Mental Health Technician - Adolescent Unit

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. 

1. Patient Care
   1. Assists patient with activities of daily living, toileting, feeding, and grooming.
   2. Make beds and clean rooms as necessary.
   3. Takes and records patient vital signs including height, weight, blood pressure, pulse and respirations under the supervision of a nurse.
   4. Assists with the admission process as directed.
   5. Provide assisting in group setting as necessary under the direction of a nurse or therapist.
   6. Assists in moving patients from place to place on and off the unit or area where assigned.
   7. Assists with laundering of clothes as necessary or directed.
   8. Redirects patients and uses proper technique to prevent patient aggression, falls or injury.
   9. 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.
2. Documentation
   1. Documents vital signs, activities of daily living, sleep hours, safety checks and environmental checks as appropriate.
   2. Assists in documentation of group activities under the direction of a licensed professional.
3. Communication and Collaboration
   1. Notifies nurse, therapist or physician of patient behaviors, needs and safety concerns.
   2. Participates in treatment team process.
   3. Conducts phone calls, takes messages and delivers messages as appropriate.
   4. Orients patient to program.
   5. Interacts with patients on a one-on-one basis in a therapeutic manner and reports relevant patient information.
4. Safety
   1. Conducts environmental safety checks and notifies nurse of issues.
   2. Conducts patient safety checks as directed.
   3. Obtain and dispense belongings as appropriate at admission, discharge and throughout stay.
   4. Follows organizational infection control procedures including, but not limited to handwashing and cleaning.
   5. Inspects for contraband items as appropriate.
   6. 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: 
AHA BLS Certification

Our Lady of the Lake is uniquely capable of caring for a full range of illness or injury, including those that are extremely complex, for both pediatric and adult patients. Our family of services includes:

• An 988-bed hospital and the area’s only Level II Trauma Center
• A freestanding Children's Hospital
• A 545-provider care network covering more than 40 specialties
• Two free-standing emergency rooms—Our Lady of the Lake Livingston and Our Lady of the Lake North
• A network of nearly 15 urgent care clinics
• Outpatient imaging and surgery centers
• Assumption Community Hospital
• Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University
• Our Lady of the Lake Ascension, a 78-bed, community hospital providing emergency, inpatient, outpatient, and surgical services to Ascension Parish and surrounding areas

We serve 38,000 inpatients and 820,000 outpatients annually and are committed to building a healthy community through excellence in patient care and education. A part of FMOL Health, Our Lady of the Lake is consistently awarded for compassionate care, clinical expertise, leading edge technology and innovation.