Behavioral Health Tech, Full-Time
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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.
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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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