Mental Health Technician III

Responsibilities

• Serve as a lead clinical support professional providing advanced direct care and crisis intervention to pediatric patients.
• Maintain a safe, trauma-informed therapeutic environment and act as a milieu leader.
• Model advanced behavioral interventions and mentor clinical staff.
• Coordinate daily shift programming and execute high-acuity 1:1 interventions.
• Facilitate advanced therapeutic groups and collaborate with multidisciplinary teams on treatment and 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 a full-time schedule of 36 hours (three 12-hour day shifts) including weekend and holiday rotations.

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.

About the Company

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