PRN Psychiatric Technician

4 weeks ago

Lafayette, Louisiana, United States Meridian Health Full time

Job Summary:

Meridian Health Services is seeking a PRN Psychiatric Technician to join our team at Riverbend Hospital in Lafayette, Indiana. As a PRN Psychiatric Technician, you will play a vital role in providing high-quality care to our patients. Your primary responsibilities will include attending to clients' personal needs, initiating and assisting with client ADLs, and encouraging clients to participate in treatment, social, leisure, and recreational activities.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Attend to clients' personal needs, including phone calls, clothing, laundry, and exercise
  • Initiate and assist with client ADLs
  • Encourage clients to participate in treatment, social, leisure, and recreational activities
  • Utilize therapeutic skills in interactions with clients, families, and visitors
  • Keep clients informed of their treatment plan objectives and progress
  • Able to set therapeutic guidelines with clients for destructive, disorganized, deviant, dysphoric, or dependent behaviors
  • Demonstrate competency in taking vital signs, obtaining urine specimens, and assisting with nursing tasks under Unit Nurse directions
  • Report accurate information to the Unit Nurse regarding observations, including client behaviors, reactions to illness, medications, detox symptoms, allergic reactions, pain, fall risk, and suicide risk
  • Function within parameters specified by nursing care plans, multi-disciplinary treatment plans, and general therapeutic goals, including cultural and age-specific needs
  • Function as a role model to enhance development of appropriate social skills
  • Communicate in a respectful, clear, and direct manner with all Hospital staff, clients, and visitors
  • Demonstrate clear and therapeutic written communications, including charting, COS report, Kardex, etc
  • Maintain Unit supplies, cleanliness, order, and routines as established by Hospital, Program, and nursing policy and procedure
  • Complete psychiatric technician responsibilities for admission and discharge correctly and thoroughly
  • Inform supervisor, coworkers, and treatment team members of all concerns, interactions, and/or behaviors of clients' welfare
  • Demonstrate knowledge of safety/security issues, including P.I's, C.O.'s, locked doors, closets, cupboards, emergency codes, CPI/restraints (physical/verbal)
  • Effectively conduct Unit/Room searches and scheduled Unit rounds, and recognize the importance of interventions
  • Maintain awareness of potential risks for clients/staff, including privilege levels and need for supervision/monitoring (C.O.'s, 1:1, Constant Eye, etc)
  • Notify appropriate departments, supervisors, Unit nurse, treatment team members of potential hazards to client, staff, and/or visitors
  • Take appropriate measures to intervene in client risky behaviors (Suicidal, elopement, aggression, etc), with Hospital-approved verbal/physical skills
  • Read and sign off on all Observations sheets, Assignment sheet tasks, and other checklist binder entries
  • Document specific detailed observations, behaviors, and interventions on assigned patients
  • Document vital signs, height, weight, participation in electronic health record of assigned patients efficiently and in a timely manner
  • Competent in electronic health record documentation
  • Demonstrate proper Universal Precautions and infectious control protocols
  • Respond to codes and participate at level of training and experience
  • Maintain required certifications for position and Units (CPR, Age Specific Competencies, etc)
  • Attend and participate in mandatory in-services
  • Demonstrate attendance and punctuality within Hospital guidelines
  • Participate in and assist with Activity Therapy sessions on Units
  • Understand and observe confidentiality
  • Perform other duties as assigned

Requirements:

  • Graduate of an accredited high school or its equivalent
  • At least 18 years of age at completion of orientation

Benefits:

  • Welcome Bonus of $500
  • Health, dental, vision plans
  • Merit-Based Compensation Plan
  • 401k with company contribution
  • Voluntary benefits, including critical illness, short-term disability, etc
  • Generous PTO plan
  • Wellness plan
  • Professional development funds
  • Life balance-oriented organization

Meridian Health Services is an Equal Opportunity Employer (M/F/D/V) and also participates in E-Verify. We recommend that all individuals who join Meridian have a flu shot and Covid vaccination to further protect our staff and the patients we serve. We also adhere to Covid-related protocol, including wearing masks, social distancing, and sanitizing.

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