BLS - Required

Psychiatric Technician Licensure - Required

At least 6 months experience in a psychiatric inpatient setting or equivalent - Required

The Licensed Psychiatric Technician/Senior Licensed Psychiatric Technician must have a working knowledge of:

• Group dynamics
• Psychological functioning and deviations from normal
• Growth and development throughout the life span
• Techniques of therapeutic communication
• Drug administration
• Management of assaultive behavior
• CPR
• Joint Commission
• HIPAA
• Read documents written in standard English text. Write legibly in grammatically correct English
• Speak to patients/families and colleagues using appropriate English grammar
• Hear ordinary conversation and other sounds in both face-to-face situations as well as in groups
• Use the problem solving process
• Collaborate with members of the multidisciplinary team
• Use techniques of therapeutic communication
• Observe and report patients’ behavior
• Establish written goals and objectives for each activity
• Plan and implement individual, large and small group programs/activities
• Evaluate patients’ strength and problem areas
• Modify and/or adapt group techniques to improve individual and/or group treatment outcomes
• Physically participate in patient activities. Physically apply holds, restraints and protective devices
• Demonstrated ability to provide individual and group activities to psychiatric patients on an acute psychiatric inpatient