Low to No Risk

11

Moderate Risk

1

High Risk

2

Extreme Risk

0

• 1.5Monitor patients' physical and emotional well-being and report unusual behavior or physical ailments to medical staff.
• 0.2Provide nursing, psychiatric, or personal care to patients with cognitive, intellectual, or developmental disabilities.
• 0.6Observe and influence patients' behavior, communicating and interacting with them and teaching, counseling, or befriending them.
• 1Encourage patients to develop work skills and to participate in social, recreational, or other therapeutic activities that enhance interpersonal skills or develop social relationships.
• 0.8Collaborate with or assist doctors, psychologists, or rehabilitation therapists in working with patients with cognitive, intellectual, or developmental disabilities to treat, rehabilitate, and return patients to the community.
• 1Develop or teach strategies to promote client wellness and independence.
• 1.3Aid patients in performing tasks, such as bathing or keeping beds, clothing, or living areas clean.
• 1.5Administer oral medications or hypodermic injections, following physician's prescriptions and hospital procedures.
• 1.7Interview new patients to complete admission forms, to assess their mental health status, or to obtain their mental health and treatment history.
• 1.2Contact patients' relatives to arrange family conferences.
• 1Train or instruct new employees on procedures to follow with psychiatric patients.

12.5% of Psychiatric Technicians tasks can be automated with AI or robotics