Psychiatric Technician Lead

5 days ago

Bangor, Maine, United States Northern Light Health Full time
Job Title: Psychiatric Technician Lead

Join Northern Light Health, a leading healthcare organization in Maine, as a Psychiatric Technician Lead. In this role, you will be part of a dynamic team that provides comprehensive behavioral health services to patients across the state.

About the Role:

The Psychiatric Technician Lead is a key member of the interdisciplinary team, working under the direction of the Nurse Manager. Your primary responsibility will be to create a safe and therapeutic environment for patients, supporting them in achieving their treatment goals. You will also mentor and guide employees, facilitating ongoing educational and growth opportunities.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Mentor and guide employees to enhance their skills and knowledge
  • Facilitate monthly Psychiatric Technician meetings to promote collaboration and communication
  • Work alongside the Registered Nurse to ensure treatment plan interventions are carried out by direct care staff
  • Support and assist with organizing and preparing groups based on patient population needs
  • Collaborate with Nurse, Charge Nurse, Assistant Nurse Manager, and Nurse Manager to ensure unit safety practices and policies are adhered to
  • Serve as unit safety representative and ensure environmental safety is adhered to and identify areas needing improvement
  • Perform and maintain audits at the direction of the Nurse Manager
  • Collaborate with unit leadership to devise and implement guidelines and protocols
Requirements:
  • High School Diploma or General Educational Development (GED) required; Associate's Degree preferred
Working Conditions:
  • Potential exposure to abusive and/or aggressive people
  • Potential exposure to diseases or infections
  • Potential exposure to hazardous materials
  • Potential exposure to noise levels being uncomfortable
  • Potential exposure to noxious odors
  • Potential exposure to very hot or cold temperatures
  • Work with computers, typing, reading, or writing
  • Work beyond the regularly scheduled hours
  • Extend body and limbs to reach items
  • Prolonged periods of kneeling
  • Alternate shift schedules (day, evening, nights, weekends)
  • Prolonged periods of standing
  • Prolonged periods of walking
  • Prolonged periods of sitting
  • Lifting, moving, and loading less than 20 pounds
  • Lifting, moving, and loading 20 to 30 pounds
About Northern Light Health:

Northern Light Health is a broad behavioral health delivery system centrally managed from its location in Bangor, Maine. We are a leader in providing comprehensive inpatient and outpatient services, tele-psychiatry, consultations to regional emergency departments, school-based and employer-based services, and integration into primary and specialty care practices.

We offer innovative programming in the form of eating disorder services and a geriatric mood and memory clinic, which is involved in multiple clinical trials for promising Alzheimer's medications. Our hospital is also the parent organization of Northern Light Acadia Healthcare, which provides a substance use disorder treatment program, case management, and other outpatient mental health services serving patients from all corners of Maine.

We are committed to achieving Center of Excellence status in the delivery of behavioral health services and are a member of Northern Light Health, an integrated statewide health delivery system that is raising the bar with no-nonsense solutions that are leading the way to a healthier future for our state.

Bangor, Maine is a vibrant small city with easy access to Maine's spectacular coast, mountains, and lakes. Schools rank among New England's best with the flagship campus of the University of Maine located in the neighboring town of Orono. Bangor serves as the regional hub for medicine, the arts, and commerce. Bangor International Airport offers direct and one-stop service to many major destinations.

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