Psychiatric Technician II
6 days ago
Join the County of Los Angeles, CA team as a Psychiatric Technician II and make a difference in the lives of individuals experiencing homelessness. As a key member of our mental health team, you will provide direct and indirect patient care, including helping clients with personal hygiene and taking and recording measures of their physical condition.
Key Responsibilities:
- Observe, evaluate, record, and report changes in client condition to professional staff.
- Provide direct and indirect patient care, including helping clients with personal hygiene and taking and recording measures of their physical condition.
- Implement de-escalation procedures and techniques and aid or restrain clients to prevent injury to themselves or others.
- Participate in planning, executing, and documenting interventions related to the client care plan.
- Participate in multi-disciplinary team conferences to share pertinent client information and collaborate with other mental health staff to develop and manage an effective treatment plan.
- Provide and document mental health services to mentally ill or emotionally disturbed clients as a member of a Psychiatric Mobile Response Team, Clinical Behavioral Management Response Team, Homeless Outreach and Engagement Team, crisis intervention team, or therapeutic team at an outpatient or inpatient facility.
- Administer, either orally or by injection, prescribed medications to clients in acute psychiatric settings.
- Serve as mental health service gatekeeper at the mental health ACCESS and Telecommunication Center, performing triage on caller requests for service, referring caller to an appropriate treatment source, and/or dispatching a mobile response team or an ambulance.
- Contacts ambulance companies when ambulance transport is requested through ACCESS Center or collaboration with directly operated clinics.
- Prepare and sign the application for immediate 72-hour detention of disturbed psychiatric clients if Lanterman-Petris-Short (LPS) designated by the Office of Medical Director, as needed.
- Coordinate all activities of the Psychiatric Mobile Response Team and Clinical Behavioral Management Response Team, including staff coverage and coordination of team services with law enforcement agencies, as needed.
Requirements:
- One year of experience* assisting mental health professionals in the delivery of preventative, therapeutic, and rehabilitative psychiatric services to emotionally disturbed or mentally ill clients at the level of Psychiatric Technician I.
- Possession of a current, active, and unrestricted California State License to practice as a Psychiatric Technician.
Physical Class IV - Arduous: This class involves frequent heavy lifting over 25 pounds, often combined with bending, twisting, or working above ground on irregular surfaces.
License(s) Required:
- Possession of a current, active, and unrestricted California State License to practice as a Psychiatric Technician.
- Some positions in this classification, depending upon assignment, require possession of a valid California Class C Driver License to perform job-related essential functions.
Additional Information:
The County of Los Angeles is a Fair Chance employer. Except as otherwise permissible under applicable laws, you will not be asked to provide information about a conviction history unless you receive a conditional offer of employment. The County will make an individualized assessment of whether your conviction history has a direct or adverse relationship with the specific duties of the job, and will also consider potential mitigating factors, including, but not limited to, evidence and extent of rehabilitation, recency of the offense(s), and age at the time of the offense(s).
Disclaimer: The County of Los Angeles is not responsible or in any way liable for any computer hardware or software malfunction that may affect the employment application or the application selection process.
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