Psychiatric Technician | Casual | Behavioral Health Unit

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED from an accredited institution
• Sixteen college credit hours in the Human Services Field is desired
• Knowledge of the basic sciences underlying psychiatric care, psychology, sociology or social work is a plus
• Experience working in the mental health field is preferred
• Must be able to establish therapeutic interactions with patients

Responsibilities

• Provides therapeutic patient care
• Has 1-1 interaction with all assigned patients
• Runs groups and maintains accurate documentation
• Affords assistance in creating an environment that is clean, neat and conducive to patient care in activities of daily living
• Affords assistance in doing personal laundry and taking care of all their daily ADLs as needed
• Answers the door and phone on the Unit following Unit policies ensuring patient confidentiality
• Affords assistance in all activities of the unit as needed
• Does patient rounds on time according to the level of safety and immediately reports any safety concerns to the RN
• Affords assistance in a program of scheduled activities for patient population, which may include task completion, daily living skills, self-esteem/confidence, group cohesion, leisure skills, reality orientation, and communication
• Ensures patients participate in setting daily goals, self-assessments and Discharge Safety Plans
• Demonstrates the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care based on the physical, psychosocial, educational, safety, and diagnosis of the patients
• Maintains documentation that is clear, accurate, and complete in all areas
• Ensures the privacy and confidentiality of protected health information at all times, sharing confidential information only with those who have a need to know in order to perform their jobs