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Highlands Ranch, Colorado

LEAD Behavioral Health Technician-Evening and Night shifts

Behavioral Health TechFull-Time

Listed compensation

$19.5-$25.5/hr

The week · per this posting · weekdays assumed

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Posted 18m ago · Verified live

Job Description

Responsibilities

Highlands Behavioral Health System is an 86 bed, acute care psychiatric hospital located in Littleton, CO. Highlands features individual units for adolescents, adults, and seniors, and offers inpatient acute care, partial hospitalization, and intensive outpatient programs.

Website: highlandsbhs.com.

The Lead Tech is responsible for planning and implementing activity services for assigned program, which involves defining and implementing treatment goals as a member of the treatment team and provide continuous patient care, observation, interaction, and role modeling to patients under the direction of the CNO. This position functions as an integral part in the training of behavioral health technicians.

Benefit Highlights

  • Tuition and Educational Reimbursement Program.
  • Student Loan Repayment Program.
  • Challenging and rewarding work environment
  • Career development opportunities within UHS and its Subsidiaries
  • Competitive Compensation & Generous Paid Time Off
  • Excellent Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Drug Plans
  • Discounts on pet insurance, automotive insurance & homeowners insurance
  • 401(K) with company match and discounted stock plan
  • Career development opportunities within UHS and its Subsidiaries

SoFi Student Loan Refinancing Program

  • More information is available on our Benefits Guest Website:benefits.uhsguest.com
  • Shift Hours: 8-hour shifts (7am - 3:30pm)

Questions or concerns? Contact the Human Resources department at HIGHLANDSBHSHumanResourceContact@uhsinc.com.

Screening of applications begins immediately and continues until the position is filled.

Qualifications

Education: High School Degree or equivalent, required.

Experience

One year of related experience, with knowledge of psychiatric patient care techniques with understanding of mental illness, preferred. At least one year of experience training and developing other staff members in psychiatric patient care techniques or at least one year of experience performing similar duties at Highlands Behavioral Health System preferred.

About Universal Health Services

One of the nation’s largest and most respected providers of hospital and healthcare services, Universal Health Services, Inc. (NYSE: UHS) has built an impressive record of achievement and performance, growing since its inception into a Fortune 500 corporation.

Headquartered in King of Prussia, PA, UHS has 99,000 employees. Through its subsidiaries, UHS operates 28 acute care hospitals, 331 behavioral health facilities, 60 outpatient and other facilities in 39 U.S. States, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom.

EEO Statement

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Key Skills

Activity planningTreatment goal implementationPatient observationStaff trainingMental illness knowledgeBehavioral health support

Behavioral Health Career Context

Of the 40 active Behavioral Health listings this role was benchmarked against, 78% have no call, 57% require no weekends.

Behavioral Health pay on WeekdayDoc is down 3.9% vs. the prior quarter (through Oct 2026).

Behavioral Health by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Listed pay$41k–$53kBehavioral Health median $45k (middle half $41k–$52k)26 comparable listings, Nov 2026
Cost-of-living adjusted pay~$45k in purchasing powerColorado index 103.1 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Behavioral Health listings in Colorado37 active1,198 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 78% no call · 57% no weekends40 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentloan repaymentUS healthcare professional listings (all specialties): 5% state a sign-on bonus (median $3k) · 13% offer loan repayment1,000 active listings, Nov 2026
New Behavioral Health listings812 in the last 30 days472 the 30 days before (+72%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Behavioral Health pay trend−3.9% 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.

Top Behavioral Health Tech Jobs

23 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution

23 jobs · 20 employers
11
<$45k
9
$45k-55k
2
$55k-65k
1
$72k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

15 jobs
401k / retirement match
100% this job
Loan repayment
20% this job
CME allowance
20%
PSLF eligible
20%
Sign-on bonus
13%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

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$23.28-$34.63/hr
#2

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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 1,204 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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About UHS

Hospitals and Health Care
Aiken, South Carolina
501-1,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Tuition and Educational Reimbursement Program
Student Loan Repayment Program
Generous Paid Time Off
Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Drug Plans
401(K) with company match and discounted stock plan
SoFi Student Loan Refinancing Program
Discounts on pet, automotive, and homeowners insurance

Living in Highlands Ranch

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$609k
Typical market rent
$2,559/mo
Residents’ average commute
24 min
State income tax
Up to 4.4%
Sources & methodology

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

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