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Psychiatric Technician Job
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| Employer Name: Coalinga State Hopsital |
SpiderID: 2370960 |
| Location: Fresno, Sacramento, Coalinga, Kings, Merced, Madera, Delano, Visalia, California |
Date Posted: 7/15/2008 |
| Wage: 17.00 |
Category: Healthcare |
| Job Code: 0 |
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| Number Of Openings: 50 |
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Job Description:
In addition to custody responsibilities, promote and implement principles of Wellness and Recovery, and Psychiatric Rehabilitation, provide a basic level of general behavioral and psychiatric nursing care and are expected through their attitude, knowledge, and performance to facilitate the rehabilitation of patients.
Delivery Services: Helps to create a therapeutic environment for patients or inmates; apply mental health principles and relationship security with patients or inmates. Develop, encourage participation in and supervise patient activities, such as on-the-unit group and individual program activities for patients or inmates; assist rehabilitation therapists in occupational, recreational, vocational, and educational therapy programs for patients; participate in delivery of Wellness and Recovery Mall Treatment Activities; motivate and assist patients or inmates with activities of daily living; follow safe work practices; protect patients, inmates and others from personal injury; order supplies as needed, keep records; and participate in in-service training programs.
Performs nursing procedures such as administering medications including oral medications and hypodermic injection, observing patients or inmates physical condition and behavior and reporting significant changes to a shift supervisor, unit supervisor or physician and recording nursing notes in the patients record; preparing and caring for patients during treatment; giving first aid and CPR, and following infection control procedures as needed.
Job Requirements:
Possession of a current license to practice as a Psychiatric Technician (PT) issued by the State of California and least one (1) year of experience within the last three (3) years rendering patient and nursing care in public or private hospital (accumulated part-time work to meet the one (1) year requirement is acceptable).
Job Criteria:
Start Date: 08/01/2008
Position Type: Full-Time Permanent
Years of Experience Required: 1
Education Required: Other
Overnight Travel: None
Vacation Time:
Job Benefits:
Other Benefits
Contact Information:
| Contact Name: Melissa Allmond |
Company Type: Staffing Agency |
| Company: Prime Labor & Staffing |
Phone: 916-921-2220 |
| Street: 2045 Hurley way Suite 425 |
Fax: 916-921-2221 |
| City: Sacramento |
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| State: California |
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| Zip: 95825 |
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Web Site: http://primelaborinc.com
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