Psychiatric Technician - Evening Shift

Psychiatric Technician - Evening Shift

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Nursing Support

Brooklyn, NY
• Full-Time/Regular

NYU Langone Hospital—Brooklyn is a full-service teaching hospital and Level I trauma center located in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. The hospital is central to a comprehensive network of affiliated ambulatory and outpatient practices, and serves as NYU Langone Health's anchor for healthcare access, growth, and delivery in the entire borough.

Position Summary:

We have an exciting opportunity to join our team as a Psychiatric Technician - Evening Shift. In this role, the successful candidate provides direct patient observation and support within the Behavioral Health setting to promote patient safety and a therapeutic environment. Monitors and reports changes in patient behavior and condition to nursing staff, assists with safety interventions, contraband searches, patient transport, and one-to-one observation, while maintaining patient confidentiality, dignity, and compliance with departmental policies and documentation requirements.

Job Responsibilities:

• Ability to identify notable behavior of patients and their families and communicate observations to RN in charge of patient.
• Regularly able to recognize physical or psychological changes in patients condition during 1:1 observation and communicate it to the appropriate channels.
• Demonstrates how to apply restraints appropriately on an annual basis.
• Demonstrates thorough knowledge of hospital policies and standards regarding restraint and seclusion and 1:1 observation on an annual basis.
• Ability to recognize verbal/non-verbal communication problems of patients and their families on consistent basis.
• Ensures patient confidentiality is adhered to according to NYS and Federal guidelines
• Ability to make regular rounds of patients assigned to him/her and recognize change in patients status and report appropriate information to the nurse in charge of patient consistently.
• Ability to provide information regarding patient behavior and patient interactions to the RN to be utilized in the development of an individual master treatment plan regularly.
• Participation in providing a safe environment for patients and others at all times, including, but not limited to, visitor screening during visiting hours.
• Under the direction of the nursing staff, set limits and restrictions in a considerate and humane manner.
• Ability to protect patients privacy, confidentiality and rights on daily basis.
• Participation in evaluation of the therapeutic environment and report non-therapeutic components to RN as needed.
• Ability to complete various errands as requested; such as transporting patients, contraband search, retrieving and delivering supplies, specimens, instruments, test results, etc., when necessary.
• Ability to perform 1:1 within the Behavioral Health Department as needed.
• Receive report from RN and verify observational status
• Demonstrate location of duress buttons, restraints, and security phone numbers as needed.
• Completes thorough contraband search of patients belongings upon admission according to departmental policy and procedure, and communicates pertinent information to RN and MD.
• Meets Expected Documentation Requirements
• Documents appropriately for 1:1 and close frequent observation patients.
• Documents appropriately for Q15 checks (Brooklyn/LICH) or Q30 checks (Manhattan).
• Documents patients belongings in EPIC according to hospital policy.
• Documents appropriately relative to patient restraints as required by RN.
• Makes Adequate Contribution to Overall functioning of the Department
• Brings patient to floor and stays with patient until they are turned over to a Nurse or Mental Health Assistant to be interviewed or have body check observation.
• Helps serve meals and assists in Dining Room…