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General Information

Work Location: Los Angeles, USA
Onsite or Remote
Fully On-Site
Work Schedule
12hr nights or day/night rotating shifts including weekends and holidays
Posted Date
03/19/2025
Salary Range: $29.21 - 38.55 Hourly
Employment Type
2 - Staff: Career
Duration
Indefinite
Job #
23047

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

At UCLA Health, our commitment to patient care shines brightest during life’s most challenging moments. Our clinicians embody hope and healing, delivering compassionate, expert care with empathy and assurance. If you're passionate about advancing nursing excellence, we invite you to join our team.

As a Licensed Psychiatric Technician, you will work under the direct supervision of a Registered Nurse to provide high-quality care to psychiatric patients. Your role includes implementing and evaluating care plans, performing assigned tasks, and collaborating with the nursing and multidisciplinary team to support patient well-being.


Salary range: $29.21-$38.55/Hourly

Job Qualifications

We’re seeking a highly-skilled, self-motivated professional with:

  • At least 6 months experience in a psychiatric inpatient setting or equivalent required
  • California Psychiatric Technician Licensure required
  • BLS required
  • Demonstrated ability to provide individual and group activities to psychiatric patients on an acute psychiatric inpatient 
  • Knowledge of psychological functioning and deviations from normal
  • Knowledge of growth and development throughout the life span
  • Knowledge of techniques of therapeutic communication
  • Knowledge of Drug administration
  • Knowledge of management of assaultive behavior
  • Knowledge of Evacuation, fire and disaster procedures
  • Knowledge of HIPAA

As a condition of employment, the final candidate who accepts a conditional offer of employment will be required to disclose if they have been subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct; received notice of any allegations or are currently the subject of any administrative or disciplinary proceedings involving misconduct; have left a position after receiving notice of allegations or while under investigation in an administrative or disciplinary proceeding involving misconduct; or have filed an appeal of a finding of misconduct with a previous employer.