Employment Type : Full-Time
Responsibilities The Meadows Psychiatric Center is the leading behavioral health treatment facility in Central Pennsylvania. We are located a short distance outside State College, PA. The Meadows is a 119 inpatient behavioral health hospital and has been providing comprehensive services to children, adolescents, adults and older adults for over 35 years. The Meadows is seeking to add full time, day shift Mental Health Technicians (MHTs) to our team. Full time MHTs work three, 12 hour shifts per week (7a-7:30p). Schedules do include participation in weekend and holiday rotation. Not interested in full time work? Please contact our Human Resources team at 814-364-2161 to discuss other work and shift options. An environment that puts patient care first. One of the most rewarding aspects of working as a Mental Health Technician (MHT) is providing excellent care, comfort, and security to the patients and families we treat, at their most vulnerable times. Supportive and responsive leadership. You are never alone, as you are part of a large, collabrative network of behavioral health patient care staff. Having the opportunity to grow, learn, and advance in your career. There are many continuing education options and opportunities for skills diversification and career advancement as a Mental Health Technician. One of the nation’s largest and most respected providers of hospital and healthcare services, Universal Health Services, Inc. has built an impressive record of achievement and performance. Growing steadily since its inception into an esteemed Fortune 500 corporation, our annual revenues were $10.77 billion in 2018. In 2020, UHS was again recognized as one of the World’s Most Admired Companies by Fortune; in 2019, ranked #293 on the Fortune 500; and in 2017, listed #275 in Forbes inaugural ranking of America’s Top 500 Public Companies. Headquartered in King of Prussia, PA, UHS has more than 87,000 employees and through its subsidiaries operates 26 acute care hospitals, 327 behavioral health facilities, 40 outpatient facilities and ambulatory care access points, an insurance offering, a physician network and various related services located in 37 U.S. states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom. Mental Health Technicians are direct patient care providers responsible for positive role modeling, crisis intervention, facilitation of group activities and patient safety. Basic care activities such as taking patient vitals are also part of Mental Health Technician responsibilities. Mental Health Techs work within the nursing department under the direction of an RN Charge Nurse and Unit Nurse Manager. All Mental Health Technicians will participate in our paid classroom orientation activities as well as on the paid job training activities. Requirements:
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