Licensed Psychiatric Technician - Emergency Department - Westwood

Description

The Licensed Psychiatric Technician, under direct supervision of a Registered Nurse, provides nursing care to psychiatric patients by implementing and evaluating the established plan of care; carrying out assigned tasks; working collaboratively with members of the nursing and multidisciplinary team.

Salary: $32.52 - $42.93 Hourly

Qualifications

CPR - BLS through AHA or ARC REQUIRED:

California Psychiatric Technician Licensure REQUIRED:

• At least 6 months experience in a psychiatric inpatient setting or equivalent
• REQUIRED

The Licensed Psychiatric Technician/Senior Licensed Psychiatric Technician must have a working knowledge of:

Group dynamics

Psychological functioning and deviations from normal

Growth and development throughout the life span
Techniques of therapeutic communication
Drug administration
Management of assaultive behavior
Read documents written in standard English text
Write legibly in grammatically correct English
Speak to patients/families and colleagues using appropriate English grammar
Use techniques of therapeutic communication
Observe and report patients’ behavior
Establish written goals and objectives for each activity
Plan and implement individual, large and small group programs/activities
Evaluate patients’ strength and problem areas
Modify and/or adapt group techniques to improve individual and/or group treatment outcomes
Physically participate in patient activities
Physically apply holds, restraints and protective devices
Demonstrated ability to provide individual and group activities to psychiatric patients on an acute psychiatric inpatient