About Astria

The Astria Health system, headquartered in the heart of the state of Washington’s wine country in the beautiful Yakima Valley, is the largest non-profit healthcare system based in Eastern Washington. Astria Health is the parent non-profit organization of Astria Sunnyside Hospital and Astria Toppenish Hospital and delivers care throughout the Valley through its Astria Health Hospitals and its Astria Ambulatory Care model focused on delivering the highest level of ambulatory and outpatient care in convenient locations in both the Lower and Upper Yakima Valley. Astria Ambulatory Care is designed to meet the changing lifestyles and diverse needs of those living and working throughout the region.

 

Across our healthcare network, you will find a dynamic range of meaningful careers and opportunities for growth and safe workplaces. Whether we use our expertise in accounting, human resources, finance, planning, marketing, or our clinical services in any of our operational divisions, our shared passion for providing exceptional healthcare to our communities motivates us to achieve excellence each day. If you share our passion, we want to hear from you.  

 

Our operating principles define how we come together as a team to do our work. They reflect Astria Health’s unique view on what’s important and right - being a leader in providing innovative, exceptional rural healthcare solutions with kindness and dignity. Documenting this core aspect of our culture helps employees make good decisions independently, cultivate trust through accountability, and go beyond the expected. We believe in continuously escalating the bar for talent and performance because we are obsessed with a commitment to excellence and patient care. It also helps candidates consider career opportunities and evaluate whether they will thrive at Astria Health.

 

Astria Health is seeking a Mental Health Technician Lead to join our team! This is at our Toppenish Hospital. 

 

This is a full time day shift position. 

 

What you get to do every day!

 

This position is responsible for selected patient care activities under the general supervision of the Director, Behavioral Health Services. You will:

 

    Coordinates relevant tasks and provides support for the patient’s therapeutic treatment plan.    Performs and provides patient care duties and assists with general hygiene needs.    Completes progress notes on assigned patients per program and hospital policy.    Frequently observes and records patient information pertinent to treatment plan and reports information to clinic team    Provides oversight and support to staff completing documentation per program and hospital policy    Maintains relevant documentation and processes per hospital policy.    Consistently follows and adheres to the hospital’s policies, confidentiality, privacy and corporate compliance programs including federal and state law    Consistently follows and adheres to the hospital’s mission to deliver quality and compassionate health care services to patients.    The person in this position must be able to participate in policy approved physical and mechanical restraint as trained with potentially dysregulated and/or combative patients and maintain personal, patient and staff safety without physical restrictions.    Performs other duties as assigned     Collaborate effectively across organizational boundaries     Adheres to the core values and standards of the organization.High School graduate or equivalent Washington State Agency Affiliated Counselor Registration Washington State Food Handler’s Card 1 year experience working in a behavioral health setting. Preferably with some leadership experience. Pro Act certification within 30 days of hire annual recertification Oral and written fluency in the English language.

 

Preferred Qualifications and Education

Associates degree Certified Nursing Assistant Licensure Bilingual English/Spanish

 

This position is identified as a safety-sensitive position for which impairment while on the job would present a substantial risk of death. As a condition of employment, you will need to authorize and complete a background check. Information received from the background check is reviewed case-by-case and will not necessarily remove an applicant from consideration.