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Northside Hospital
Atlanta, Georgia

Behavioral Health Tech, Emergency Department

Behavioral Health TechIncludes weekendsFull-Time

Compensation

Pay not listed

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Job Description

Northside Hospital is award-winning, state-of-the-art, and continually growing. Constantly expanding the quality and reach of our care to our patients and communities creates even more opportunity for the best healthcare professionals in Atlanta and beyond. Discover all the possibilities of a career at Northside today.

Responsibilities

Provides direct patient care and supportive services to patients with mental health disorders as well as chemically dependent patients to ensure the safety and wellbeing of patients. Carries out a variety of patient care activities which support the maintenance of the therapeutic milieu, and which meet the patient's needs for comfort and safety. May also perform the duties and responsibilities of an Emergency Department Technician.

Qualifications

Required

Associates Degree or Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college or university in Social Work, Psychology, Counseling or other behavioral health related fields, with one (1) year of experience in the behavioral health field setting, OR three (3) years of experience in psychiatric settings in a clinical/direct patient care job.

  • Must hold American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS)
  • PREFERRED
  • Patient care experience in a hospital or inpatient mental health facility

Work Hours

7p-7a

Weekend Requirements:

Yes

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure

Key Skills

Mental Health SupportCrisis InterventionPsychiatric CareEmergency Department ProceduresTherapeutic Milieu MaintenanceChemical Dependency Support

Behavioral Health Career Context

Of the 50 active Behavioral Health listings this role was benchmarked against, 80% have no call, 36% require no weekends.

Behavioral Health pay on WeekdayDoc is down 7.1% vs. the prior quarter (through Oct 2026).

Behavioral Health by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Listed paynot listedBehavioral Health median $38k (middle half $35k–$40k)10 comparable listings, Nov 2026
Cost of livingGeorgia index 96.3US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Behavioral Health listings in Georgia21 active1,230 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 80% no call · 36% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedUS healthcare professional listings: 5% state a sign-on bonus (median $3k) · 12% offer loan repayment1,000 active listings, Nov 2026
New Behavioral Health listings847 in the last 30 days531 the 30 days before (+60%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Behavioral Health pay trend−7.1% vs prior quarter—through Oct 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Nov 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

Top Behavioral Health Tech Jobs

35 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution

26 jobs · 25 employers
9
<$40k
13
$40k-50k
4
$50k-60k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

23 jobs
401k / retirement match
96%
CME allowance
26%
Sign-on bonus
9%
PSLF eligible
4%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

#1

Behavioral Health Technician

Centurion Health · Pontiac, Illinois

$26.91-$28.58/hr
#2

Behavioral Health Technician

Discovery Behavioral Health · Fairfax, Virginia

$16-$25/hr
#3

Behavioral Health Tech IV

$22-$25/hr
#4

Behavioral Health Associate I

$20-$25/hr
+ 33 more · ranked by pay

Work-life snapshot

median 1.5this job 1.5
Better work-life than 50% of Behavioral Health listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 1,227 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • Includes weekends

Living in Atlanta

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$375k
Typical market rent
$1,942/mo
Residents’ average commute
27 min
State income tax
Up to 5.8%
Sources & methodology

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

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