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Job Field: Office Jobs
Location: SALT LAKE CITY, UT
Job Type: Part Time

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Psychiatric Technician I    Requisition Number: 7228  Reg/Temp: Temporary  Employment Type: Part-Time  Shift: Rotating  Work Schedule: Varies Location Name: Univ Neuropsychiatric Inst  City: SALT LAKE CITY  State: UT  Department: UNI CST 93H NURS SRVC ADMIN    Overview:    As a patient-focused organization, the University of Utah Health Care exists to enhance the health and well-being of people through patient care, research and education. Success in this mission requires a culture of collaboration, excellence, leadership, and respect. University of Utah Health Care seeks staff that are committed to the values of compassion, collaboration, innovation, responsibility, diversity, integrity, quality and trust that are integral to our mission.    This position provides a safe, supportive and therapeutic environment for psychiatric patients and assisting with the provision of basic nursing care needs.    This position is working as part of an interdisciplinary team either in our 16 bed short term mental health Recovery Center with a focus on crisis stabilization/recovery or in the UNI Receiving Center which is focused on initial assessment and triage. There are day and evening shifts and 40 hour, 30 hour and 20 hour positions available. Both positions require a commitment to the recovery model and use of peer specialists to support individuals in crisis.    Responsibilities:    - Assists 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.  - Performs or assists with the admission of new patients by gathering routine information for nursing assessment, obtains vital signs, searches patients and belongings for contraband; documents belongings and other appropriate information.  - Orients the patient and patientapos;s family to the facility and its policies and procedures.  - Assists in performing and documenting basic nursing care by taking vital signs, observing food and liquid intake and output, collecting specimens for lab tests and other duties specified in the Health Care Assistant skills list.  - 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.  - Assists with providing a therapeutic milieu for patients by encouraging patients to participate in recreational activities and group therapies.  - Assists with supportive therapy for selected patients by leading activity and conversation groups.  - Assists in the development of patient Behavioral Contracts.  - Functions as a preceptor to new Psychiatric Technicians and to assistive level staff.  - Assists with the unitapos;s training and quality assurance programs. Provides an annual educational in-service to co-workers.  - Functions as a member of the interdisciplinary treatment team.  - Assists with initiating and contributing to patient treatment planning, teaching and discharge planning.  - Participates in patient care team conferences by sharing observations of patient\\apos;s progress toward identified goals and assists the primary Registered Nurse with the development, evaluation, and revision of patient care plans.    Knowledge / Skills / Abilities    - Ability to recognize when a patient is having an adverse reaction to medication and report it in a timely manne

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