Mental Health Tech Full Time Opportunity

Three Rivers Behavioral Health is a 129-bed treatment facility that specializes in quality behavioral health and substance abuse services for adolescents and adults. We offer a full continuum of care through an integrated system of inpatient, partial hospitalization and intensive outpatient programs. Conveniently located between I-20 (Exit 61) and I-26 (Exit 110) in West Columbia, SC, our team of 300 high quality employees describe working here as " family atmosphere," "supportive leadership," and "life-changing." Progressive professionals in the fields of psychiatry, medicine, nursing, social services, and activity therapy serve hundreds of adults and adolescents each month with the common goal of creating new beginnings. Healthcare professionals have a unique opportunity to affect lives for the better each and every day. Choose Three Rivers and start your life-changing journey today. 

Three Rivers Behavioral Health is a part of Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS), one of the nations’ largest and most respected hospital companies, UHS owns and operates, through its subsidiaries, acute care hospitals, behavioral health facilities and ambulatory centers in the United States, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and the United Kingdom. Headquartered in King of Prussia, PA, UHS ranks on the Fortune 500 list of America's largest corporations with over 86,000 employees, and is consistently listed among Fortune's "Most Admired Companies" and one of the 30 Most Meaningful Companies To Work For in America by Business Insider.

We are currently hiring for Full Time Mental Health Technicians for Days, Evenings, and Night shifts. The Mental Health Tech's primary responsibilities include

• Assists with maintaining a safe and hazard free environment by observing and documenting patient behavior, conducting patient room searches, reporting unsafe conditions and applying appropriate emotional and physical support
• Performs or assists with the admission of new patients by gathering routine information for nursing assessment, searches patients and belongings for contraband, documents belongings and other appropriate information.
• Orients the patient and patient's family to the facility and the policies and procedures.
• Assists with leading daily unit based groups
• Utilize patient activity schedule, unit rules and group structure to maintain consistency in the milieu

Benefits for this position include:

Tuition Assistance
Career development opportunities across UHS and our 300 locations!
Diverse programming to expand your experience
HealthStream online learning catalogue with plenty of free CEU courses
Competitive Compensation & Generous Paid Time Off
Excellent Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Drug Plans
401(K) with company match and discounted stock plan
Pet Insurance
SoFi Student Loan Refinancing Program
Employee Referral Program
MHT Ladder Program
Preceptor Program
More information is available on our Benefits Guest Website: benefits.uhsguest.com

Job Requirements

• High School Diploma required, College Degree in related field is strongly preferred
• Prefer one year psychiatric experience.

EEO Statement

All 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.

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