Mental Health Support LPT (Licensed Psychiatric Technician Only)

Position: Licensed Psychiatric Technician (LPT) - Correctional Facility

Location: Ione, CA

Schedule: Full-Time/5 days a week 8 hour shifts

Pay Rate: $52 per hour (5% increase after 6 months)

Benefits:

• Weekly pay
  
• Housing stipend available
  
• Overtime opportunities
  
• 100% paid health benefits for employees
  

Requirements:

• Current and active Licensed Psychiatric Technician (LPT) license
  
• Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification from the American Heart Association
  
• Minimum of 1 year of experience as a Licensed Psychiatric Technician (LPT) preferred
  

Responsibilities:

• Provide a basic level of general behavioral and psychiatric nursing care to mentally or developmentally disabled patients in a correctional setting
  
• Conduct daily clinical rounds and monitor patients with signs and symptoms of mental illness
  
• Perform psychiatric nursing procedures under the general supervision of a Registered Nurse (RN) or Medical Doctor (MD), including:
  • Administering medications and treatments, including hypodermic injections
    
  • Taking and charting vital signs such as temperature, pulse, blood pressure, and respiration
    
  • Performing all other basic general nursing procedures within the scope of licensure