How do they match: Psychiatric Aides

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

  • 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.

  • Accompany patients to and from wards for medical or dental treatments, shopping trips, or religious or recreational events.
  • Aid patients in becoming accustomed to hospital routines.
  • Complete physical checks and monitor patients to detect unusual or harmful behavior and report observations to professional staff.
  • Interview patients upon admission and record information.
  • Listen and provide emotional support and encouragement to psychiatric patients.
  • Maintain patients' restrictions to assigned areas.
  • Organize, supervise, or encourage patient participation in social, educational, or recreational activities.
  • Participate in recreational activities with patients, including card games, sports, or television viewing.
  • Provide patients with assistance in bathing, dressing, or grooming, demonstrating these skills as necessary.
  • Provide mentally impaired or emotionally disturbed patients with routine physical, emotional, psychological, or rehabilitation care under the direction of nursing or medical staff.
  • Record and maintain patient information, such as vital signs, eating habits, behavior, progress notes, treatments, or discharge plans.
  • Restrain or aid patients as necessary to prevent injury.
  • Serve meals or feed patients needing assistance or persuasion.

  • Care for patients with mental illnesses.
  • Accompany patients or clients on outings to provide assistance.
  • Assess physical conditions of patients to aid in diagnosis or treatment.
  • Assist patients with daily activities.
  • Clean patient rooms or patient treatment rooms.
  • Collect biological specimens from patients.
  • Confer with other professionals to plan patient care.
  • Encourage patients during therapeutic activities.
  • Engage patients in exercises or activities.
  • Feed patients.
  • Hold patients to ensure proper positioning or safety.
  • Interview patients to gather medical information.
  • Monitor patients to detect health problems.