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Last year our HCA Healthcare colleagues invested over 156,000 hours volunteering in our communities. As a(an) Mental Health Technician II IPF with HCA Florida West Hospital you can be a part of an organization that is devoted to giving back!
HCA Florida West Hospital, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:
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Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.
Would you like to unlock your potential with a leading healthcare provider dedicated to the growth and development of our colleagues? Join the HCA Florida West Hospital family! We will give you the tools and resources you need to succeed in our organization. We are looking for an enthusiastic Mental Health Technician II IPF to help us reach our goals. Unlock your potential!
Provides care to the patients via therapeutic use of self, the nursing process, the environmental/instrumentation, and other health care members. The MHT II functions as a member of the therapeutic team and under the direction of a Registered Nurse. The MHT II is a safety champion and preceptor for MHT I’s.
Essential Functions
| · | Provides and documents on patient care and observes patient behaviors based on the nursing process, established hospital policies and procedures, unit specific policies and procedures, and/or Standards of Care/Practice. |
| · | Assists in the coordination of nursing/psychiatric care provided in conjunction with the multidisciplinary treatment team. |
| · | Assists in the development and facilitation of MHT goals, wrap-up, and diversional patient groups. |
| · | Participates in the safety rounds rotation and maintains accurate and detailed documentation of assigned safety rounds. |
| · | Participates and cooperates in the unit based Quality Improvement process. |
| · | Functions as Safety Champion and as a preceptor/mentor to MHT I’s. |
| · | Assists patients with the completion and completion of PHQ-9 and GDS surveys. |
| · | Observes reports and documents the patient’s psychological and physiological status, informing a registered nurse of any incongruences in the above. |
| · | Practices, develops, and endorses customer service skills in relationships with internal and external customers. |
| · | Serves as the patient and family advocate with respect to patient’s right to privacy by protecting confidential information. |
| · | Actively seeks ways to control costs without compromising patient safety, quality of care, or the services delivered. |
| · | Demonstrates knowledge of the occurrence reporting system and uses system to report potential patient safety issues. |
| · | Follows established guidelines for reporting a significant medical error or unanticipated outcome in the patient’s care, which results in patient harm. |
| · | Attends in-services presentations and completes all mandatory education requirements to include training & competency assessment. |
| · | Uses Performance Improvement Plan to improve patient safety. |
| · | Other duties as assigned. |
This role requires you to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 based on local, state and /or federal law or regulations (unless a medical or religious exemption is approved).
HCA Florida West Hospital is a 515-bed facility. We are proud to be the area's leading health care facility in quality outcomes performance. We are the area's first Accredited Chest Pain Center and Breast Imaging Center of Excellence. Our hospital is the first in the state of Florida to have earned Atrial Fibrillation with Electrophysiology Services Accreditation. We have an Advanced Primary Stroke Center. We provide a specialized Emergency Department tailored to the needs of seniors and children. We have a Kid’s ER dedicated to our youngest patients. We are the area’s only comprehensive CARF-accredited physical rehabilitation hospital. Our facility has a behavioral health facility. We offer services including cardiology, cardiovascular surgery, oncology, and orthopedics. Other services that we offer include robotic-assisted surgery, critical care, and neurology/neurosurgery. We also offer urology, gastroenterology, obstetrics, and pulmonary and rehabilitative medicine.
HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.
"There is so much good to do in the world and so many different ways to do it."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.
HCA Healthcare Co-Founder
Be a part of an organization that invests in you! We are reviewing applications for our Mental Health Technician II IPF opening. Qualified candidates will be contacted for interviews. Submit your application and help us raise the bar in patient care!
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
What matters most to our diverse and talented colleagues is giving people the absolute best healthcare in the most compassionate way possible.
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