Mental Health Tech III

Responsibilities

• Provide advanced direct care, crisis intervention, and therapeutic support to pediatric patients with complex psychiatric conditions.
• Serve as a milieu leader, modeling advanced behavioral interventions and mentoring staff.
• Manage a safe, trauma-informed therapeutic environment and coordinate routine safety checks.
• Execute high-acuity 1:1 interventions and facilitate advanced therapeutic groups.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams on treatment plan development and complex discharge planning.
• Perform essential medical support procedures including specimen collection, EKGs, and splint placements under delegation.

Requirements

• Associate degree in a related field.
• 2 years of mental health work experience.
• Ability to work in a PRN capacity, requiring at least two shifts every six weeks.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field.
• 3+ years of mental health experience.
• 2 years of experience in inpatient mental health, crisis, or emergency department settings.
• Experience performing EKGs.

Benefits

• Eligible for shift differentials.

About the Company

Dayton Children's is a leading pediatric healthcare provider dedicated to the belief that every moment counts. We operate with core values of safety, compassion, ownership, collaboration, purposeful innovation, and respect for all individuals.