Psychiatric Technician Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Associate's degree
• 1-year of experience in a human services field Or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Responsibilities

• Assists in the nursing care of the mentally ill by implementing various types of psychiatric treatment plans for groups of patients, including group interventions.
• Delivers health care services to patients and their families according to the interdisciplinary treatment plan.
• Independently implements the interdisciplinary treatment plan for an assigned group of patients, including group interventions.
• Revises and modifies plan in response to changes in patient and alterations in therapeutic approach; participates in planning conferences.
• Integrates multidisciplinary approaches to complete patient assessments and coordinate health care services across the continuum.
• Demonstrates problem solving and critical thinking skills in developing health care interventions.
• Participates in various therapeutic activities such as role playing, behavior modification, modeling, reality orientation, etc.
• Collaborates with patients, family members and the interdisciplinary treatment team to deliver quality services.
• Participates in ongoing staff development programs, workshops and seminars.
• Implements orientation and training for peer staff development, including the orientation and training of new Psychiatric Technicians.
• Participates in unit-based research and quality improvement, involving data collection and documentation of patient and family services.
• Records relevant data and reports data to appropriate staff.
• Performs other duties as assigned by Registered Nurse.