IOP BEHAVIORAL HEALTH TECHNICIAN

Behavioral Health TechPer Diem

Listed compensation

$18.00Hourly

The week · per this posting

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

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Job Description

  • Job Location: Destiny Springs Hospital Main - Surprise, AZ
  • Position Type: Per Diem
  • Education Level: High School
  • Salary Range: $18.00Hourly
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Join Destiny Springs Healthcare as an Outpatient Behavioral Health Technician and help clients build coping skills and move forward in recovery. Make a meaningful impact with a consistent, part-time evening schedule. Monday, Wednesday & Friday | 4–7 p. m. | 9 hours per week | On-site Bring your compassion. Be part of someone’s next step forward.

Position Summary

The Behavioral Health Technician (BHT) provides direct services and support to clients enrolled in the Intensive Outpatient Program. Under the supervision of a licensed clinician, the BHT assists in the delivery of evidence-based group programming, supports clients in skill acquisition, ensures program/staff/client safety and program structure, and collaborates with the multidisciplinary team to promote recovery and wellness.

Essential Functions

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Facilitate or co-facilitate psychoeducational, skills, and process groups using structured curricula (CBT, DBT, and other evidence-based approaches).

Assist clients in practicing coping strategies, social skills, and self-regulation techniques. Monitor and document client participation, progress, and behaviors in accordance with ADHS and program documentation requirements within an electronic medical record.

Recognize patients that are exhibiting aggressive behavior, acting as a danger to themselves or others, or are in crisis constituting a medical emergency. Provides intervention including redirecting of patients and/or participating in seclusion and restraint as needed.

Provides care that promotes dignity, independence, strength, privacy and choice. Exhibits respect for diversity and boundaries. Maintain a safe, structured, and supportive environment for clients during program hours.

Customer/client focused and confirms with and abides by all regulations, policies, patient rights, work procedures, code procedures, and instruction. Consistently reports to work on time prepared to perform duties of position.

Supervisory Responsibility

This position has no supervisory or managerial responsibilities.

COMPETENCIES: Technical aptitude. Strong communication skills (written and verbal). Ethical Conduct. Ability to perform tasks independently.

Work Environment

This job operates in a clinical setting. This role routinely requires interaction with patients, documentation, and utilization of standard office equipment.

Physical Demands

Ability to exercise self-control in potentially volatile situations such as being verbally or physically confronted in a threatening or aggressive manner; must be able to work and concentrate amidst distractions such as noise, conversation and foot traffic; ability to handle interruptions often and be able to move from one task to another; must be flexible and not easily frustrated in dealing with differences of opinions.

Ability to stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, reach, stand, walk, push, pull, lift (up to 35 lbs), grasp, and be able to perceive the attributes of objects such as size, shape, temperature, and/or texture by touching with skin, particularly that of the fingertips.

Ability to express and exchange ideas via spoken work during activities in which they must convey detail or important spoken instructions to others accurately, sometimes quickly and loudly. Ability to express and exchange ideas via written assignments effectively and accurately.

Hearing to perceive the nature of sound with no less than 40 db loss @ Hz, 1000 Hz, and 2000 Hz with or without correction; ability to perceive detailed information through oral communication and to make fine discriminations in sound. Performs repetitive motions with wrists, hands and fingers.

Worker is not substantially exposed to adverse environmental conditions; conditions are typical of office settings and administrative work. Must be able to address and prioritize multiple task demands within established time frames.

TRAVEL: This position requires no travel.

Qualifications: REQUIRED EDUCATION / EXPERIENCE

  • High School Diploma, GED, and/or work experience in behavioral health required
  • Two years of behavioral health experience preferred
  • Level 1 Fingerprint Clearance Card required
  • BLS/CPR and CPI Certification required

Key Responsibilities

The Behavioral Health Technician facilitates psychoeducational and skills groups while supporting clients in their recovery journey. They also ensure a safe, structured environment and document client progress within the electronic medical record.

Requirements

Candidates must have a High School Diploma or GED and a Level 1 Fingerprint Clearance Card. Additionally, BLS/CPR and CPI certifications are required, with two years of behavioral health experience preferred.

Certifications

BLS (preferred)

Key Skills

Psychoeducational group facilitationCrisis interventionSafety monitoringPatient supportConflict resolutionClinical supportDe-escalation

Behavioral Health Career Context

Of the 40 active Behavioral Health listings this role was benchmarked against, 80% have no call, 23% require no weekends.

Behavioral Health pay on WeekdayDoc is down 5.0% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

Behavioral Health by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Listed paynot listedBehavioral Health median $42k (middle half $38k–$49k)79 comparable listings, Oct 2026
Cost of livingArizona index 100.7US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Behavioral Health listings in Arizona85 active1,324 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 80% no call · 23% no weekends40 benchmarked listings
Behavioral Health pay trend−5.0% vs prior quarter—through Sep 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Oct 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

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Sign-on bonus
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Work-life snapshot

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Better work-life than 50% of Behavioral Health listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 1,300 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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About Destiny Springs Healthcare

Hospitals and Health Care
Surprise, Arizona
51-200 employees

Benefits & Perks

BLS/CPR certification required
CPI certification required

Living in Surprise

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$388k
Typical market rent
$1,942/mo
Residents’ average commute
30 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
103.3
State income tax
Up to 2.5%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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