Psychiatric Technician (FT) Job at Lifeways, Inc.
Job Title: Psychiatric Technician
Supervisor: Charge RN
Accountable to: Director of Nursing
Department: Nursing
Required Education: High School Diploma or GED. MANDT Certification, and CPR Certifications within 90 days of hire date. Must speak, read, and write legibly in English.
Job Responsibilities: Provide a safe caring environment for all patients, while being cognizant of their individual psychiatric and medical diagnoses. Performs other tasks as assigned. Follows direction/ assignment as given by charge RN.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Report on time for shift, and leave on time.
- Receive report from the off- going shift.
- Makes rounds and assists patients for the day/ night shift- routine.
- Keep patient rooms clean and neat, report housekeeping concerns to housekeeper.
- Be aware of maintenance issues and report to maintenance department via work- order.
- Leading groups as scheduled after being trained.
- Communicate and document group attendance.
- Report all mood, behavior and medical concerns to the charge nurse.
- Admit patients by orientating them, inventorying belongings, and helping them feel safe and secure.
- Discharge patients by checking for inventoried items to be returned. Report any missing items.
- Take patients to the patio for smoke breaks, and maintain safety and security.
- Attend staff meetings and in- services to stay informed of staff issues and remain current in required education.
- Monitor patients as assigned for higher level of observation (1:1, Line of Sight, Q 15) ensuring their safety
Psychiatric Technician Skills and Qualifications:
- Time Management: Learn to complete all tasks in a timely manner. Assist others when time allows so everyone completes their assignment on time.
- Organization: Learns unit routines and develops a systematic plan for admitting and evaluating the psychiatric needs of patients. Takes breaks and lunch as scheduled. Helps others and works in a congenial caring manner.
- Attention to Detail: Learns required charting and completes all chart entities and signatures. Follows medical record standards for documentation.
Quality Focus:
- Maintains patients in a clean, safe, and protective environment.
- Communicates about patients with RN.
- Keeps all records out of the line of sight of patients and visitors. Keeps phone conversations private so patients cannot hear.
- Works with all staff to achieve improved patient outcomes.
Professionalism: Maintains a professional appearance and cautious demeanor while at work. Respects staff and patients; does not spread gossip. Maintains a good community relationship. Speaks well of Safe Haven when away from work, and acts in professional manner.
Productivity: Works in an efficient, purposeful manner, completes all assigned tasks. Helps the nurses on the unit so it may run smoothly, at an optimal level.
Thoroughness: Performs those tasks for which they are trained. Checks and re-checks their work and charts for precision and completeness. Writes legibly.
Coordination: Works with other psychiatric techs and nurses to ensure high quality care is delivered, in a secure, safe, clean and pleasant environment.
Reporting Skills: Informs the charge nurse of all irregularities or problems with patients.
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