What are the responsibilities and job description for the Psychiatric Technician: PT 7a-7p Weekend Only position at Firelands Health Careers?
Position Highlights:
- Work/life: Two 12-hour shifts scheduled every weekend (24 hours), although paid for 32 hours!
- Employee-centric: Tuition reimbursement, loan reduction, comprehensive major medical, dental and vision insurance, paid time off, 401(k), health and wellness offerings, monthly employee events, and more.
- Lifestyle: Sandusky was voted “Best Coastal Small Town in America”. You will have the opportunity to enjoy living and working in this growing area along the beautiful shores of Lake Erie.
About Firelands Health:
Our goal at Firelands Health is to be the best & preferred independent healthcare employer for the Sandusky Bay region.
Firelands Health is the area’s largest and most comprehensive resource for quality medical care. We are “big enough to care for you, and small enough to care about you”. We are locally managed and governed as a not-for-profit healthcare facility, serving the counties of Erie, Ottawa, Sandusky, and Huron, covering a regional service area with over 300,000 residents. Our mission is to provide excellent healthcare, promote community wellness, and improve the lives we serve.
Our Core ACE Values: Attitude: We choose to be positive and inclusive every day. Commitment: We are committed to exceed the expectations of those we serve. Enthusiasm: We will work passionately to make a difference.
What You Will Do:
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Completes a rehabilitative services assessment on all patients upon admission. Coordinates with recreation therapist to ensure these assessments are completed in a timely manner.
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Leads group sessions as part of specific therapeutic plan of care. Develops group programming with topics that are within scope of training and licensure (when applicable). Group topics are developed based on the milieu and in coordination with recreation and behavioral health therapists.
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Implements a variety of programming that includes educational information as well as rehearsal of skills to develop recreational interests and healthy behaviors such as exercise. Prepares written information/handouts that reinforce educational information as well as information regarding community resources when appropriate
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Actively reaches out to patients to encourage them to come to groups. Uses positive reinforcement to promote participation in groups and positive behavior change.
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Actively monitors safety of staff and patients and provides verbal de-escalation upon early identification of warning signs. Supervises visitations watching for interactions that are causing patients emotional distress. Intervenes during visitations when necessary to promote the well-being of patients. Informs assigned nurse and behavioral health therapists of identified concerns as appropriate.
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Assists with any duties as needed to ensure patients’ needs are met including taking vitals, passing meal trays and snacks, ensuring patients have dietary requests and needs met and provides one-to-one monitoring of patients when critical for patient safety.
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Participates with team when responding to crisis on the unit and follows direction of charge nurse or other party leading the intervention. Intervenes to restrain violent or imminently violent or suicidal patients by verbal or physical means per policy and procedure.
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Assists with the orientation of volunteers to the unit and actively participates in and supervises activities led by interns and volunteers as needed
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Observes patients to detect behavior patterns, documenting and communicating as directed.
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Communicates with patients’ families/others.
- Assists with admissions and discharges.
- Assist with patient safety checks.
What You Will Need:
- Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree in mental health technology, psychology, sociology or a related field (Human Services) required or equivalent work experience.
- 1-3 years working in behavioral health, social services, or related field.
- Must be certified in BLS (and recertified biennial) or obtained within 6 months of hire.
- Must be certified in Aegis (Crisis Prevention Intervention) or obtained within 6 months of hire.
