(Career Asssessments, Exploration & Counselling)
Career: Psychiatric Aides
Job Description
Assist mentally impaired or emotionally disturbed patients, working under direction of nursing and medical staff.
Job Tasks
Importance %age |
Task Description |
100
|
Complete physical checks and monitor patients to detect unusual or harmful behavior, and report observations to professional staff. |
100
|
Record and maintain patient information such as vital signs, eating habits, behavior, progress notes, and treatment and discharge plans. |
97
|
Provide patients with assistance in bathing, dressing, and grooming, demonstrating these skills as necessary. |
95
|
Organize, supervise, and encourage patient participation in social, educational, and recreational activities. |
95
|
Participate in recreational activities with patients, including card games, sports, or television viewing. |
93
|
Serve meals, and feed patients needing assistance or persuasion. |
91
|
Restrain or aid patients as necessary to prevent injury. |
90
|
Maintain patients' restrictions to assigned areas. |
87
|
Work as part of a team that may include psychiatrists, psychologists, psychiatric nurses and social workers. |
86
|
Clean and disinfect rooms and furnishings to maintain a safe and orderly environment. |
86
|
Provide mentally impaired or emotionally disturbed patients with routine physical, emotional, psychological or rehabilitation care under the direction of nursing and medical staff. |
85
|
Aid patients in becoming accustomed to hospital routine. |
74
|
Accompany patients to and from wards for medical and dental treatments, shopping trips, and religious and recreational events. |
65
|
Perform nursing duties such as administering medications, measuring vital signs, collecting specimens and drawing blood samples. |
62
|
Interview patients upon admission and record information. |
54
|
Complete administrative tasks such as entering orders into computer, answering telephone calls, and maintaining medical and facility information. |
Work Activities
Importance %age |
Activity Description |
80
|
Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings
|
76
|
Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events
|
75
|
Assisting and Caring for Others
|
68
|
Documenting/Recording Information
|
62
|
Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships
|
59
|
Getting Information
|
59
|
Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others
|
54
|
Making Decisions and Solving Problems
|
54
|
Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge
|
54
|
Performing General Physical Activities
|
51
|
Judging the Qualities of Things, Services, or People
|
50
|
Thinking Creatively
|
49
|
Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates
|
49
|
Handling and Moving Objects
|
45
|
Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work
|
44
|
Monitoring and Controlling Resources
|
44
|
Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others
|
41
|
Processing Information
|
41
|
Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards
|
41
|
Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates
|
39
|
Scheduling Work and Activities
|
39
|
Coaching and Developing Others
|
37
|
Performing for or Working Directly with the Public
|
36
|
Analyzing Data or Information
|
34
|
Provide Consultation and Advice to Others
|
34
|
Training and Teaching Others
|
34
|
Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information
|
33
|
Developing Objectives and Strategies
|
33
|
Developing and Building Teams
|
32
|
Controlling Machines and Processes
|
32
|
Staffing Organizational Units
|
32
|
Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others
|
29
|
Performing Administrative Activities
|
26
|
Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Material
|
25
|
Communicating with Persons Outside Organization
|
25
|
Interacting With Computers
|
24
|
Selling or Influencing Others
|
18
|
Drafting, Laying Out, and Specifying Technical Devices, Parts, and Equipment
|
18
|
Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment
|
16
|
Repairing and Maintaining Electronic Equipment
|
15
|
Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical Equipment
|