The California State Departments of Mental Health, Developmental Services
and Corrections as well as private and county psychiatric facilities
are a few of the agencies which employ licensed Psychiatric Technicians.
Typical Job Duties
- Supervise individual and group activities
- Observe and influence patient behavior
- Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams
- Encourage patients to develop work skills, social relationships and
participate in recreational activities
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Teach, counsel, and write reports describing physical
and emotional symptoms
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Provide routine and emergency nursing care
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Establish effective therapeutic relationships with
patients
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Recognize symptoms requiring medical or psychiatric
attention
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Provide individual and group therapy
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Work with the treatment team to provide occupational,
recreational,
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Think and act quickly in an emergency
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Develop clear and concise reports of incidents
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Analyze situations accurately and take effective
action
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Administer medications and treatments
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Assist the unit physician with “sick
call”
