Psychiatric Care Specialist
1 week ago
Psychiatric Technician
Job Summary:GATEWAYS HOSPITAL & MENTAL HEALTH CENTER is currently seeking a Psychiatric Technician to join our team. As a Psychiatric Technician, you will be responsible for providing direct and indirect psychiatric care to promote the comfort, safety, and well-being of assigned patients.
Key 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 policies.
- 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.
- 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 - monitors ADLs.
- Acts as a co-leader 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 hands-on.
- 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 in-service 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.
- 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*
- CPI
*Note: If indicated certifications/licenses are lacking, they must be obtained within 180 days of hire.
Working Conditions:- Light work: able to lift a minimum of 25 pounds and occasional exertion (fit to work test may be required)
- Heavy work: able to seclude and restrain patients.
- Approximately 20% of time is spent sitting, while frequently required to walk, stand and bend. Occasionally required to stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. Employee will be required to lift and/or move unassisted up to 25 pounds.
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