Health Technician

Summary

The primary purpose of this position is to perform a very wide range of patient personal care - diagnostic services - treatment - and charting activities in a psychiatric or substance abuse treatment unit. The incumbent assists in patient care under the direct supervision of a nurse manager or designee.

• Assists the interdisciplinary team in the care and treatment of patients receiving medical care for psychiatric or substance abuse treatment - PTSD - and other behavioral health behavior
• Observes - collects data - documents - and reports to the professional team changes in patient behavior - attitude - physical complaints - appearance - vital signs and/or changes in the patients' condition that may be related to medications - sensory distortions - or medical conditions
• Performs direct patient support work including personal patient care
• Performs a range of diagnostic support duties such as collecting - recording - and reporting to RN deviations in vital signs/withdrawal symptoms - collecting and labeling specimens for the laboratory
• Monitor secure messages - address messages - and assign to proper team members if clinically appropriate
• Encourages patient and family to actively participate in the individualized treatment plan
• Teaches patients and family members the necessity of continuing proper health care
• Provides specific health information based on the patients' condition - including facility health promotion programs (tobacco cessation - weight loss programs)
• Conducts patient meetings - groups - and completes documentation as appropriate
• Maintains patient and clinical records from admission to discharge
• Provides personal patient care and educating patients on pre-testing and post procedure activities
• Work Schedule:
  
  5:00p.m
• -5:30a.m
• Nights
  - Weekends
  - Holidays - flexible to meet the needs of the service
• Virtual:
  This is not a virtual position
• Position Description/PD#:
  Health Technician/PD06911A Relocation/Recruitment
  
  Incentives:
  
  Not authorized
• Permanent Change of Station (PCS):
  Not authorized.