Psychiatric Technician - Los Angeles, United States - Gateways Hospital & Mental Health Center
Description
Psychiatric Technician - Part-time
Gateways Hospital & Mental Health Center Patient Care Services
SUMMARY OF POSITION:
The Psychiatric Technician performs direct and indirect psychiatric care to promote the comfort, safety and well-being of assigned patients as authorized by established hospital policy and procedure.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Perform direct basic nursing care to promote comfort and safety of patient per hospital policies.
- Demonstrate ability to perform CPR, seclusion and restraint per hospital polices.
- Accurately measure and record height, weight, temp, pulse, blood pressure, intake and output per doctors order.
- Promptly report important unusual patient observations to charge nurse.
- Maintain accurate, legible documentation in dietary sheets, 15min check sheets, point sheets and contraband sheet.
- Assist in providing clean, comfortable and therapeutic environment
- Implement time out, 1:1 observation per hospital orders
- Transport and accompany patients on required hospital appointments.
- Assists in the orientation of new psychiatric technicians.
- Works with the treatment team in patient education and achieves treatment goals.
- Encourages and teaches the patient personal hygiene and dietary habits
- Acts as a coleader in patient groups as assigned.
- Carries out patient teaching projects with the supervision of the Charge Nurse/Supervisor.
- Implements patient group activities with direction and support of the Charge Nurse/Supervisor.
- Assists in the Management of disturbed and potentially assaultive patients; responds to calls for assistance in emergencies may require handson.
- Responds to hospital emergency codes: Code Red, Code Blue, Code Gray, Code Triage, Code Silver and Dr. Emergy Code.
- Completes all tasks in a prompt, accurate manner.
- Willing and able to work independently.
- Exercises good judgment, objective and able to arrive at sound conclusions.
- Participate in unit patient care conferences and staff development program to improve patient care, skills and knowledge.
- Conducts in service classes with the guidance of the Charge Nurse/Supervisor.
- Represents the unit at interdisciplinary team meetings.
- Attends inservice and continuing education classes, on a regular basis to maintain and increased skills.
- Seeks learning opportunities to gain new knowledge/skills which result in continuing quality improvement.
- Seeks appropriate guidance from immediate supervisor to achieve expected outcome.
EXPERIENCE/QUALIFICATIONS:
- Six months experience in an adult and/or adolescent inpatient psychiatric unit; May include up to six (6) months experience on an inpatient chemical dependency unit.
- Experience with involuntary patients.
- Experience with the Management Of Aggressive Behavior and seclusion and restraints.
EDUCATION:
Minimum Education Required:
- Psychiatric Technician Certification
Desired Education:
- Actively working toward additional credentials (e.g. Associate, Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, LPT/LVN or RN license)
DESIRED EXPERIENCE, CERTIFICATIONS AND LICENSURE:
- Experience with involuntary patients.
- Experience with Management Of Aggressive Behavior (M.O.A.B) also seclusion and restraints.
ESSENTIAL SKILLS:
- Basic understanding of legal aspects of mental health including confidentiality, holds, probable cause hearings, and patients rights.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills, leadership skills.
- Ability to communicate effectively in English both verbally and in writing.
- Proven ability to work with adolescent and adult patients
- Operate select equipment.
- Basic physical assessment skills
- Understanding of individual, group, and family psychotherapy
- Must demonstrate ability to act as coleader in a patient group
- Ability to conduct in service education class with supervision
- Ability to plan and carry out patient teaching projects and to plan/implement patient group activities
NON-ESSENTIAL SKILLS:
- Understanding of individual, group, and family psychotherapy
- Knowledge of Spanish or other languages spoken in the community
REQUIREMENTS
- Must pass Department of Justice (DOJ), Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI), and Community Care Licensing (CCL) background clearance.
- TB clearance.
- California Drivers License.
- Driving record acceptable for coverage by Gateways insurance carrier.
- Fire and Safety Training*.
- CPR Certification
- Management Of Aggressive Behavior* (M.O.A.B)
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
- To perform this job you must be able to carry out all essential functions successfully. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the job.
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