• Per Diem Licensed Psychiatric Technician…

    UCLA Health (Los Angeles, CA)


    Description

    The Licensed Psychiatric Technician, under direct supervision of a Registered Nurse, provides nursing care to psychiatric patients by implementing and evaluating the established plan of care; carrying out assigned tasks; working collaboratively with members of the nursing and multidisciplinary team.

     

    Salary: $39.40 - $39.40 Hourly

    Qualifications

    BLS - Required

     

    Psychiatric Technician Licensure - Required

     

    At least 6 months experience in a psychiatric

     

    inpatient setting or equivalent - Required

    The Licensed Psychiatric Technician/Senior Licensed Psychiatric Technician must have a working knowledge of:

    + Group dynamics

    + Psychological functioning and deviations from normal

    + Growth and development throughout the life span

    + Techniques of therapeutic communication

    + Drug administration

    + Management of assaultive behavior

    + CPR

    + Joint Commission

    + HIPAA

    + Read documents written in standard English text. Write legibly in grammatically correct English

    + Speak to patients/families and colleagues using appropriate English grammar

    + Hear ordinary conversation and other sounds in both face-to-face situations as well as in groups

    + Use the problem solving process

    + Collaborate with members of the multidisciplinary team

    + Use techniques of therapeutic communication

    + Observe and report patients' behavior

    + Establish written goals and objectives for each activity

    + Plan and implement individual, large and small group programs/activities

    + Evaluate patients' strength and problem areas

    + Modify and/or adapt group techniques to improve individual and/or group treatment outcomes

    + Physically participate in patient activities. Physically apply holds, restraints and protective devices

    + Demonstrated ability to provide individual and group activities to psychiatric patients on an acute psychiatric inpatient

     

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