"Senior Psychiatric Technician-Psych Medicine-PT Mid Shift"

Position Summary: Incumbent is responsible for providing patient care in an assigned neuropsychiatry unit by carrying out individualized treatment plans that have been established for each patient.

Required Qualifications:

• Preventative Management of Assaultive Behavior (PMAB) within 30 days of hire
• Must possess the skill, knowledge and ability essential to the successful performance of assigned duties
• Must demonstrate customer service skills appropriate to the job
• Minimum 1 year experience as a Psychiatric Technician
• Knowledge of psychotropic medications and affects
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
• Demonstrated ability to apply logic and reasoning to identify when something is wrong or likely to go wrong, as well as alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to situations
• Ability to maintain a work pace appropriate to the workload
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships across the Health System
• Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations

Preferred Qualifications:

• Previous experience working in a mental health clinical setting, with the mentally ill
• Knowledge of University and medical center organizations, policies, procedures and forms

Licenses and Certifications:

• Psychiatric Technician
• Basic Life Support

Education: Not specified in detail.

UCI Health is the clinical enterprise of the University of California, Irvine, and the only academic health system based in Orange County. UCI Health is comprised of its main campus, UCI Medical Center, a 459-bed, acute care hospital in Orange, Calif., four hospitals and affiliated physicians of the UCI Health Community Network in Orange and Los Angeles counties and ambulatory care centers across the region. Listed among America's Best Hospitals by U.S. News & World Report for 23 consecutive years, UCI Medical Center provides tertiary and quaternary care and is home to Orange County's only National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center, high-risk perinatal/neonatal program and American College of Surgeons-verified Level I adult and Level II pediatric trauma center, gold level 1 geriatric emergency department and regional burn center. UCI Health serves a region of nearly 4 million people in Orange County, western Riverside County and southeast Los Angeles County.

To learn more about UCI Health, visit www.ucihealth.org.