How do they match: Psychiatric Technicians

  • Care for individuals with mental or emotional conditions or disabilities, following the instructions of physicians or other health practitioners. Monitor patients' physical and emotional well-being and report to medical staff. May participate in rehabilitation and treatment programs, help with personal hygiene, and administer oral or injectable medications.

  • Administer oral medications or hypodermic injections, following physician's prescriptions and hospital procedures.
  • Develop or teach strategies to promote client wellness and independence.
  • Monitor patients' physical and emotional well-being and report unusual behavior or physical ailments to medical staff.
  • Observe and influence patients' behavior, communicating and interacting with them and teaching, counseling, or befriending them.
  • Restrain violent, potentially violent, or suicidal patients by verbal or physical means as required.
  • Take and record measures of patients' physical condition, using devices such as thermometers or blood pressure gauges.

  • Teach health management classes.
  • Examine patients to assess general physical condition.