Psychiatric Technician with 13+ Years Experience

Chidiebere

Okoh

LPT, Licensed

Psychiatric

Technician

Chidiebere Okoh

**** ******* **** ***, *** Grove CA, 95757

916-***-****

*************@*****.***

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Skills -Mental health/ Drug and alcohol

•Psych Technician

•Vital signs

•Acute care

•Crisis Intervention

•Medication Administration

•CPR

•Patient safety

•Active listening

•Emotional Support

•Teamwork

•Communications

•Seizure precautions

•Documentation

•EMR System

•Cerner

Administrative License ARF, California- Active

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Experience California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation / Licensed Psychiatric Technician

2008-2021, Sacramento,CA

.• Note Physicians' orders for clarity and ensure compliance with policy.

• Follow local operating policy and procedures.

• Transcribe physician's order into patient record, including medications.

• Provide information to healthcare team members regarding physician orders.

• Communicate to physicians any inmate behavior requiring immediate assessment and possible admission to the infirmary.

• Provide an environment of safety for clients and team members.

• Administer prescribed medications to inmates.

• Provide care to reduce behaviors associated with suicidal ideations, auditory hallucinations, depression, etc.

• Work with an interdisciplinary team to develop treatment plans for inmates.

• Perform nursing procedures i.e.: vital signs, blood sugar checks, phlebotomy, basic first aid, and cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

• Provide individual education and counseling in group interventions to clients to maintain personal mental and physical stability, function in the prison environment, develop professional therapeutic relationships and rapport, and establish coping strategies.

•Monitor for CIWA/ drug and alcohol withdrawal while training new Psychiatric Technicians.

• Assist rehabilitation therapists in occupational, recreational, vocational, and educational therapy programs for inmates that encourage group participation, exercise, and activity.

• Electronic Charting- Cerner.

• Facilitate orientation for new employees.

• Train new employees on organizational processes and procedures.

• Conducts refresher training on statutory, regulations and compliance requirements.Led psychiatric care for inmates, ensuring compliance with physician orders and implementing safety protocols to maintain a secure therapeutic environment.

Dignity Health/ Licensed Psychiatric Technician

2021- PRESENT, Carmichael, CA

● Admissions and discharge, perform vital signs

● Medication administration

● Monitor CIWA and train new Psychiatric Technicians

● Communicate to physicians any patient behaviors

requiring immediate assessment and possible admission to the hospital or outpatient clinic.

Education Grant Adult Education / Psychiatric Technician Certificate 2002-2003, North Highlands, CA

American River College / Associates Degree

Capella University/ BSC Healthcare Administration

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