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About the Role

Under the direction of a licensed physician, registered nurse, or clinical supervisor, the Psychiatric Technician performs professional therapeutic procedures in the care and treatment of individuals struggling with severe mental illness.

Responsibilities

• Gives a basic level of general and psychiatric nursing care to mentally ill patients.
• Works with an interdisciplinary treatment team to provide an overall treatment program for the patient.
• May perform nursing procedures such as administering medications and treatments, including oral medications, injections, and enemas, taking and charting vital signs.
• Observes patients’ condition and behavior.
• Reports significant changes to supervisor or physician and documents care and/or treatments in nursing progress notes on patients.
• Prepares patients and cares for them during treatment.
• Gives first aid as needed.
• Helps to create a safe and therapeutic environment for patients.
• Recognizes early symptoms/signs of escalation and at risk behavior.
• Uses appropriate interventions including crisis intervention, verbal de-escalation, and alerting other team members.
• Implements therapeutic activities and documents patient participation.
• Assists rehabilitation therapists in occupational and recreational therapies for patients.
• Motivates patients to develop independence in performing activities of daily living.
• Assists patients with feeding, clothing, toileting, and activities of daily living.
• Ensures patients follow safe practices that protect patients and others from personal injury.
• Receives visitors and encourages their interest in the patients' wellbeing and treatment plan.
• Escorts patients on the facility premises and to and from the community.
• Orders supplies as needed.
• Keeps records.
• Participates in orientation and in-service training programs.
• Participates in the discharge process.
• Performs other related duties as required.

Requirements

• Possession of a valid Psychiatric Technicians license issued by the California Board of Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians.
• License status must be "Current" according to search.dca.ca.gov.
• Include your license number in your application as failure to do so may result in application rejection.
• Possession of a valid Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) Certificate issued by the American Heart Association is required as a provision to employment for all positions.
• Some position(s) may require special conditions, including but not limited to, bilingual fluency in a variety of languages depending upon the department's bilingual needs.
• Applicants must indicate on the application form the language(s) in which they claim proficiency.
• All relevant experience, education and/or training must be included in the application to be reviewed during the scoring process.
• Candidate responses on the Training & Experience Evaluation cannot be changed once submitted.

Skills

• Knowledge of nursing care, general and psychiatric procedures.
• Knowledge of patient behavior, basic physio-psychopathology and treatment modalities involved in the care and treatment of individual or groups of mentally ill patients.
• Knowledge of legal requirements.
• Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures.
• Knowledge of current first-aid methods.
• Knowledge of medical terminology.
• Knowledge of pharmacology.
• Ability to learn and apply general psychiatric knowledge, skills and attitudes.
• Ability to perform basic nursing procedures.
• Ability to establish effective therapeutic relationships with patients.
• Ability to carry out occupational and recreational therapy programs for patients.
• Ability to follow directions.
• Ability to keep appropriate records.
• Ability to analyze situations accurately and take effective action.
• Ability to control or restrain violent patients, with continuous exposure to conditions which may result in accidents, injuries or other disagreeable situations.

Location

• Onsite

Work Type

• Permanent Civil Service
• Part-time, evenings, nights, weekends, rotating, and/or holiday shifts may be required.

Experience Level

• Entrance

Salary/Compensations

• $93,938 - $114,166 Annually

About the Company

• The Department of Public Health prioritizes equitable and inclusive access to quality healthcare for its community and values the importance of diversity in its workforce.
• All employees at the Department of Public Health work to advance equity, inclusion, and diversity with a specific lens and focus on race, ethnicity, gender, sex, sexuality, disability, and immigration status.
• The Mission of the San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFDPH) is to protect and promote the health of all San Franciscans.
• Fulfilling this mission requires employees working across our hospitals, clinics, programs, and offices to deliver services and support the communities we serve.
• Individuals interested in joining SFDPH should expect to work in person across these settings.
• The San Francisco Health Network, Population Health, Behavioral Health Services, and Administration are the core divisions of SFDPH.
• The San Francisco Health Network is the City’s only complete system of care and has locations throughout the City, including Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center, Laguna Honda Hospital and Rehabilitation Center, and over 15 primary care health centers.
• The Population Health Division (PHD) provides core public health services for the City and County of San Francisco: health protection, health promotion, disease and injury prevention, and disaster preparedness and response.
• Behavioral Health Services operates in conjunction with SFHN and provides a range of mental health and substance use treatment services.

Equal Opportunity

• The City and County of San Francisco encourages women, minorities and persons with disabilities to apply.
• Applicants will be considered regardless of their sex, race, age, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition (associated with cancer, a history of cancer, or genetic characteristics), HIV/AIDS status, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, military and veteran status, or other protected category under the law.