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Saint Luke's Health System
Kansas City, Missouri

Behavioral Health Tech, Full-Time

Behavioral Health TechIncludes weekendsNo nightsFull-Time

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Job Description

The Opportunity: Saint Luke’s Hospital of Kansas City Crittenton Children’s Center in South Kansas City, MO is seeking a Behavioral Health Tech to assist in providing a safe and therapeutic milieu environment in compliance with agency policies and procedures. As a member of our team, you will play a critical role in improving the lives of children, adolescents, and their families.

Shift: Full-time Day Shift, 3 shifts, per week, 7:00am - 7:30pm with weekend requirements (2 Saturdays and 2 Sundays in a 6 week period)

The Work

Responsible for direct supervision of assigned children during work shift to maintain patient safety in collaboration with the nurses, therapists, and physicians.

  • Observes, reports, and records, patient behaviors under the supervision of RN.
  • Implements the behavioral interventions described in the child’s treatment plan.
  • Conducts educational and treatment focused groups with patients as appropriate with training and supervision.
  • May be trained as CMT to administer meds to long term residential population.

Crittenton Children's Center is the Kansas City area's premier provider of psychiatric care for children, adolescents, and their families. We offer one of the area's most comprehensive behavioral health care programs. To be successful in this role, you will need to be interested and invested in caring for the emotional health of Children. You will need to be caring and compassionate.

Required

High School Diploma or Equivalent

  • 1 - 3 years of related experience, preferably working with at risk youth. (Bachelor’s degree in a related field will substitute for experience)
  • Must be able to lift up to 50 lbs.

Must Be 21 Years OLD to Apply

Basic Life Support (will train)

Why Saint Luke’s?

We believe in creating a collaborative environment, while looking for innovative ways to improve. We offer competitive salaries and benefits packages to all eligible employees:

  • Medical health plans
  • Continuing Education Assistance and Tuition reimbursement
  • Leave of Absence, PTO, Extended Sick Leave, and various Welfare plans
  • Retirement contributions

Employee Assistance Program

  • As a leading behavioral health provider for youth in the Kansas City community, Crittenton’s residential and acute inpatient programs have consistently exceeded national and local quality benchmarks over the past five years.
  • Job Requirements

Applicable Experience

  • Less than 1 year
  • Cert First Aid - Various

Job Details

  • Full Time
  • Day (United States of America)

Key Responsibilities

The Behavioral Health Tech provides direct supervision to children to ensure patient safety and implements behavioral interventions as outlined in treatment plans. They also observe and document patient behaviors and may facilitate educational or treatment-focused groups.

Requirements

Applicants must have a high school diploma or equivalent and 1-3 years of related experience, though a bachelor's degree can substitute for experience. Candidates must be at least 21 years old and capable of lifting up to 50 lbs.

Qualifications

Education
Bachelor degree

Certifications

BLS

Key Skills

DocumentationGroup facilitationMedication administrationCrisis interventionCompassionate care

Behavioral Health Career Context

Of the 50 active Behavioral Health listings this role was benchmarked against, 58% have no call, 38% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Missouri is 90.8 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 60.1% of Missouri clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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Work-life snapshot

median 1.5this job 5.1
Better work-life than 70% of Behavioral Health listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 1,258 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No nights
  • Includes weekends

Living in Kansas City

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$251k
Typical market rent
$1,428/mo
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
92.5
State income tax
Up to 5.3%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026).

BEA 2024 · Kansas City, MO-KS metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.

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About Saint Luke's Health System

Hospitals and Health Care
Kansas City, MO
5,001-10,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Medical health plans
Continuing Education Assistance
Tuition reimbursement
PTO
Extended Sick Leave
Retirement contributions
Employee Assistance Program