Job Description

Behavioral Hospital of Bellaire is a freestanding, 122 bed facility specializing in general adult psych, adolescents, geriatric, and women's services. We are conveniently located in Southwest Houston, between the Galleria and Meyerland shopping districts, only minutes away from the Houston Medical Center, Downtown, and Midtown.

What makes Behavioral Hospital of Bellaire a great place to work? Our people, of course! Our employees answer this special calling because they have a fundamental drive to help people. In return, we serve, develop, and respect our employees in an environment created to optimize their effectiveness, experience, and satisfaction.  This is who we are.

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Mental Health Technician (MHT) Position Summary:

We are currently seeking full-time Night Shift Mental Health Technicians (MHT)  to serve as an active part of the treatment team, providing continuous patient care, supervision, interaction, and role modeling to patients. This is an exciting opportunity to learn about mental health or substance abuse patient care in a fast-paced environment with a multi-disciplinary treatment team.

Mental Health Technician (MHT) Key Responsibilities Include:

• Assist in maintaining a safe, orderly, and therapeutic physical environment for patients.
• Assist patients with activities of daily living and establishing and maintaining good health by using effective, therapeutic communication techniques.
• Conduct environmental rounds on unit for safety and document observations
• Facilitate patients’ participation in therapeutic activities and groups.
• Implement crisis management skills as directed by licensed staff.

Mental Health Technician (MHT) Shifts:

• Night Shift-7:00 PM to 7:00 AM

This opportunity provides the following:

• New Competitive Compensation
• Excellent Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Drug Plan
• 401k plan with company match
• Generous Paid Time Off
• Tuition Reimbursement and Student Loan Forgiveness programs.
• Growth and development opportunities within UHS and its subsidiaries

About Universal Health Services

One of the nation’s largest and most respected providers of hospital and healthcare services, Universal Health Services, Inc. (NYSE: UHS) has built an impressive record of achievement and performance, growing since its inception into a Fortune 500 corporation. Headquartered in King of Prussia, PA, UHS has 89,000 employees. Through its subsidiaries, UHS operates 28 acute care hospitals, 335 behavioral health facilities, 40 outpatient facilities and ambulatory care access points in 39 U.S. states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom.

Education: High School Diploma or equivalent required

Experience: One year of related experience, with knowledge of psychiatric patient care techniques with understanding of mental illness, preferred.

Certifications: Successful completion of CPR and Handle With Care certification; certifications may be obtained during orientation.

EEO Statement

All UHS subsidiaries are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates. UHS subsidiaries are equal opportunity employers and as such, openly support and fully commit to recruitment, selection, placement, promotion and compensation of individuals without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), genetic information, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

We believe that diversity and inclusion among our teammates is critical to our success.

Notice

At UHS and all our subsidiaries, our Human Resources departments and recruiters are here to help prospective candidates by matching skillset and experience with the best possible career path at UHS and our subsidiaries.  We take pride in creating a highly efficient and best in class candidate experience. During the recruitment process, no recruiter or employee will request financial or personal information (Social Security Number, credit card or bank information, etc.) from you via email. The recruiters will not email you from a public webmail client like Hotmail, Gmail, Yahoo Mail, etc. If you are suspicious of a job posting or job-related email mentioning UHS or its subsidiaries, let us know by contacting us at: or 1-800-852-3449 .

Pay Transparency:

To encourage pay transparency, promote pay equity, and proactively address regulations, UHS and all our subsidiaries will comply with all applicable state or local laws or regulations which require employers to provide wage or salary range information to job applicants and employees. A posted salary range applies to the current job posting. Salary offers may be based on key factors such as education and related experience.

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