A Mental Health or Psychiatric Technician cares for patients with mental illnesses. Works under the direction of a physician and works with specialists involved in mental health care, such as psychiatrists and therapists. Monitors patient symptoms and administers medications. Works in a mental health facility or in a hospital or other healthcare facility.
Description Your passion belongs at UNC Health. Join more than 56,000 teammates working together to improve the health and well-being of the communities we serve across North Carolina. We are pleased to announce that we are looking for Unit Support Technicians to join our new UNC Hospitals Youth Behavioral Health Facility (YBH).
Position Offering:
Shift:
Day (Variable weekdays/weekends/holidays)
Hours:
Full Time; 40 hrs/wk; Hours between 6:30 am and 5:00pm
Entity:
UNC Medical Center Location:
Butner, NC UNC Hospitals Youth Behavioral Health is a 54 bed inpatient psychiatric facility located in Butner, NC. The hospital is composed of 4 units designed to care for child and adolescent patients with a variety of common mental health diagnoses, including those with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities and with Autism Spectrum Disorder. In a milieu-based, trauma-informed, therapeutic setting, patients are treated by a multidisciplinary team of healthcare professionals, including Psychiatrists, Psychologists, Therapy Services, Social Workers, Nursing Services, Pharmacy, Pastoral Care and Nutrition Services. Safety is the key component of the care provided as well as introduction of positive coping skills, healthy living and positive leisure activities. This position requires the ability to attend orientation and training at the UNC Medical Center in Chapel Hill. Training will continue at the UNC Medical Center in Chapel Hill for several weeks after orientation until the facility in Butner is operational.
Summary:
Assists with patient transport, cleaning equipment, delivering patient food trays, and other administrative tasks as needed.
Responsibilities:
1. Maintains an environment of safety for patients, self and others and patient safety initiatives. 2. Provides transport of patients for discharge and to other designated areas within the facility. 3. Obtains and cleans equipment as needed/requested by nursing staff. 4. Assists with distribution of food trays/ice water and feeds patients as directed; Makes unoccupied beds as needed. 5. Obtains necessary supplies to set room up for admission and prepares room for discharge cleaning to include removing all linen and trash from the room. 6. Retrieves and transports specimens, supplies and materials to and from departments within the institution. Restocks supply areas within the unit as directed and orders supplies as needed with manager approval. 7. Assists at desk, answering phones, call bells and assists with paper work as time permits. 8. Monitors daily refrigerator temperatures and documents accordingly. Assures proper labeling of stored food in both staff and nutrition refrigerators. 9. Assists with keeping hallways free from obstruction by placing items in storage area and keeping necessary items to one side of hallway.
Other Information Other information:
Education Requirements:
• None required as long as other position qualifications are met.
Licensure/Certification Requirements:
•
BCLS Professional Experience Requirements:
• One to two years previous experience in a Healthcare facility desired.
Knowledge/Skills/and Abilities Requirements:
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Language Skills:
Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
Mathematical Skills:
Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
Reasoning Ability:
Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions. Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.
Job Details Legal Employer:
STATE Entity:
UNC Medical Center Organization Unit:
UNCH YBH
Administration Work Type:
Full Time Standard Hours Per Week:
40.00
Salary Range:
$18.00 - $24.66 per hour (Hiring Range) Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity
Work Assignment Type:
Onsite Work Schedule:
Day Job Location of Job:
Butner:
NC:
27509
Exempt From Overtime:
Exempt:
No This is a State position employed by UNC Health Care System with UNC Health benefits. If, however, you are presently an employee of another North Carolina agency and currently participate in TSERS or the ORP, you will be eligible to continue participating in those plans at UNC Health. Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran or political affiliation. UNC Health makes reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as applicants and employees with disabilities. All interested applicants are invited to apply for career opportunities. Please email applicant.accommodations@unchealth.unc.edu if you need a reasonable accommodation to search and/or to apply for a career opportunity.
