Psychiatric Technician - New River Valley Medical Center
at Carilion Clinic
Christiansburg, VA 24073, USA -
Start Date | Expiry Date | Salary | Posted On | Experience | Skills | Telecommute | Sponsor Visa |
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Immediate | 13 Nov, 2024 | Not Specified | 16 Aug, 2024 | N/A | Good communication skills | No | No |
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Description:
As a member of the multidisciplinary team, the Psychiatric Technician assists with ensuring the safety of adults and children with mental illness on acute psychiatric hospital unit. Responsibilities include: delivery of patient care, providing assistance with activities of daily living, provides secretarial support, leads goals/wrap up groups, and direct/lead code secures activities. Actively participates with all unit activities providing support as indicated. Functions as a team member reporting appropriate observations, information, while maintaining a safe therapeutic milieu.
The job duties of the Psychiatric Technician include, but are not limited to, the following.
- Assists with observing the patients and reporting any unusual circumstances to licensed nurse.
- Organizes, prioritizes and provides nursing care in accordance with unit standards.
- Completes the admission/discharge process and documentation according to unit standards in chart/EMR.
- Admissions are greeted, made comfortable, oriented to unit routines and safety precautions within 15 minutes of arrival on the unit.
- Call lights and telephones are answered promptly and basic patient needs are met, whether assigned patient or not.
- Patient safety rounds are conducted every 15 minutes or according to unit policy.
- Performs activities of daily living and assists with meeting nutritional needs of patients.
- Provides patient treatments as delegated such as EKG’s, Blood Glucose testing, I&O, enemas, etc.
- Is a patient advocate, protector of patient’s rights and provider of psychological/social/cultural support. Treats patients with respect and dignity. Calls patient by name, provides privacy, etc. Uses system resources to meet patient’s cultural and disability needs.
- Provides patients and their families with appropriate information and care in a timely manner.
- Organizes and leads daily goals/wrap up groups. Reports to licensed nurse any issues or concerns by patients verbalized or written in groups.
Responsibilities:
- Assists with observing the patients and reporting any unusual circumstances to licensed nurse.
- Organizes, prioritizes and provides nursing care in accordance with unit standards.
- Completes the admission/discharge process and documentation according to unit standards in chart/EMR.
- Admissions are greeted, made comfortable, oriented to unit routines and safety precautions within 15 minutes of arrival on the unit.
- Call lights and telephones are answered promptly and basic patient needs are met, whether assigned patient or not.
- Patient safety rounds are conducted every 15 minutes or according to unit policy.
- Performs activities of daily living and assists with meeting nutritional needs of patients.
- Provides patient treatments as delegated such as EKG’s, Blood Glucose testing, I&O, enemas, etc.
- Is a patient advocate, protector of patient’s rights and provider of psychological/social/cultural support. Treats patients with respect and dignity. Calls patient by name, provides privacy, etc. Uses system resources to meet patient’s cultural and disability needs.
- Provides patients and their families with appropriate information and care in a timely manner.
- Organizes and leads daily goals/wrap up groups. Reports to licensed nurse any issues or concerns by patients verbalized or written in groups
REQUIREMENT SUMMARY
Min:N/AMax:5.0 year(s)
Hospital/Health Care
Pharma / Biotech / Healthcare / Medical / R&D
Health Care
Graduate
Proficient
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Christiansburg, VA 24073, USA