3rd Shift Psychiatric Care Technician
About The Position
The Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (DBHDS) supports individuals by promoting recovery, self-determination, and wellness. This position is at Southern Virginia Mental Health Institute, a 72-bed Joint Commission-accredited state mental health facility in Danville, Virginia. Psychiatric Technicians work directly with patients to help achieve therapeutic goals through activities of daily living, respond to patients’ problems and concerns, encourage participation in activities, intervene in behavioral problems and crisis situations, and promote awareness and coping skills related to judicial controls when required. Patients may become verbally or physically aggressive. The technician must understand and use the least restrictive interventions available under hospital policy and avoid seclusion and restraint whenever possible. The schedule is third shift: two 12-hour shifts from 7:00 p.m. to 7:30 a.m. and two 8-hour shifts from 11:00 p.m. to 7:30 a.m., with a 30-minute meal break. The position works every other weekend and some holidays on a rotating basis, and may require overtime. Third-shift differentials are $2.25 per hour on weekdays and $3.00 per hour on weekends and weekday holidays.
Requirements
- Basic computer skills.
- A valid driver’s license that remains valid throughout employment.
- Ability to follow written and verbal directions.
- Ability to participate physically and mentally in patient treatment and behavior management, including manual tasks, walking, sitting, standing, lifting, seeing, hearing, breathing, learning, writing, and mathematical calculations.
- Ability to lift objects weighing more than 50 pounds.
- Ability to walk and/or stand for at least 75% of the shift.
- Ability to work with patients who may become verbally and/or physically aggressive.
- Ability to work every other weekend and some rotating holidays; overtime may be required.
Nice To Haves
- Experience working in a psychiatric, healthcare, acute care, long-term care, or correctional setting.
- High school diploma or GED.
- Veteran status.
Responsibilities
- Work directly with patients to achieve therapeutic goals through activities of daily living.
- Attend to patients’ problems and concerns and encourage participation in activities.
- Provide intervention for behavioral problems and crisis situations.
- Promote patients’ awareness and coping skills to deal with realities of judicial controls as required.
- Observe, converse with, and listen to patients to distinguish appropriate from inappropriate behavior.
- Interact with patients in a therapeutic manner.
- Monitor and report changes in patients’ medical and psychiatric status.
- Use the least restrictive interventions available under hospital policy and avoid seclusion and restraint whenever possible.
- Complete documentation in an Electronic Health Record after training.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
