Licensed Psychiatric Technician - Emergency Department - Westwood

Job Title

Licensed Psychiatric Technician

Work Location

Los Angeles, CA, USA

Work Schedule

Onsite or Remote Fully On-Site Work Schedule Nights: 7pm-7:30am including weekends and holidays

Salary Range

$32.52 - 42.93 Hourly

Employment Type

2 - Staff: Career Duration Indefinite

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

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.

Job Qualifications

CPR - BLS through AHA or ARC REQUIRED

California 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
• Read documents written in standard English text
• Write legibly in grammatically correct English
• Speak to patients/families and colleagues using appropriate English grammar
• 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