Mental Health Tech-Psych

JOB FUNCTIONS:

· Ensures the wellbeing of patients and provides a safe, positive, supportive, and structured environment, under direction of charge nurse or supervisor. Maintains a constant awareness and supervision of patients.

· Assists patients with activities of daily living, such as toileting, bathing, dressing, grooming, oral hygiene, meals, snacks, hydration and changing bed linens.

· Conducts safety checks, ensuring that supervision is conducted at intervals in accordance with individualized supervision guidelines.

· Checks patients for contraband and manages the patient’s valuables and belongings.

· Interacts routinely with patients, observes behaviors and communicates significant observations to nursing staff.

· Engages with patient in activities and interactions designed to encourage achievement of treatment goals.

· Facilitates patient educational-rehabilitative groups which cover a variety of topics including social skills, coping skills, anger management and independent living skills.

· Takes and records vital signs properly and communicates significant changes in patient’s condition to the charge nurse.

· Charts in patient records timely, accurately, and appropriately.

· Applies de-escalation techniques to help manage patient’s emotions, behavior and participation in treatment and assists with seclusion and restraints when necessary.

· Assists with unit cleaning, organization of new admits charts, discharge process, filing, etc. Initiates patient/employee incident reports.

· Provides transfer or transportation for patient or coordinate transportation with appropriate staff member, as required.

· Provides verbal report/briefing to the oncoming shift.