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Indiana Regional Medical Center
Indiana, Pennsylvania

Behavioral Health Tech - Mountains Behavioral Health - Part Time

Behavioral Health TechPart-Time

Compensation

Pay not listed

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Schedule not stated in this posting — no days, weekends, call or nights given.

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Posted 1mo ago

Job Description

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

In This Role You Will Be

  • Exemplifying the IRMC mission, vision, and values, acting in accordance with IRMC policies and procedures to ensure quality care is provided.
  • Identifying each patient’s age-specific needs and providing appropriate care as assigned
  • Providing direct patient care including monitoring their conditions, taking vital signs, observing, recording, and reporting behaviors under the supervision of nursing.
  • Leading patients in therapeutic and recreational activities.
  • Assist with teaching life skills.
  • Complete patient documentation.
  • Help to provide a safe and secure unit environment for all patients and staff in compliance with hospital policies and procedures.
  • Utilizing excellent interpersonal communication skills to effectively communicate with patients, family, and report any concerning events to members of the organization.
  • Will be required to float to all units, including geri-psych, adult, and adolescent.
  • Identifying each patient’s age-specific needs and providing appropriate care as assigned
  • Responsible for patient transports to and from hospital departments (including the medical center) and for delivery of supplies to departments as necessary

Qualifications

  • EDUCATION
  • A high school graduate or equivalent.
  • Bachelor’s Degree preferred.

Experience

  • Minimum of 1 year in behavioral health preferred.
  • Previous work experience in health care preferred.
  • Psychiatric work experience preferred.

Licensure/Certification

  • * Valid PA driver’s license with no previous violation
  • BLS required or attained within 1 month of hire

Shifts: Rotation Days/Nights

Key Responsibilities

The Behavioral Health Tech provides direct patient care, including monitoring vital signs and reporting behaviors under nursing supervision. They also lead therapeutic activities, assist with life skills training, and ensure a safe environment across various psychiatric units.

Qualifications

Education
Bachelor degree

Key Skills

Vital signs monitoringSafety compliancePatient transportBLS certification

Psychiatry Career Context

The cost-of-living index for Pennsylvania is 97.6 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 61.7% of Pennsylvania clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Of the 50 active Psychiatry listings this role was benchmarked against, 70% have no call, 32% require no weekends.

Psychiatry pay on WeekdayDoc is down 1.1% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks24 jobs · 21 employers

401k / retirement match
96%
CME allowance
29%
Sign-on bonus
13%

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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 159 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in Indiana

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$214k
Typical market rent
$973/mo
Residents’ average commute
16 min
State income tax
Up to 3.1%
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.