Night Psychiatric Technician for Mental Health Trials

CenExel; Seal Beach (CA); On-site; USD 28,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Dental

Vision

LTD

STD

Life Insurance

401k

Job summary

CenExel Clinical Research is seeking a Psychiatric Technician I to support psychiatric patients in clinical trials. Working under moderate oversight, the technician demonstrates knowledge of growth and development principles for adults with psychiatric disorders and provides individualized care aligned with study protocols.

Schedule: Full-Time, 11:00 PM–7:30 AM with every other weekend, plus a training period in the morning.

Qualifications

• Must be able to effectively communicate verbally and in writing.
• 1 - 2 years experience working with persons with major mental illnesses as a psych tech in inpatient/acute care settings is preferred.
• High School graduate or equivalent.
• Prior medical experience is preferred but not required.
• Must maintain professional boundaries with subjects.

Responsibilities

• Presents an understanding of components of care and how the role of psychiatric technician fits into the delivery of services.
• Observes and reports personality and/or behavior changes in subjects to the charge person or charge nurse.
• Completes responsibilities as delegated by the charge person or charge nurse for the shift.
• Interacts closely with clients to assist them in problem solving and to de-escalate subjects who become upset or belligerent.
• Assists with completing a group activity during each shift worked.
• Communicates appropriately with subjects while assisting them with ADL’s, supplying them with cigarette breaks as allowed in the protocol.
• Provides the subjects with meals and snacks as allowed in the study, ensuring subjects adhere to the protocol specific dietary and smoking restrictions.
• Assist the subjects with meal prep, meal ordering, meal choices, and delivers meals depending on location.
• Assists subjects with laundry and housekeeping tasks as needed.
• Assists with nightly room and equipment checks.
• Assists with dispensing medications (if properly certified) as instructed by MD or Medication Administration Record. Communicates with MD in person or over the phone to receive PRN or STAT medication changes as needed for subjects.
• Supports and ensures strictest adherence to best practices, FDA Code of Federal Regulations, ICH (International Conference on Harmonization), GCP (Good Clinical Practices), CenExel standard operating procedures, site working Practices, protocol, and company guidelines and policies.
• Assumes other duties and responsibilities as assigned. The above responsibilities are a general description of the level and nature of the work assigned to this classification and are not to be considered as all inclusive.

Skills

Verbal and written communication

Teamwork

Professional boundaries

Education

High School diploma or equivalent

1-2 years mental health experience

Job description

CenExel Clinical Research is seeking a Psychiatric Technician I to support psychiatric patients in clinical trials. Working under moderate oversight, the technician demonstrates knowledge of growth and development principles for adults with psychiatric disorders and provides individualized care aligned with study protocols.

Schedule: Full-Time, 11:00 PM–7:30 AM with every other weekend, plus a training period in the morning.