Licensed Psychiatric Technician, Full-Time Nights, Psychiatric Services
About The Position
The Licensed Psychiatric Technician (LPT) is a licensed clinical team member responsible for providing direct patient care to individuals with acute psychiatric and behavioral health conditions. Working under the supervision of a Registered Nurse, the LPT plays a critical role in maintaining a safe, therapeutic, and recovery-oriented environment. This role is essential to patient safety, behavioral stabilization, and milieu management, supporting patients through crisis, treatment, and recovery while ensuring compliance with all regulatory, legal, and organizational standards. The LPT functions as a frontline behavioral health clinician, actively participating in the interdisciplinary team to promote positive patient outcomes.
Requirements
- Current, active Licensed Psychiatric Technician (LPT) license issued by the California Board of Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians.
- Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification (American Heart Association preferred)
- CPI or equivalent Crisis Prevention/De-escalation training
- Ability to effectively communicate verbally and in writing.
- Ability to deal with difficult situations.
- Strong empathy skills with a commitment to help people with different mental health diagnosis.
- Excellent intrapersonal skills, communication skills and listening skills.
- A strong knowledge and understanding of the theory and practice of psychotherapy.
- Strong knowledge of the role of counseling and treatment of the client.
Nice To Haves
- 2 years experience in an inpatient psychiatric or behavioral health setting
- Experience with high-acuity patients (e.g., involuntary holds, co-occurring disorders)
Responsibilities
- Providing direct patient care to individuals with acute psychiatric and behavioral health conditions.
- Maintaining a safe, therapeutic, and recovery-oriented environment.
- Ensuring patient safety, behavioral stabilization, and milieu management.
- Supporting patients through crisis, treatment, and recovery.
- Ensuring compliance with all regulatory, legal, and organizational standards.
- Functioning as a frontline behavioral health clinician.
- Actively participating in the interdisciplinary team to promote positive patient outcomes.
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits program
- Highly competitive pay structure
- Premium structure for every shift: Base rate paid for the first 8 hours of work in a day, 1.5x overtime pay for hours 8–12 worked in a workday, 2x double-time pay for any hours beyond 12 in a workday.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
