"Mental Health Tech"

Job Details

Title: Mental Health Tech

Department Org: Kobacker-I/P Nursing Unit - 109520

Employee Classification: B5 - Unclass Full Time AFSCME HSC

Bargaining Unit: AFSCME HSC

Primary Location: HSC H

Shift: 1

Start Time: 6:00 am End Time: 6:30 pm

Posted Salary: $ 19.07

Float: True

Rotate: True

On Call: False

Travel: False

Weekend/Holiday: True

Job Description:

Assists the professional nurse in creating a milieu therapeutic for hospitalized patients with behavioral/emotional disturbance.

Minimum Qualifications:

Education / Knowledge / Skills / Abilities
1. Graduate from an approved school with an Associate Degree in Mental Health Technology or two years of college in Psychology or related field.
2. BLS required.
3. Demonstrates proficient interviewing techniques and empathic interactions appropriate to the emotional wellbeing of the patient.
4. Ability to plan and organize work and to work under close supervision. Willingness to accept responsibility for patients and their care when performing designated functions of this position.
5. May be required to rotate shifts and units.
6. Physical requirements:
a. visual acuity of 20/20 or corrected to 20/20 including color vision when applicable;
b. ability to hear (with or without aides);
c. ability to orally communicate;
d. good manual dexterity;
e. ability to push, pull, roll, and transfer/lift 50 pounds occasionally;
f. ability to stand, walk frequently;
g. ability to bend, reach, stoop, kneel frequently;
h. ability to perform CPR; and
i. must be able to physically hold and restrain patients.

Conditions of Employment:

To promote the highest levels of health and well-being, the University of Toledo campuses are tobacco-free. Pre-employment health screening requirements for the University of Toledo Health Science Campus Medical Center will include drug and other required health screenings for the position.