Mental Health Tech, FT
Saint Louis, MOFull-time$17.62–27.85/hrSeen 2 days agoSeen in employer's feed 2 days ago
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Job overview
The Mental Health Tech provides personal care, comfort, and treatment support to psychiatric patients under the direction of a registered nurse. The role includes assisting with daily needs, supporting nursing care, helping with admissions and procedures, performing clerical tasks, and collecting specimens. The position is full-time with rotating day and night shifts and requires three weeks of weekday training.
Skills & qualifications
Skills
Qualifications
Benefits
Full job description
City/State: Saint Louis, Missouri
Categories: Clinical Services and Support
Job Status: Full-Time
Req ID : 118195
Pay Range: $17.62 – $27.85 / hour (Salary or hourly rate is based on job qualifications and relevant work experience)
Additional Information About the Role
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Must be able to attend three weeks of Training (M-F 8am- 5pm)
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Full Time, 3 - 12 hour shifts
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Rotating Shift: Days/ Nights
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Benefit Eligible
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Holiday and Weekend Rotation
Additional Preferred Requirements
Overview
St. Louis Children’s Hospital is dedicated to improving the health and lives of children. As one of the top-ranked children’s hospitals in the country, St. Louis Children’s provides care in more than 50 specialty areas through a dedicated team of physicians, nurses, staff and volunteers. Along with inpatient and outpatient medical care, the hospital offers education, wellness and injury-prevention programs to fulfill its mission to “do what’s right for kids.”
Providing comprehensive, high-quality care and serving as an advocate for children has been St. Louis Children’s commitment since its inception in 1879. Today, the hospital serves patients and families across a 300-mile service area, and has seen patients from all 50 states and more than 80 countries.
St. Louis Children’s consistently ranks among America’s Best Children’s Hospitals by U.S.News & World Report in all surveyed categories. In 2021, St. Louis Children’s was one of eight children’s hospitals to rank in the top 25 of all 10 specialties. The hospital’s academic and physician partner, Washington University School of Medicine, is one of the top-ranked medical schools in the United States. Since 2005, St. Louis Children’s has been designated as a Magnet® hospital for nursing excellence from the American Nurses Credentialing Center® (ANCC).
Preferred Qualifications
Role Purpose
Responsible for performing necessary services in caring for the personal needs, comfort and treatment of psychiatric patients under the direction of the registered nurse.
Responsibilities
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Assists patients with daily hygiene including personal care direction, assists with physical activity, meets patients’ nutritional needs, and documents activities as required.
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Implements direct patient care under the supervision of a nurse.
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Assists nurses with admissions and discharges, and assists nurses and doctors with treatments, procedures and examinations.
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Performs general clerical tasks.
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Collects and records specimens, including phlebotomy.
Minimum Requirements
Education
- High School Diploma or GED
Experience
- <2 years
Supervisor Experience
- No Experience
Preferred Requirements
Education
- Associate's Degree
Experience
- 2-5 years
Benefits and Legal Statement
BJC Total Rewards
At BJC we’re committed to providing you and your family with benefits and resources to help you manage your physical, emotional, social and financial well-being.
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Comprehensive medical, dental, vison, life insurance, and legal services available first day of the month after hire date
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Disability insurance* paid for by BJC
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Annual 4% BJC Automatic Retirement Contribution
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401(k) plan with BJC match
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Tuition Assistance available on first day
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BJC Institute for Learning and Development
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Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
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Paid Time Off benefit combines vacation, sick days, holidays and personal time
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Adoption assistance
To learn more, go to our Benefits Summary (https://assets.jibecdn.com/prod/bjc/0.0.331/assets/2026%20Benefits%20Summary\_Final.pdf) .
*Not all benefits apply to all jobs
The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees in this position. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. Equal Opportunity Employer
How this job compares
Set against the 3,471 open Patient Care jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 31, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$17.62–27.85/hr
- Missouri median$24–42/hr37 hourly ranges
- US median$24–33/hr1,944 hourly ranges
This range's midpoint, $22.74/hr, is 27% below the Missouri median midpoint ($31/hr) — in the middle half of Patient Care hourly ranges in Missouri.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 72 open Patient Care jobs in Missouri and 3,471 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Missouri
- CVS Health22 open
- SSM Health14 open
- BJC HealthCare (this employer)9 open
- Experience
- Patient Care postings that state a minimum ask for 1 year of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 2 years (889 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a high school diploma; 2,061 of the 3,471 open Patient Care jobs (59%) ask for a high school diploma or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 31, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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