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Shippensburg, Pennsylvania

COUNSELOR AIDE: Full-Time 1030a-7pm

Behavioral Health TechIncludes weekendsFull-Time

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Weekends
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Posted 5h ago · Verified live

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • This is a great opportunity to work in the behavioral healthcare field.
  • These positions are full-time with every other weekend rotation.
  • Our chemical dependency unit shift available 8-hour shifts- 10:30pm-7:00am

Roxbury Treatment Center, a subsidiary of Universal Health Services, Inc., has been a beacon of hope and healing for 40 years, serving those struggling with behavioral health and substance use issues. Located in Shippensburg, PA., our 112-bed behavioral health facility offers acute psychiatric, detoxification, and rehabilitation services for adults as well as an adolescent inpatient psychiatric program for youth ages 13-17. We also have two substance use disorder outpatient offices in Carlisle and Chambersburg. Our mission is to provide high-quality behavioral health services in an environment that values service excellence, respect, and ethical standards, integrity, compassion, and teamwork.

Website: www.roxburyhospital.com

The Mental Health Technician functions as an active part of the treatment team, providing continuous patient care, supervision, interaction and role modeling to patients ranging in ages from adolescent through geriatrics. All MHT’s work under the direction of a Registered Nurse.

Job Duties and Responsibilities

  • Monitors unit milieu and helps to maintain a safe and therapeutic environment for patients
  • Leads activity groups for patients according to the program schedule
  • Conducts patient observation rounds throughout the shift to ensure safety
  • Works collaboratively with unit nursing staff on patient care activities
  • Responds to patient crisis events accordingly using de-escalation techniques.
  • This position also qualifies for our $1000 sign-on bonus for Full-Time positions ONLY!!

Benefits

  • Educational assistance of up to $2000 annually
  • Challenging and rewarding work environment
  • Competitive Compensation and Generous Paid Time Off
  • Excellent Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Drug Plans
  • 401(k) with company match and discounted stock plan
  • Diverse programming to expand your experience
  • SoFI Student Loan Refinancing Program
  • Career development opportunities within UHS and its 300% Subsidiaries!
  • Pet Insurance

About Universal Health Services

One of the nation’s largest and most respected providers of hospital and healthcare services, Universal Health Services, Inc. (NYSE: UHS) has built an impressive record of achievement and performance. Growing steadily since our inception into an esteemed Fortune 500® corporation, our annual revenues during 2025 were approximately $17.4 billion. In 2026, UHS was again recognized as one of Fortune World’s Most Admired Companies™; and in 2025, ranked #271 on the Fortune 500®; and was #355 among U. S. companies on Forbes Global 2000 World’s Largest Public Companies.

Our operating philosophy is as effective today as it was upon the Company’s founding in 1979, enabling us to provide compassionate care to our patients and their loved ones. Our strategy includes building or acquiring high-quality hospitals in rapidly growing markets, investing in the people and equipment needed to allow each facility to thrive, and becoming the leading healthcare provider in each community we serve.

Headquartered in King of Prussia, PA, UHS has approximately 101,500 employees and through its subsidiaries operates 29 inpatient acute care facilities, 346 inpatient behavioral health facilities and 168 outpatient and other facilities, an insurance offering, a physician network and various related services located in 40 U. S. states, Washington, D. C., Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom. It acts as the advisor to Universal Health Realty Income Trust, a real estate investment trust (NYSE: UHT). For additional information visit www.uhs.com.

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Qualifications

Mental Health Tech Job Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in a psychology-related field is highly preferred
  • High School Diploma or GED required.
  • Valid Driver's License with safe driving record

EEO Statement

All UHS subsidiaries are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates. UHS subsidiaries are equal opportunity employers and as such, openly support and fully commit to recruitment, selection, placement, promotion and compensation of individuals without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), genetic information, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

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At UHS and all our subsidiaries, our Human Resources departments and recruiters are here to help prospective candidates by matching skill set and experience with the best possible career path at UHS and our subsidiaries. During the recruitment process, no recruiter or employee will request financial or personal information (e. g., Social Security Number, credit card or bank information, etc.) from you via email. Our recruiters will not email you from a public webmail client like Hotmail, Gmail, Yahoo Mail, etc.

If you suspect a fraudulent job posting or job-related email mentioning UHS or its subsidiaries, we encourage you to report such concerns to appropriate law enforcement. We encourage you to refer to legitimate UHS and UHS subsidiary career websites to verify job opportunities and not rely on unsolicited calls from recruiters.

Qualifications

Education
Bachelor degree

Key Skills

Substance use disorder supportCrisis interventionUnit monitoringActivity group facilitationSafety maintenance

Behavioral Health Career Context

Of the 50 active Behavioral Health listings this role was benchmarked against, 64% have no call, 38% require no weekends.

Behavioral Health pay on WeekdayDoc is down 11.4% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).

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).

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About UHS

Hospitals and Health Care
Aiken, South Carolina
501-1,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

$1,000 sign-on bonus
Educational assistance up to $2,000 annually
Medical, Dental, Vision, Prescription Drug Plans
401(k) with company match
Discounted stock plan
Generous Paid Time Off
SoFI Student Loan Refinancing Program
Pet Insurance