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MENTAL HEALTH TECHNICIAN 1 - UNDERFILL - Minimum Qualifications Waived
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- The Division of Child and Family Services (DCFS) is recruiting for a full-time Mental Health Technician I underfilling Mental Health Technician III at Desert Willow Treatment Center (DWTC) located in Las Vegas, Nevada.
- DWTC is an inpatient psychiatric hospital that provides mental health treatment for children ages 12 to 17.
- This position has the authority and responsibility to ensure that safe and effective patient care is being provided; assures compliance with nursing standards, the Joint Commission accreditation standards, Bureau of Health Care Quality and Compliance licensing standards, and DCFS policies.
- Incumbents will work with a team of psychiatric nurses, clinicians, and other mental health professionals at DWTC to provide direct patient care to youth with severe emotional disturbances (SED).
- Mental Health Technicians monitor patients to promptly identify and prevent self-harm activities and conduct suicide prevention watches by checking on clients at specified intervals.
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