Psychiatric Technician

Great Plains Health•North Platte, NE

10d

About The Position

The Psychiatric Technician assists staff in providing therapeutic, specialized care for patients and their families and/or significant others. The role supports patient safety and daily care in the Behavioral Health Services unit, including assisting with activities of daily living, admissions and discharges, meals, monitoring, documentation, and recreational activities. The technician responds to patients who are assaultive or attempting self-harm using crisis intervention, limit setting, and behavior modification techniques, and participates in staff meetings and required training.

Requirements

High school degree or equivalent.
BLS certification.
Completion of CPI training.
Oxygen certification (Medication Aide Training Hospital based) required within 6 months of hiring, with updates every 2 years.
Knowledge of crisis intervention, limit setting, and behavior modification.
Ability to meet the stated physical demands, including physically helping restrain a patient and occasionally lifting and carrying 50 pounds.

Responsibilities

Assist patients with activities of daily living.
Perform 15-minute safety checks and room checks on all patients; help keep the unit clean and neat.
Assist with admissions and discharges while maintaining patient safety.
Assist patients with food trays at meals and maintain safety in the Dining Room.
Perform accu-checks and vital signs as needed.
Perform patient care responsibilities as directed by the Charge Nurse.
Intervene verbally and physically with patients who are assaultive or attempting to harm themselves, using crisis intervention, limit setting, and behavior modification.
Document 15-minute checks, graphics, restraint flow sheets, I&D flow sheets, patient education, and diabetic flow sheets.
Assist recreational staff with implementation of activities as needed.
Attend and participate in 75% of staff meetings.
Attend 100% of mandatory trainings and in-services.