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Martinsville, Virginia

Behavioral Health Technician - PRN

Behavioral Health TechIncludes weekendsPer Diem

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Job Description

Behavioral Health Monitor Tech - PRN

Schedule: PRN | various shifts | rotate weekends

Job Type: In-person

Job Location: Martinsville, VA

Your Experience Matters

At Lifepoint Health, we are committed to empowering and supporting a diverse and determined workforce that can drive quality, scalability, and significant impact across our hospitals and communities. As a member of the Health Support Center (HSC) team, you’ll support those in our facilities who are interfacing with and providing care to our patients and community members, positively impacting our mission of making communities healthier.

Who We Are

People are our passion and purpose. Work where you are appreciated for who you are, not just what you can do. SOVAH Health - Danville is a 250-bed hospital with the region's only designated Chest Pain Center & Certified Advanced Primary Stroke Center. We are an academic teaching site for residents, medical students, nurses, nurse practitioners, pharmacists, and physician assistants.

Why Join Us

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 — with medical plans starting at just $10 per pay period — as well as tailored benefit options for part-time and PRN employees, and more.
  • 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.

Position Summary

Sovah Martinsville is seeking a PRN, Behavioral Health Monitor Tech to provide services to ensure a safe environment for psychiatric patients in a locked inpatient unit setting.

  • Performs continual surveillance of behavioral health unit monitors and operates the patient-monitoring system.
  • Monitors dining/day rooms, and hallways on Behavioral Health when occupied by patients to assure patient safety in the environment.
  • Monitors patients for suspicious behavior indicating the possibility of self-harm.
  • Reports incidents, utilizes nursing staff for concerns, discusses recent issues, and any pertinent patient details with the covering/on-coming behavioral health monitor technician.
  • Recognizes patient behaviors in the dining/dayroom and hallway environment that may result in an unsafe situation.

Minimum Education

  • High school diploma or equivalent required.

Required Skills

  • 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.

Required Certifications/Licenses

AHA BLS required.

EEOC Statement

SOVAH Health - Martinsville is committed to providing Equal Employment Opportunities for all applicants and employees and complies with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment because of color, race, sex, age, religion, national origin, disability, genetic information, gender identity, sexual orientation, veterans' status or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state or local law.

Equal opportunity and affirmative action employers are looking for diversity in candidates for employment: Minority/Female/Disabled/Protected Veteran

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 performs continual surveillance of patient monitors and operates monitoring systems to ensure a safe environment. They also monitor common areas for suspicious behavior and report any safety concerns to the nursing staff.

Requirements

Candidates must possess a high school diploma or equivalent and hold a current AHA BLS certification. The role requires strong critical thinking skills and the ability to work effectively in a stressful, inpatient psychiatric environment.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure

Key Skills

Behavioral health monitoringPatient surveillanceSafety monitoringIncident reportingPatient observationStress management

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Behavioral Health Technician - PRN at Lifepoint Health a 6.0 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the top 35% of all Behavioral Health healthcare professional listings evaluated on our platform.

Behavioral Health Career Context

Of the 50 active Behavioral Health listings this role was benchmarked against, 58% have no call, 38% require no weekends.

Behavioral Health pay on WeekdayDoc is up 7.8% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).

The cost-of-living index for Virginia is 101.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 61.1% of Virginia clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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Annual compensation range

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Work-life snapshot

6.0/ 10
Listing-based score
  • Includes weekends

Living in Martinsville

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$174k
Typical market rent
$876/mo
Residents’ average commute
21 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.

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About Lifepoint Health

Hospitals and Health Care
Gallatin, Tennessee
201-500 employees

Benefits & Perks

Medical, Dental, Vision
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