Psychiatric Technician

Overview

Location Detail: MMH-71 Haynes Street (10627)

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The Greater Manchester Region has approximately 2,500 employees. It includes Manchester Memorial Hospital, a 249-bed community hospital, Rockville General, a campus of Manchester Memorial Hospital, a 102-bed facility, a large multispecialty provider group and visiting nurse services. The Greater Manchester Region serves a region of 300,000 people in 19 towns.

This position reports to the Clinical Nurse Manager, Inpatient Behavioral Health. Responsible for creating and maintaining a safe, structured, and therapeutic milieu, with age-specific behavioral management practices. This position requires some familiarity with psychiatric disorders, the willingness and ability to learn how to facilitate therapeutic groups. Plans, implements and facilitates a variety of skill training and theme-specific groups; role models skills to patients such as communication, negotiation, problem solving and conflict resolution.

Functions as a member of the interdisciplinary team in documenting and communicating pertinent information to the treatment team. Assists patients with activities of daily living (ADLs), which may include bathing, feeding and dressing patients. Creates a caring and compassionate environment through ECHN’s Core Values of Teamwork, Communication, Respect and Caring and ECHN Service Values.

Competencies

• Strong verbal communication skills using the English language is essential.
• Must be able to function in an environment where multitasking is necessary.
• Must have exceptional interpersonal skills, leadership skills and be able to role model effective coping skills.
• Must be capable of taking swift and efficient action, including patient restraint when responding to patient emergency codes.

Disclaimer:
Job descriptions are not intended, nor should they be construed to be exhaustive lists of all responsibilities, skills, efforts or working conditions associated with the job. They are intended to be accurate reflections of the principal duties and responsibilities of this position. These responsibilities and competencies listed below may change from time to time.

Job-Specific Competency

• Demonstrates the ability to maintain a safe and therapeutic environment, as evidenced by observation of appropriate interventions as well as patient, peer and supervisor feedback. Performs observation of patients as ordered including safety checks and continuous observation and documents appropriately.
• Contributes to meeting the fluctuating staffing needs of the department, as evidenced by willingness to adjust scheduled hours and assignments in accordance with needs of the program.
• Demonstrates clinical perceptiveness, empathy, and interpersonal warmth, as evidenced by supervisor and peer observation and feedback on satisfaction surveys.
• Facilitates skill development by careful planning and implementation of program groups designed to improve the patient’s level of functioning, using modalities which are developmentally and clinically appropriate, as evidenced by supervisor observation and feedback.
• Effectively uses psychological and physical management techniques to manage violent or potentially violent situations as trained upon hire using CPI, and as evidenced by peer and supervisor observation.
• Participates in Early Response codes and Dr. Strong codes.
• Completes all documentation of patient groups within established time frames, as evidenced by chart reviews.
• Demonstrates the ability to identify areas where additional assistance is needed and takes initiative in helping without being asked, as evidenced by feedback from team members and supervisor observation.
• Demonstrates a sound understanding of growth and development issues throughout the life cycle, as evidenced by observation of interactions with patients.
• Collects, reports, and assists in…