Healthcare
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.
Median salary
$42,590
Typical range
$33k – $60k
Job outlook
+20% (much faster than average)
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Education
Typical entry: Associate degree
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Junior Psychiatric Technicians
Entry / Junior
$32,980
~2 yrs to advance
Psychiatric Technicians
Established
$42,590
~3 yrs to advance
Senior Psychiatric Technicians
Senior
$51,370
Key skills
A typical day
- •Provide nursing, psychiatric, or personal care to patients with cognitive, intellectual, or developmental disabilities.
- •Encourage patients to develop work skills and to participate in social, recreational, or other therapeutic activities that enhance interpersonal skills or develop social relationships.
- •Restrain violent, potentially violent, or suicidal patients by verbal or physical means as required.
- •Lead prescribed individual or group therapy sessions as part of specific therapeutic procedures.
- •Monitor patients' physical and emotional well-being and report unusual behavior or physical ailments to medical staff.
Fields of study
Any field
Top colleges for Healthcare
Explore all- Johns Hopkins University7% admit · $93,000 grad pay
- Harvard University4% admit · $119,000 grad pay
- University of Michigan18% admit · $87,000 grad pay
- Duke University6% admit · $105,000 grad pay
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill19% admit · $73,000 grad pay
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