What are the responsibilities and job description for the Mental Health Technician/Driver - Outpatient (Evening Hours) position at Desert Parkway Behavioral Healthcare Hospital?
The Mental Health Technician/Driver provides direct patient care to patients with emotional or psychiatric disorders, supports a therapeutic setting and ensures the safety and well-being of patients.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Accompanies and transports patients as assigned
- Responsible for safely transporting patients to and from Desert Parkway Behavioral Healthcare Hospital
- Responsible for complying with all Federal, State, and Local traffic laws
- Maintains the cleanliness of the company vehicle
- Maintains a good rapport with patients
- Assists with phone calls to patients to confirm driving times and dates
- Monitors patients' progress and communicates information regarding patients' behavior to other members of treatment team Encourages and facilitates patients' participation in therapeutic activities
- Maintains a safe, orderly, and therapeutic physical environment for patients
- Participates in maintaining the therapeutic setting, enforces the CPI system or other methods of behavior management
- Carries out clerical and administrative assignment to support patient care, program, and organization operations
- Helps identify patients' problems, needs, and strengths
- Suggests modifications to treatment plan based on observations of patients' behavior
- Supervises patients to ensure their safety and their involvement in treatment.
- Orients new patients to facility, program, and setting
- Schedule is Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday from 12:00pm - 8:30pm and Thursday and Friday from 9:00am - 5:30pm
- High school diploma or GED required
- Previous experience working with youth required
- Valid Driver's license and insurance required
- Experience with therapeutic limit-setting helpful or an understanding of level systems or other behavior management modalities helpful
- Ability to maintain professional boundaries
Benefits package is available the first of the month following just one (1) month of employment!
Desert Parkway offers competitive benefits to include:
- Health Insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- 401K Retirement Plan
- Healthcare spending account
- Dependent care spending account
- PTO Plan with holiday premium pay
- Discounted cafeteria meal plan
- Life insurance (including plans for spouse and children)
- Short- and long-term disability (with additional buy-in opportunities)
- Pet Insurance
- Identity Theft Insurance