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Saint Luke's Health System
Smithville, Missouri

Behavioral Health Tech, Full-Time

Behavioral Health TechNo callFull-Time

Compensation

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Job Description

Behavioral Health Tech assists in providing a safe, therapeutic milieu and crisis identification and de-escalation techniques for all patients in compliance with agency policies and procedures.

  • The minimum age requirement to work in this role for Crittenton Children's Center is 21 years of age.
  • Performs basic care and observes, reports and records patient behaviors under the supervision of RN and BHT supervisor/manager.
  • Implements the behavioral interventions described in the treatment plan.
  • Conducts educational and treatment focused groups with patients as appropriate with training and supervision and within their scope of practice.
  • May be trained as CMT to administer meds to our long-term residential population.
  • Employee will act in the role of a 1:1 staff and will actively promote and follow (1:1 and close observation while awake-COWA) guidelines, on our Acute In-Patient Program.
  • Job Requirements

Applicable Experience

  • 1 year
  • Basic Life Support - American Heart Association or Red Cross, Heart Saver CPR - Various, Mandt Certified - Various
  • Associate Degree

Job Details

  • Full Time
  • Night (United States of America)

Key Responsibilities

The Behavioral Health Tech assists in maintaining a safe, therapeutic environment and implements behavioral interventions as outlined in patient treatment plans. They are responsible for observing, recording patient behaviors, and conducting educational or treatment-focused groups under supervision.

Requirements

Candidates must be at least 21 years old and possess an Associate Degree. Required certifications include Basic Life Support (AHA or Red Cross), CPR, and Mandt certification.

Certifications

BLS

Key Skills

Patient observationMedication administrationDocumentationTreatment planning

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Behavioral Health Tech, Full-Time at Saint Luke's Health System a 6.1 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the top 25% in Behavioral Health — ranked against 1,279 active Behavioral Health listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no on-call duties.

Behavioral Health Career Context

Of the 50 active Behavioral Health listings this role was benchmarked against, 68% have no call, 38% require no weekends.

Behavioral Health pay on WeekdayDoc is up 10.1% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

The cost-of-living index for Missouri is 90.8 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 60.1% of Missouri clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks21 jobs

401k / retirement match
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CME allowance
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Sign-on bonus
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Work-life snapshot

median 1.5this job 6.1
Better work-life than 80% of Behavioral Health listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 1,279 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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Living in Smithville

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$343k
Median resident rent
$1,323/mo
Residents’ average commute
29 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
92.5
State income tax
Up to 5.3%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Kansas City, MO-KS metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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