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Northside Hospital
Lawrenceville, Georgia

Behavioral Health Tech - Part-Time, Nights

Behavioral Health TechPart-Time

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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.

The BH Tech will be working 2x12h shifts 7p-730a

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

7PM-7AM

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Behavioral Health CarePsychiatric Patient CarePatient SafetyTherapeutic Milieu MaintenancePatient ComfortEmergency Department Technician Duties

Behavioral Health Career Context

Of the 50 active Behavioral Health listings this role was benchmarked against, 78% have no call, 36% require no weekends.

Behavioral Health pay on WeekdayDoc is up 8.1% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

The cost-of-living index for Georgia is 96.3 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 59.8% of Georgia clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Top Behavioral Health Tech Jobs

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Salary Distribution26 jobs · 24 employers

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<$40k
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$40k-45k
9
$45k-50k
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$52k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks21 jobs

401k / retirement match
95%
CME allowance
19%
Sign-on bonus
5%
Loan repayment
5%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

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$16-$25/hr
#2

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Work-life snapshot

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

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 1,303 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in Lawrenceville

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$340k
Typical market rent
$1,895/mo
Residents’ average commute
32 min
State income tax
Up to 5.8%
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.