SUPV – MENTAL HEALTH TECHS – Lakeside Behavioral Health System – Memphis, TN

Lakeside Behavioral Health System provides an excellent opportunity for those seeking to be part of a team-oriented and compassionate organization. Our staff tell us that our team is their number one reason for working at Lakeside, although we offer competitive compensation, excellent comprehensive benefits, opportunities for advancement, tuition assistance, and paid time off.

Since 1969, Lakeside has been the premier provider of specialized behavioral health and addictive disease services in the Memphis and Mid-South region. The 365-bed facility is one of the largest free-standing psychiatric hospitals in the United States. We are located on a serene 37-acre campus in northeast Shelby County, serving as the setting for the treatment for children, adolescents, young adults, adults, and seniors. Lakeside’s comprehensive programs treat disorders such as bipolar disorder, psychological trauma, depression and anxiety, mental illnesses, and addictive disease disorders such as alcoholism, drug addiction and substance abuse.

Job Description

The Milieu Supervisor is responsible for the supervision and safety of patients by Community Counselors on the West unit. The Milieu Supervisor creates a safe environment for patients, saves lives, when necessary, provides hope, empowers patients, and teaches new tools for staff to use when working with patients. The Milieu Supervisor provides direct patient care under the supervision of the Director of Nursing. Primary responsibilities include the supervision of CC’s, ensuring a safe and therapeutic milieu, crisis intervention, individual/family education groups, and ensuring all patients attend to their activities of daily living.

The Milieu Supervisor also ensures that the program schedule set in place by the Program Director is adhered to by staff. The Milieu Supervisor will serve as a liaison between Social Services, Nursing Services, and Medical Staff Services. Additionally, the Milieu Supervisor will work with all Nursing staff to ensure Special Behavioral Treatment Plans are carried out as written by the treatment team.

The Milieu Supervisor will function as a staff-development trainer, sharing expert techniques and strategies with core and prn staff. This will include demonstrating effective crisis-management skills, taking proactive steps to prevent crises on the units when warning signs become evident, and provide a coach-to-team approach of problem-solving on the units. Additionally, the Milieu Supervisor will be responsible for recognizing nursing team members who need additional training with therapeutic techniques/skills and provide intentional redirection and oversight to help improve such skills.

This opportunity provides the following:

• UHS is challenging and rewarding work environment
• Growth and development opportunities within UHS and its subsidiaries
• Competitive Compensation
• Excellent Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Drug Plan for full-time and part-time positions
• 401k plan with company match for full-time and part-time positions
• Generous Paid Time Off

Job Requirements:

Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Special Education, Psychology, or related field preferred.

Experience: Must have 5 – 7 years of experience in hospital or healthcare setting; experience with behavioral health population preferred.

Knowledge: Must possess knowledge of psychiatric group processes, therapeutic relationships processes, age specific growth and development, limit setting and behavior management, crisis management with aggressive behaviors, and CPR training.

For more information, please visit our website at: www.lakesidebhs.com.

Lakeside is part of one of the nation’s largest and most respected hospital companies, Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS). UHS has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Admired Companies by Fortune for 10 years in a row. Headquartered in King of Prussia, PA, UHS has more than 81,000 employees and through its subsidiaries operates more than 320 acute care hospitals, behavioral health facilities and ambulatory centers in the United States, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the United Kingdom.

EEO Statement

All UHS subsidiaries are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates. UHS subsidiaries are equal opportunity employers and as such, openly support and fully commit to recruitment, selection, placement, promotion, and compensation of individuals without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), genetic information, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. We believe that diversity and inclusion among our teammates is critical to our success.

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