Mental Health Technician Regular Pool
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Job overview
The Mental Health Technician provides direct care to psychiatric inpatients under the supervision of a Registered Nurse. The role monitors and observes patients to support their safety and well-being, promotes communication and therapeutic relationships, and assists with physical care under RN direction. The position is at Northside Behavioral Health Center in Tampa and is listed as a regular pool role.
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Full job description
At BayCare, we are proud to be one of the largest employers in the Tampa Bay area. Our network consists of 16 community-based hospitals, a long-term acute care facility, home health services, outpatient centers and thousands of physicians. With the support of more than 30,000 team members, we promote a forward-thinking philosophy that’s built on a foundation of trust, dignity, respect, responsibility and clinical excellence.
Summary:
Provides direct patient care to psychiatric inpatients under the direct Supervision of a Registered Nurse. Provides ongoing monitoring and observation of patients to Ensure safety and well-being. Promotes communication and therapeutic relationships with patients. Assists with physical care under the direction of a RN.
Minimum Qualifications:
Other information:
North Bay Recovery Center (NBRC), Integrated Stabilization Unit (ISU), St. Joseph's Hospital Behavioral Health Center (SJH-BHC) and St. Joseph's Hospital North (SJHN) locations only: Requires use of tight-fitting respirator (TB-Asbestos-Etc). Essential 40% of the time.
Education:
Essential:
- Education Information in Comments
Education equivalent experience:
Essential:
- Required - High School or Equivalent; Or - Associates - Healthcare; Or - Associates - Psychology; Preferred - Bachelors - Psychology; Preferred - Bachelors - Healthcare
Credentials:
Essential:
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Basic Life Support
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Drivers License
Nonessential:
- Certified Nursing Assistant
Credential equivalent experience:
Essential:
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Required - BLS (Basic Life Support); Required - Driver's License - If applicable; Preferred - CNA (Nursing Assistant); Preferred - Patient Care Technician
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Required - BLS (Basic Life Support); Required - Driver's License - If applicable; Preferred - CNA (Nursing Assistant); Preferred - Patient Care Technician
Nonessential:
- Required - BLS (Basic Life Support); Required - Driver's License - If applicable; Preferred - CNA (Nursing Assistant); Preferred - Patient Care Technician
Experience:
Nonessential:
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Emergency Medical Technician
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Healthcare
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Paramedic
Facility:
BayCare Health System, Srt-NSBH
Location: Northside Behavioral Hlth Ctr
Status: Pool, Exempt: No
Shift Hours: 6:45am- 7:15 pm
Shift: Shift 1
Shift 1 = Days, 2 = Evenings, 3 = Nights, 4 = Varies
Weekend Work: None
On Call: No
How often will this team member be working remotely? Never
Equal Opportunity Employer Veterans/Disabled
Position Mental Health Technician Regular Pool
Location Tampa:Northside Behavioral Hlth | Clinical | Pool
Req ID 172886
How this job compares
Set against the 3,486 open Patient Care jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 31, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- US median$68–90K/yr170 salary ranges
- Florida median$24–42/hr130 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 198 open Patient Care jobs in Florida and 3,486 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Florida
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- 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 (888 postings).
- Education
- 619 of the 3,486 open Patient Care jobs (18%) ask for a bachelor's degree 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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