Mental Health Technician

4 weeks ago

Bangor, Maine, United States Northern Light Health Full time
Job Title: Psychiatric Technician I

Join our team at Northern Light Acadia Hospital as a Psychiatric Technician I, where you will play a vital role in providing therapeutic care to individuals with mental illness, substance use disorders, and intellectual disorders.

About the Role:

As a Psychiatric Technician I, you will function within a multidisciplinary treatment team under the supervision of professional staff. Your primary responsibilities will include:

  • Monitoring patients' physical and emotional well-being and reporting changes in behavior or physical ailments to professional staff.
  • Responding to patient needs, taking into consideration developmental stage and psychiatric symptoms.
  • Taking a mindful and thoughtful approach to all patient interactions, maintaining appropriate boundaries.
  • Functioning within the patient care team, focusing on successful treatment and stabilization.
  • Maintaining a safe environment, complying with Northern Light Health policies and procedures, and reporting and directly addressing environmental hazards and violations of patient safety policy and/or protocol when involved or observed.
Requirements:

To be successful in this role, you will need:

  • A High School Diploma/General Educational Development (GED).
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
  • The ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment.
  • A commitment to providing high-quality patient care.
Working Conditions:

As a Psychiatric Technician I, you will be working in a dynamic and challenging environment. You can expect:

  • Potential exposure to abusive and/or aggressive people.
  • Work with computers, typing, reading, or writing.
  • Extended body and limbs to reach items.
  • Prolonged periods of sitting, standing, and walking.
  • Lifting, moving, and loading less than 20 pounds.
About Northern Light Acadia Hospital:

Northern Light Acadia Hospital is a broad behavioral health delivery system centrally managed from its location in Bangor, Maine. We are a leader in providing comprehensive inpatient and outpatient services, tele-psychiatry, consultations to regional emergency departments, school-based and employer-based services, and integration into primary and specialty care practices.

We offer innovative programming in the form of eating disorder services and a geriatric mood and memory clinic, which is involved in multiple clinical trials for promising Alzheimer's medications. Our hospital is also the parent organization of Northern Light Acadia Healthcare, which provides a substance use disorder treatment program, case management, and other outpatient mental health services serving patients from all corners of Maine.

We are committed to service excellence and high-quality care, as evidenced by our commitment to achieve Center of Excellence status in the delivery of behavioral health services.

Northern Light Acadia Hospital is a member of Northern Light Health, an integrated statewide health delivery system that is raising the bar with no-nonsense solutions that are leading the way to a healthier future for our state.

Bangor, Maine is a vibrant small city with easy access to Maine's spectacular coast, mountains, and lakes. Schools rank among New England's best with the flagship campus of the University of Maine located in the neighboring town of Orono. Bangor serves as the regional hub for medicine, the arts, and commerce. Bangor International Airport offers direct and one-stop service to many major destinations.

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