Psych Tech – Full Time – 7p – 7a

Lake Charles Memorial Hospital; Lake Charles (LA); On-site; USD 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Lake Charles Memorial Hospital seeks a Psych Aide to provide direct contact with assigned patients, monitoring responses to services and identifying problem areas in collaboration with the care team.

The role reports to the Nurse Manager or Charge Nurse and requires compassionate support, crisis intervention, and clear communication with patients, families, peers and medical staff to promote safety and quality care.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED preferred.
• Sufficient experience in working with mentally ill persons or individuals requiring personal care services.
• Crisis response training and CPR.
• Ability to communicate with patient, family, peers and medical personnel.
• Requires emotional stability and resilience.
• Must be adaptable to change, decisive, and able to anticipate needs.
• Exhibits organizational and leadership ability.
• Able to gain and maintain respect of coworkers.

Responsibilities

• Provides physical, emotional, and/or cognitive patient care in a safe manner.
• Liaison with various departments to ensure patient safety and quality care.
• Utilizes effective crisis intervention techniques.
• Performs environment and patient safety duties (room inspections, searches for belongings, monitor visitors for contraband).
• Communicates abnormal variances of vital signs and patient data to appropriate staff.
• Reports emotional or cognitive changes (tears, hallucinations) to staff.
• Represents a summary of major duties and responsibilities and may be asked to perform related tasks.

Skills

Crisis intervention

Communication

Emotional stability

Adaptability

Leadership

Team collaboration

Education

High School Diploma/GED

Tools

CPR

Crisis Response Training

Job description

DESCRIPTION OF POSITION

The Psych Aide provides direct contact with each assigned patient to monitor responses to services & identify problem areas

SUPERVISION Reports directly to Nurse Manager andor Charge Nurse

RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES Provides physical emotional &or cognitive patient care in an appropriate safe manner

Liaison with various departments of LCMH to patient safety and quality care based on patient needs

Diligent TrainingUtilizes effective crisis intervention techniques

Demonstrates ability to conduct environment and patient safety duties ie room inspections patient search belonging searches monitor visitors for contraband

Communicates abnormal variances of physical data vital signs pain etc to appropriate staff

Emotional &or cognitive data tearful hallucinating etc to appropriate staff

The above statements are only meant to be a representative summary of the major duties and responsibilities performed by incumbents of this job

The incumbents may be requested to perform job related tasks other than those stated in this description

EDUCATION AND WORK EXPERIENCE

High School DiplomaGED preferred

Sufficient experience in working with mentally ill persons addicted persons or in providing personal care services

Crisis Response Training CPR

Ability to communicate with patient family peers and medical personnel

Requires emotional stability and resilience

Must be adaptable to change be decisive and demonstrate foresight

Exhibits organizational and leadership ability

Shows ability to gain & maintain support and respect of co workers

Physical DemandsWork Environment

Work requires a variety of physical activities including standing and walking for long periods of time bending stooping and lifting

The work environment may be physically confining

Visual acuity is required for a variety of specific activities

Must have normal hearing or utilize adaptive hearing devices if duties require listening with a stethoscope to discern breath sounds heart sounds and bowel sounds

Ability to do shift work as required

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions

Experience Memorial is more than a slogan its the care we provide our patients and its the commitment to our community and our team members

As a nationally certified Great Place to Work at Lake Charles Memorial Health System you will have the opportunity to be a part of an organizational culture that supports not only exceptional patient care but also the well being and professional growth of our employees

Join us and be a part of a team where your contributions are valued your growth is nurtured and your success is celebrated

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