Cal State Jobs – Psychiatric Technician

Job Description:

The Permanent/Full Time Psychiatric Technician (Safety) will be directed by the Unit Supervisor, RN Shift Lead, Senior Psychiatric Technician or Health Services Specialist depending on the shift/program assigned.

Job Responsibilities:

• Performs custody tasks including supervision of patient activities
• Performs nursing procedures such as administering mediations including oral medications and hypodermic injection, observing patients or inmates physical condition and behavior and reporting significant changes to a shift supervisor, unit supervisor or physician and recoding nursing notes, in the patients or inmate record
• Apply mental health principles and relationship security with patients or inmates
• Applies and demonstrates knowledge of correct methods in the prevention and management of assaultive behavior (PMAB), that includes patient containment, heavy lifting (over 50 pounds), applying restraints, and responding to emergency situations throughout the hospital
• Shakedown, i.e., searching for drugs, contraband, weapons and inspecting facilities to identify security breaches that could lead to the escape of a patient or inmate
• Observing and intervening in patient behavior that may injure people, damage property or signal impending escape attempts
• Helps to create a clean, safe and therapeutic environment for patients or inmates
• Supervise patient activities
• CPR, and following infection control procedures

Job Requirements:

• Have current employment with the State of California in the same classification or in a classification that is comparable (employees who wish to be considered based on transfer
• eligibility must meet the minimum qualifications of the classification per DPA Rule 250) or
  Have obtained previous employment with the State of California in the same classification or in a classification that is comparable.
• Successfully complete the competitive State civil service exam pertaining to the vacancy, or

Job Details:

Company: State of California

Vacancy Type: Full Time

Job Location: Bakersfield, CA, US

Application Deadline: N/A

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