Travel Nurse RN - Psych - $920 per week in Columbus, OH

Job Title : Psychiatric Attendant Profession : Psychiatric Attendant Specialty : Staff Augmentation Duration : 52 weeks Shift : Day Hours per Shift : 9 : 00 AM - 5 : 00 PM Experience : Minimum Years of Experience Required Description : Provides on-ward security functions over forensic patients or residents of secure-care areas of a mental health institution. Provides on-ward surveillance regarding safety and security. Escorts patients to and from off-ward activities or appointments such as meals, dental, laboratory, work details, and recreational and therapeutic activities. Investigates patient misbehavior. Observes and monitors patient behavior during meals. Intervenes during crisis behavior to prevent self-injury or injury to others by applying restraints or assisting nursing staff in subduing or secluding violent patients. Monitors patients in seclusion. Searches patient clothing, individual rooms, and ward living areas for dangerous objects, contraband, or unusual room conditions. Prevents patient escapes. Provides direct care, treatment, and programs to forensic patients and promotes activities on and off-ward through participation, interaction, and involvement with patients. Attends to personal hygiene and grooming needs by monitoring and instructing treatment plan programs such as hygiene, clothing care, room maintenance, and social dining programs. Encourages independent functioning. Monitors and assists patients in washing clothes. Conducts one-to-one sessions with patients to discuss problems or concerns. Provides adequate clothing and serves meal trays. Assists in administering treatments as directed by licensed nursing staff. Prepares patients to attend psychiatric or medical treatment. Bathes, shaves, feeds, and dresses patients who are unable to perform these tasks. Leads patients in recreational activities. Assists co-workers in maintaining sanitary living conditions by performing general housekeeping duties. Cleans floors, picks up trash, and bags laundry. Prepares reports and documentation regarding patient and unit activities. Documents significant, unusual, or appropriate patient behavior in progress notes as dictated by individual treatment plans. Completes restraint / seclusion, daily ward log, daily shift change, and incident reports. Completes work orders and orders and stocks patient clothing and cleaning supplies. Prepares patient movement reports and keeps unit communication logs updated. Documents crisis interventions. Attends in-service training programs. Participates in interdisciplinary team meetings. Attends weekly staff meetings. Responds to patient needs in emergency situations. Knowledge of policies and procedures related to forensic client / patient care. Ability to recognize unusual or threatening conditions and take appropriate action. Deals with problems involving several variables within familiar contexts. Reads short sentences with concrete vocabulary. Formal education in arithmetic that includes addition and subtraction and in reading and writing common English vocabulary is required. Equivalency of the minimum qualifications noted above is also acceptable. Exposure to unpredictable patient behavior is a key aspect of the role. Works shifts, weekends, and holidays. Exposure to communicable diseases may occur.