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Psychiatric AideUniversity of Utah Health • Salt Lake City, UT, United States
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Psychiatric Aide

Psychiatric Aide

University of Utah Health • Salt Lake City, UT, United States
1 day ago
Job type
  • Full-time
Job description

Job Title

This position provides a safe, supportive, and therapeutic environment for psychiatric patients and assists with the provision of basic patient care needs.

Responsibilities

The essential functions of this role include:

  • Assisting with maintaining a safe and hazard free environment by observing and documenting patient behavior, conducting patient room searches, reporting unsafe conditions and applying appropriate emotional and physical support.
  • Performing or assisting with the admission of new patients by gathering routine information for nursing assessment, searching patients and personal effects for contraband, documenting personal effects and other appropriate information.
  • Orienting the patient and patient's family to the facility and the policies and procedures.
  • Escorts the patients to off-unit appointments and activities using therapeutic interventions to ensure the safety of the patient, hospital staff, and other University patients and visitors.
  • Assisting with providing a therapeutic milieu for patients by encouraging patients to participate in recreational activities and group therapies.
  • Assisting with supportive therapy for select patients by leading activity and conversation groups.
  • Assisting in the development of patient behavioral expectations.
  • May functions as a preceptor to new Psychiatric Technicians.
  • Assisting with the unit's training and quality assurance programs, as well as ordering, stocking, and maintaining clerical and patient supplies. Provides an annual educational in-service to co-workers.
  • Functions as a member of the interdisciplinary treatment team and may coordinate with leadership to maintain department forms.
  • Assisting with initiating and contributing to patient treatment planning, teaching and discharge planning.
  • Participates in patient care team conferences by sharing observations of patient's progress toward identified goals and assists the primary Registered Nurse with the development, evaluation, and revision of patient care plans.

Knowledge / Skills / Abilities include:

  • Ability to recognize when a patient is having an adverse reaction to medication and report it in a timely manner to the Registered Nurse.
  • Ability to assess a patient that can possibly hurt himself/herself and others and report this information to the Registered Nurse, and has the ability to assist with restraints and seclusion.
  • Interpersonal skills to acquire the trust of the patients and respond appropriately in a crisis situation.
  • Ability to utilize the principles of group dynamics when co-leading a group to facilitate the development of social, behavioral, and communication skills among group members.
  • Knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served on his or her assigned unit.
  • Knowledge of the principles of life span growth and development and the ability to assess data regarding the patient's status and provide care as described in the department's policies and procedures manual.
  • Demonstrated human relations and effective communication skill.

Qualifications

Required qualifications include:

  • An Associate degree OR Two years of behavioral health OR direct patient care experience; may include CNA, MA, HCA, Teacher's aide or assistant.

Licenses required:

  • Current RQI Healthcare Provider eCredential through the University of Utah Health RQI system. The eCredential is to be obtained within 30 days of hire.

* Additional license requirements as determined by the hiring department.

Qualifications (Preferred)

Working conditions and physical demands include:

  • This position involves intensive work that may exert up to 50 pounds and may consistently require lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling or otherwise moving objects, such as medical equipment, or patients while providing care in a psychiatric setting. Workers in this position may be exposed to infectious diseases.

Physical Requirements

Carrying, Lifting, Listening, Manual Dexterity, Pulling and/or Pushing, Reaching, Sitting, Speaking, Standing, Stooping and Crouching, Walking

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