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Osage Beach, Missouri

Behavioral Health / Mental Health Tech PRN

Behavioral Health TechPer Diem

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Posted 7mo ago

Job Description

Position: Behavioral Health Tech

Work Shift: Days / Nights Job Type: PRN

Wages: based on experience

Are you a compassionate leader looking to improve behavioral health in your community? We would like for you to consider our opportunity to help carry out our vision of bringing communities, healthcare providers, and families together to improve behavioral health, one patient at a time. We provide psychiatric care to adult patients who require inpatient hospitalization due to illness related to mental health.

A Behavioral Health Tech / Mental Health Tech helps provide care for patients who have mental health issues with job duties including dietary, cleaning of their environment and safety monitoring being some of the primary duties.

The Behavioral Health Tech shall be under the immediate supervision of a Registered Nurse, supporting providers (physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants) in provision of patient care.

The duties of the Behavioral Health Tech shall be in keeping with accepted standards for the state employed and the rules and regulations of the Hospital.

Center for Behavioral Health Osage Beach is a 16-bed inpatient, free standing Adult Psychiatric hospital that specializes in treating Anxiety, Major Depression, Mood disturbances, Psychosis, and other mental health illnesses.

Find out more about us at Center for Behavioral Health Osage Beach

Qualifications

Education

1. High school diploma or GED required.

2. CNA preferred.

3. BLS and CPI certificate within 30 days of employment

Experience

1. One (1) year experience in acute behavioral health setting preferred.

2. Computer skills preferred.

What You Will Be Doing

  • Perform related duties as assigned by RN.
  • Maintain clean and orderly patient care areas, equipment, and supplies.
  • Interact with patients on an individual and group basis.
  • Conduct groups with patients.
  • Maintain compliance with staff training.
  • Ensure health and safety of all patients by observing mental and physical condition of patients on each shift.

Center for Behavioral Health Osage Beach: Mission Statement

The Center for Behavioral Health Osage Beach will operate a “state of the industry” treatment facility that provides specialized treatment services designed to continually improve in quality and cost effectiveness. Patient care services will be provided by a multidisciplinary treatment team of professionals utilizing current, research-based, Best Practice protocols designed to achieve maximum therapeutic benefit for each patient entrusted to its care.

Inpatient Acute Care at Center for Behavioral Health Osage Beach is designed to meet needs of individuals in crisis. The mission of our facility is to provide quality services that consistently meet and exceed the expectations of patients, families, referral sources, payers, and partners. Inpatient services are offered for individuals 18 and older who meet inpatient criteria.

What We Will Provide for You

  • Small hospital BIG opportunities
  • The Health and Happiness of our employees is a top priority
  • Casual environment, great staff to patient ratio

Work Location

Center for Behavioral Health Osage Beach; 840 Passover Rd; Osage Beach, MO 65065

EOE

Key Responsibilities

The Behavioral Health Tech assists Registered Nurses in providing care for adult psychiatric inpatients, which includes monitoring patient safety, assisting with dietary needs, and maintaining clean care areas. Duties also involve interacting with and conducting groups for patients under the supervision of a Registered Nurse.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure

Key Skills

Dietary AssistanceGroup ConductMental Health SupportCrisis InterventionBLS CertificationCPI Certification

Psychiatry Career Context

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).

Of the 50 active Psychiatry listings this role was benchmarked against, 68% have no call, 38% require no weekends.

Psychiatry pay on WeekdayDoc is up 18.6% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks19 jobs

401k / retirement match
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CME allowance
37%
Sign-on bonus
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Work-life snapshot

median 5.1this job 3.0
Better work-life than 20% of Psychiatry (Behavioral Health Tech) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 158 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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Living in Osage Beach

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$358k
Typical market rent
$1,602/mo
Residents’ average commute
18 min
State income tax
Up to 5.3%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

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

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Benefits & Perks

Casual environment
Great staff to patient ratio