one basis in a therapeutic manner and reports relevant patient information.
• Safety
• Conducts environmental safety checks and notifies nurse of issues.
• Conducts patient safety checks as directed.
• Obtain and dispense belongings as appropriate at admission, discharge and throughout stay.
• Follows organizational infection control procedures including, but not limited to handwashing and cleaning
• Inspects for contraband items as appropriate.
• Monitors patients for potential hazards