How do they match: Psychiatric Aides

  • Developmental Diabetes Secure Care Treatment Aide
  • Direct Care Worker
  • Health Service Worker
  • Mental Health Worker
  • Patient Care Assistant
  • Resident Care Tech
  • Resident Care Technician
  • Residential Care Tech
  • Residential Care Technician
  • Therapeutic Program Worker

  • Assist mentally impaired or emotionally disturbed patients, working under direction of nursing and medical staff. May assist with daily living activities, lead patients in educational and recreational activities, or accompany patients to and from examinations and treatments. May restrain violent patients. Includes psychiatric orderlies.

  • Work as part of a team that may include psychiatrists, psychologists, psychiatric nurses, or social workers.
  • Listen and provide emotional support and encouragement to psychiatric patients.
  • Provide mentally impaired or emotionally disturbed patients with routine physical, emotional, psychological, or rehabilitation care under the direction of nursing or medical staff.

  • Care for patients with mental illnesses.
  • Confer with other professionals to plan patient care.
  • Perform clerical work in medical settings.