Psychiatric Care Specialist

2 weeks ago


Los Angeles, California, United States GATEWAYS HOSPITAL & MENTAL HEALTH CENTER Full time
Job Summary

GATEWAYS HOSPITAL & MENTAL HEALTH CENTER is seeking a skilled Psychiatric Technician to join our team. As a Psychiatric Technician, you will play a vital role in 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, including cleaning and laundry.
  • Implement time out, 1:1 observation per hospital orders.
  • Transport and accompany patients on required hospital appointments.
  • Assist in the orientation of new psychiatric technicians.
  • Work with the treatment team in patient education and achieves treatment goals.
  • Encourage and teach patients personal hygiene and dietary habits, monitors ADLs.
  • Act as a co-leader in patient groups as assigned.
  • Carry out patient teaching projects with the supervision of the Charge Nurse/Supervisor.
  • Implement patient group activities with direction and support of the Charge Nurse/Supervisor.
  • Assist 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.
  • Complete 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.
Requirements
  • 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.
Physical Requirements

To perform this job, you must be able to carry out all essential functions successfully. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the job.

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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