Mental Health Technician - WEEKEND NIGHT - Saturday & Sunday 7PM-7:30AM

About the job

Frontier Behavioral Health is hiring a part-time mental health technician in Spokane for weekend night shifts on its Calispel and Foothills inpatient units. As part of the inpatient team, the technician supervises and interacts with adults who have serious or chronic mental health disorders, including checking vital signs, serving meals and snacks and keeping watch on their activities and behavior.

Frontier Behavioral Health is a non-profit that has served Spokane for more than 100 years, offering evidence-based behavioral health treatment to adults, youth and seniors. Its services include outpatient, inpatient, community outreach and crisis services, along with partnerships with schools and law enforcement.

What you'll do

• Supervise the milieu, monitor client activities and behavior and complete scheduled patient rounds
• Take vital signs and serve patient meals and snacks
• Write clear, objective clinical notes on patient activities and behavior in a timely way and give feedback to clinical staff
• Report suspected changes in a patient's condition or a possible crisis to the charge nurse or unit leader
• Follow each patient's written treatment plan, redirect patients verbally when needed and model appropriate behavior, using de-escalation techniques from FBH training
• Stay alert and keep patients within direct line of sight when needed
• Do general housekeeping such as vacuuming, dusting, washing dishes, laundry and sanitizing counters
• Engage patients in conversation, listen supportively and encourage or set up recreational activities
• Inventory patients' personal belongings and help with admissions as needed
• Attend required trainings, meetings and supervision sessions, work well with RNs, providers and other FBH staff and give good customer service

What you need

• A Nursing Assistant Registration or Nursing Assistant Certification, active when you apply
• High school diploma or GED
• A food handler's permit, obtained within 7 days of hire
• Active BLS certification, or BLS obtained within 90 days of hire
• Clear written and spoken communication, including objective clinical documentation, and the ability to communicate with people of varied backgrounds, education levels and socio-economic status
• Basic computer skills, including charting in an electronic medical record, electronic time tracking, Outlook, Word and the intranet
• Work generally takes place in a residential setting and may involve sitting or constant movement and lifting 10 to 20 pounds
• The job carries a chance of blood-borne pathogen exposure (Category I)

Preferred

• Nursing Assistant Certified (NAC) credential

Schedule

• Part-time, night shift
• Saturday and Sunday nights, 7PM to 7:30AM

Benefits

• A weekend night shift differential
• A sign-on bonus
• Paid time off accruing up to 26 days in the first year, plus 9 paid federal holidays
• Paid sick and safe time, plus extended sick leave
• Medical, dental and vision coverage and flexible spending accounts
• A 403b retirement plan with a standard 3% employer contribution and an additional 3% employer match
• Company-paid life insurance starting the first of the month after 6 months of employment
• Federal and state loan forgiveness for qualifying programs, no-cost supervision for staff pursuing clinical licensure and reimbursement of required license or certification application fees
• A free employee assistance program and staff discounts with FBH partners around Spokane
• A compressed workweek option for some positions, adding up to 26 more days off a year
• Benefits are based on positions of .5 FTE or more, and some vary by FTE