• Consistently provides supervision for assigned patients.
• Facilitate psycho-educational groups.
• Clearly documents observations of patient behavior.
• Performs basic housekeeping tasks required to maintain patient living areas.
• Ensures safety of patient at all times.
• Ensures Patients Rights and Confidentiality are maintained.
• Escorts patients to events away from the facility such as recreational and other activities, Court for conservatory or other hearings, Emergency Room or clinician office as necessitated by their physical condition.
• Promotes a positive working environment by demonstrating respect and tolerance for age, gender, race and choice of lifestyle.
• Demonstrates required attendance and reliability.
• Assumes responsibility for professional development and ongoing education; discuss personal goals for continued development with supervisor and/or DON.
• Promotes, by education and example, a therapeutic environment.
• Maintains a professional appearance and attitude at all times.
• Demonstrates required attendance and reliability.
• Promotes safety by attending mandatory in services and complies with all safety measures initiated by the facility.

Total Rewards for our Behavioral Health Technicians (BHT) include :

• Challenging and rewarding work environment
• Career development opportunities within UHS and its Subsidiaries
• Competitive Compensation
• Excellent Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Drug Plan
• Pet insurance
• 401(K) with company match and discounted stock plan
• Generous Paid Time Off
• Free Basic Life Insurance
• Tuition and Educational Reimbursement
• More information is available on our Benefits Guest Website:benefits.uhsguest.com

• Advancement Opportunities - BHT Career Ladder Program: A new BHT must be employed for a 6-month period and will then be introduced to the BHT Career Ladder Program. The BHT can achieve advancement in title and compensation by following the BHT Career Ladder process.

If you need assistance or would like to reach someone in the Human Resources department at Highlands please email:

• High school diploma or equivalent required;
• Bachelors degree in human services field preferred.
• Two (2 ) years of education focused on nursing, psychology, social service, medicine or related field or completion of EMT, CNA, Medical Assistant, Security Training program or equivalent preferred.
• At least one year relevant experience preferred.

Universal Health Services (UHS)

One of the nation’s largest and most respected providers of hospital and healthcare services, Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS) has built an impressive record of achievement and performance. Growing steadily since its inception into an esteemed Fortune 500 corporation, annual revenues were $13.4 billion in 2022. During the year, UHS was again recognized as one of the World’s Most Admired Companies by Fortune; and listed in Forbes ranking of America’s Largest Public Companies. Headquartered in King of Prussia, PA, UHS has approximately 94,000 employees and continues to grow through its subsidiaries. Operating acute care hospitals, behavioral health facilities, outpatient facilities and ambulatory care access points, an insurance offering, a physician network and various related services located all over the U.S. states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom. www.uhs.com

EEO Statement

At UHS and all our subsidiaries, our Human Resources departments and recruiters are here to help prospective candidates by matching skillset and experience with the best possible career path at UHS and our subsidiaries. We take pride in creating a highly efficient and best in class candidate experience. During the recruitment process, no recruiter or employee will request financial or personal information (Social Security Number, credit card or bank information, etc.) from you via email. The recruiters will not email you from a public webmail client like Hotmail, Gmail, Yahoo Mail, etc. If you are suspicious of a job posting or job-related email mentioning UHS or its subsidiaries, let us know by contacting us at: https://uhs.alertline.com or 1-800-852-3449.