What are the responsibilities and job description for the Mental Health Technician/Driver - Outpatient (Evening Hours) SIGN ON BONUS position at Desert Parkway Behavioral Healthcare Hospital?
Job Description
Job Description
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 - Friday
- Sign on bonus - $500.00
- Increased rate for working evening hours
Requirements
Benefits
Benefits package is available the first of the month following just one (1) month of employment!
Desert Parkway offers competitive benefits to include :
