Psychiatric Technician - Per Diem

Duties

• 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 doctor’s order.
• Promptly report important unusual patient observations to charge nurse.
• Maintain accurate, legible documentation in dietary sheets, 15-min check sheets, point sheets and contraband sheet.
• Assist in providing clean, comfortable and therapeutic environment- to include cleaning and laundry.
• Transport and accompany patients on required hospital appointments.
• Affords assistance 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- monitors ADLs.
• Acts as a co-leader in patient groups as assigned.
• 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.
• Participates 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 in-service and continuing education classes, on a regular basis to maintain and increased skills.
• Sets up learning opportunities to gain new knowledge/skills which result in continuing quality improvement.
• Sets up appropriate guidance from immediate supervisor to achieve expected outcome.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent.
• Current California State Licensure as a Psychiatric Technician.
• Current CPR Certification.
• One year of experience in a psychiatric setting preferred.