About Us:
Clear Behavioral Health is dedicated to supporting individuals facing mental health and substance use challenges through compassionate, holistic, and evidence-based care. We provide a full continuum of services, including detox, dual diagnosis treatment, residential and outpatient programs, and specialized mental health services, all delivered by a multidisciplinary team of experienced clinicians and support professionals. Our person-centered approach focuses on treating the whole individual, while empowering clients with the tools, structure, and support needed to achieve long-term recovery and lasting stability.
Summary of Position
As a Medical Technician, you will support medication adherence under the supervision of the Program Manager or Program Director. You will serve as a liaison between clients and medical staff while ensuring compliance with medication policies, ethical standards, and documentation protocols.
Job Duties and Responsibilities:
- Ensures client's medications are being taken in a timely fashion as ordered by the doctor.
- Supervise clients' self-administration of medications, ensuring compliance with physician orders.
- Audit and monitor client charts and the Medication Administration Record (MAR) in the KIPU system.
- Conduct regular medication counts to verify accuracy and staff adherence to protocols.
- Communicate medication changes with physicians and pharmacies as needed.
- Handling pharmacy payments with current and past clients.
- Record all prescribed medications entering the facility and dispense over-the-counter medications, logging per protocol.
- Coordinate timely ordering, pickup, and drop-off of medications from approved pharmacies.
- Safely store and dispose of discontinued or discharged clients' medications according to facility policies, completing required reports.
- Record all prescribed medication that enters the house/office.
- Process pharmacy payments for current and former clients, ensuring accurate billing and reconciliation.
- Dispense over-the-counter medications as needed, and record in required log.
- Document patient care services in the electronic medical record.
- Perform light housekeeping tasks (e.g., cleaning, sanitizing, laundry) in detox houses to maintain a safe and orderly environment.
- Take and record vital signs as required.
- Observe and monitor client behavior, intervening based on individual treatment plans, schedules, and facility needs.
- Provide 1:1 supervision for at-risk clients (e.g., those with suicidal ideation or Against Treatment Advice (ATA) risks) as directed by the supervisor.
- Support ATA prevention through 1:1 counseling, notifying the assigned counselor, and immediately reporting to a supervisor when clients express intent to leave.
- Coordinate milieu treatment with counseling staff through client records, staff communication, and meetings.
- Maintain the staff shift log, including check-in/check-out times and a summary of shift events.
- Supervises self-administration of client medications.
- Follows emergency procedures exactly (including paging protocol, etc.)
- Assist with other tasks as assigned by the Program Director or designated supervisor.
Minimum Qualifications/Requirements:
- 1 year of experience working with mental health or dual diagnosis(preferred).
- Must be able to obtain a CPR/First Aid certification
- Must be able to pass TB or X-Ray clearance.
- Valid EMT,MA, or CNA certification.
- Clean background check/ability to pass livescan.
Pay: $21.00 - $24.00 per hour
Schedules(3 schedule options available):
Overnight(11pm-7:30am):
- Sunday-Thursday(40 hours) or Sunday through Wednesday(32 hours per week)
- Thursday through Monday(40 hours per week) or Friday-Monday(32 hours per week)
Swing(230pm-11pm):
3. Sunday, Monday, and Friday(24 hours per week)