Job Summary:
The Licensed Psychiatric Technician (LPT) / Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN) provides direct, patient-centered care to individuals experiencing acute psychiatric or behavioral health crises in the EmPATH (Emergency Psychiatric Assessment, Treatment, and Healing) Unit. Working under the supervision of registered nurses and medical providers, the LPT supports rapid stabilization through therapeutic engagement, crisis intervention, medication administration, and continuous observation. The LPT plays a critical role in maintaining a safe, trauma-informed, and healing environment focused on short-term emergency psychiatric care.
Licensure and Certification:
Current California LPT license, or California LVN license Current BLS provider card
Education:
High school graduate or GED equivalent Graduation from an accredited Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN) / Licensed Psychiatric Technician (LPT) program
Experience:
Minimum 1-year clinical experience required; preferably in an acute or behavioral health setting
Knowledge and Skills:
• Strong verbal and written communication skills • Strong organizational skills • Basic computer skills
Physical Demands - Patient Care:
• Continuous standing/walking and occasional/intermittent sitting. • Continuous use of bilateral upper extremities in fine motor activities requiring fingering, grasping, and forward reaching between waist and shoulder level to handle/operate medical equipment/devices. • Frequent reaching above shoulder level and overhead. • Frequent forward bending, twisting, squatting and kneeling; occasional climbing. • Occasional repositioning and transferring patients weighing up to 200 pounds between bed, chair, and gurney. • Occasional lifting and carrying equipment weighing up to 25 pounds. • Occasional/intermittent pushing of gurneys, wheelchairs, bed and other medical equipment over tiled and carpeted surfaces. • Continuous use of near vision to read medical equipment such as monitoring devices and reading documents and computer screens; hearing and verbal communication to interact with patients, co-workers, and other customers.
Key for Physical Demands:
Continuous (66 to 100% of the time) Frequent (33 to 65% of the time) Occasional (0 to 32% of the time)