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Lifepoint Health
Fort Worth, Texas

Behavioral Health Technician

Behavioral Health TechIncludes weekendsFull-Time

Compensation

Pay not listed

The week · per this posting3-day week · 3×12s

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Posted 2mo ago

Job Description

Your Experience Matters

WellBridge Fort Worth is part of Lifepoint Health, a diversified healthcare delivery network with facilities coast to coast. We are driven by a profound commitment to prioritize your well-being so you can provide exceptional care to others.

As a Behavioral Health Technician, joining our team, you’re embracing a vital mission dedicated to making communities healthier ®. Join us on this meaningful journey where your skills, compassion and dedication will make a remarkable difference in the lives of those we serve.

More About Our Team

We’re committed to a culture of safety and engagement, making Wellbridge Fort Worth a place where people want to work. We see our team as a big family -- and it's always growing.

How You’ll Contribute

A Behavioral Health Technician who excels in this role provides support to the therapeutic milieu under the direction of the registered nurse by ensuring scheduled programs are delivered, supervising patients, maintaining safety, and treating patients and guests with dignity.

  • Observe and maintain a safe environment through regular patient checks, safety monitoring, contraband searches, and one‑on‑one supervision as needed.
  • Perform delegated tasks such as taking vital signs, collecting specimens, documenting care, assisting with group education, and monitoring patients.
  • Promote a positive therapeutic milieu and accompany patients to meals, breaks, off‑unit visits, and appointments.
  • Report all medical or psychiatric changes to the RN and assist with admissions, including belongings inventory and vital signs.
  • Document patient property at admission and discharge and conduct unit safety checks each shift to ensure a clean, therapeutic environment.
  • Encourage or assist patients with activities of daily living and facilitate or cofacilitate psychoeducational and therapeutic groups using established guidelines.
  • Apply crisis intervention and de‑escalation techniques as needed and maintain knowledge of program protocols.
  • Orient new staff members to the unit, document in the medical record according to policy, provide feedback to the interdisciplinary team, comply with OSHA and CDC specimen guidelines, and perform other duties as assigned.

What We’re Looking For

  • Requires critical thinking skills, decisive judgment and the ability to work with minimal supervision.
  • Must be able to work in a stressful environment and take appropriate action.
  • Education: High School Diploma or GED preferred.
  • Experience: Previous experience in a psychiatric health-care facility with chemical dependency, dual diagnosis, psychiatric, or geriatric patients preferred.
  • Licenses: CPR and de-escalation certification required within 30 days of hire.

Schedule: 3x12, Days (7a-7p), rotating weekends

Why Join Us

People are our passion and purpose. Come work where you are appreciated for who you are not just what you can do.

We believe that investing in our employees is the first step to providing excellent patient care. In addition to your base compensation, this position

also offers:

  • Comprehensive Benefits: Multiple levels of medical, dental and vision coverage for full-time and part-time employees.
  • Financial Protection & PTO: Life, accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity insurance, short- and long-term disability, paid family leave and paid time off.
  • Financial & Career Growth: Higher education and certification tuition assistance, loan assistance and 401(k) retirement package and company match.
  • Employee Well-being: Mental, physical, and financial wellness programs (free gym memberships, virtual care appointments, mental health services and discount programs).
  • Professional Development: Ongoing learning and career advancement opportunities.

More About Wellbridge Fort Worth

WellBridge Fort Worth is a behavioral health hospital located in Fort Worth, TX.

We provide inpatient and outpatient programming for those facing mental health and addiction challenges. Our programs offer caring, compassionate treatment for adults and seniors.

By prioritizing the dignity of our patients, individualized treatment, and holistic mind-body care, the dedicated professionals of WellBridge are changing the way people think about mental illness and mental healthcare. It is our mission to improve the lives of our patients, families and each other.

EEOC Statement

WellBridge Forth Worth is an Equal Opportunity Employer. WellBridge Forth Worth is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity for all applicants and employees and complies with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination and harassment in employment.”

Lifepoint Health is a leader in community-based care and driven by a mission of Making Communities Healthier.

Our diversified healthcare delivery network spans 29 states and includes 63 community hospital campuses, 32 rehabilitation and behavioral health hospitals, and more than 170 additional sites of care across the healthcare continuum, such as acute rehabilitation units, outpatient centers and post-acute care facilities.

We believe that success is achieved through talented people. We want to create places where employees want to work, with opportunities to pursue meaningful and satisfying careers that truly make a difference in communities across the country.

We employ and provide care to people from all walks of life. We are committed to promoting healing, providing hope, preserving dignity and producing value with an inclusive workforce in which diversity is leveraged, respected, and reflective of the patients, family members, customers and team members we serve.

Key Responsibilities

The Behavioral Health Technician provides support to the therapeutic milieu by supervising patients, ensuring safety, and facilitating scheduled programs. They also assist with clinical tasks such as taking vital signs, documenting care, and reporting medical or psychiatric changes to the registered nurse.

Requirements

Candidates should possess critical thinking skills and the ability to work in a stressful environment with minimal supervision. A high school diploma or GED is preferred, along with previous experience in a psychiatric or chemical dependency healthcare facility.

Key Skills

Patient supervisionVital signs monitoringDocumentationPsychoeducational group facilitationAdmissions assistanceSpecimen collectionInterdisciplinary collaboration

Behavioral Health Career Context

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

Behavioral Health pay on WeekdayDoc is down 1.0% vs. the prior quarter (through Oct 2026).

Behavioral Health by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Listed paynot listedBehavioral Health median $37k (middle half $35k–$40k)24 comparable listings, Nov 2026
Cost of livingTexas index 97.1US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Behavioral Health listings in Texas63 active1,228 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 68% no call · 50% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedUS healthcare professional listings (all specialties): 4% state a sign-on bonus (median $3k) · 12% offer loan repayment1,000 active listings, Nov 2026
New Behavioral Health listings861 in the last 30 days503 the 30 days before (+71%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Behavioral Health pay trend−1.0% 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.

Location & Logistics

Texas has no state income tax, which can significantly increase take-home pay compared to high-tax states.

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Salary Distribution

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12
<$45k
10
$45k-55k
2
$55k-65k
1
$72k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

21 jobs
401k / retirement match
100% this job
CME allowance
24%
Sign-on bonus
10%
PSLF eligible
10%
Loan repayment
5% this job

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

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$23.28-$34.63/hr
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Work-life snapshot

median 1.5this job 1.5
Below most Behavioral Health listings for work-life

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 1,195 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • Includes weekends
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About Lifepoint Health

Hospitals and Health Care
Gallatin, Tennessee
201-500 employees

Benefits & Perks

Medical, dental, vision coverage
Life, accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity insurance
Short- and long-term disability
Paid family leave
Paid time off
Tuition assistance
Loan assistance
401(k) retirement package with company match

Living in Fort Worth

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$261k
Typical market rent
$1,612/mo
Residents’ average commute
27 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
103.1
State income tax
None
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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