Travel Technician / Technologist - $780 per week in Lima, OH
Company: Cynet Health
Location: Lima
Posted on: January 17, 2026
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Job Description:
Technician / Technologist Location: Lima, OH Agency: Cynet
Health Pay: $780 per week Shift Information: Rotating - 4 days x 10
hours Contract Duration: 52 Weeks Start Date: 2/7/2026 About the
Position Job Title: Psychiatric Attendant Profession: Psychiatric
Attendant Specialty: Staff Augmentation Duration: 52 Weeks Shift:
Multiple Hours per Shift: 10:00 AM - 8:00 PM Experience: Minimum
Years of Experience Required Description: Provides on-ward security
functions over forensic patients or residents of secure-care areas
of a mental health institution. Provides on-ward surveillance
regarding safety and security. Escorts patients to and from
off-ward activities or appointments such as meals, dentist,
laboratory, work details, and recreational activities. Investigates
patient misbehavior. Observes and monitors patient behavior,
particularly during meals. Intervenes during crisis behavior to
prevent self-injury or injury to others, including applying
restraints or assisting nursing staff in subduing or secluding
violent patients. Monitors patients in seclusion. Searches patient
clothing, individual rooms, and ward living areas for dangerous
objects, contraband, or unusual room conditions. Prevents patient
escapes. Provides direct care, treatment, and/or programs to
forensic patients and promotes activities on and off-ward through
participation, interaction, and involvement with patients. Attends
to personal hygiene and grooming needs by monitoring and
instructing treatment plan programs. Encourages independent
functioning in personal hygiene activities. Monitors and assists
patients in washing clothes. Conducts one-to-one sessions with
patients to discuss problems or concerns. Serves meal trays.
Assists in administering treatments as directed by nursing staff.
Prepares patients to attend psychiatric or medical treatment.
Bathes, shaves, feeds, and/or dresses patients who are unable to
perform these tasks independently. Leads patients in recreational
activities. Assists coworkers in maintaining sanitary living
conditions by performing general housekeeping duties. Prepares
reports and documentation regarding patient and unit activities.
Documents significant, unusual, or appropriate patient behavior in
progress notes as dictated by individual treatment plans. Completes
restraint/seclusion reports, daily ward logs, daily shift change
reports, and incident reports. Completes work orders and orders
supplies for patients and cleaning. Prepares patient movement
reports and keeps communication logs updated. Documents crisis
interventions. Attends in-service training programs. Participates
in interdisciplinary team meetings and weekly staff meetings.
Responds to patient needs in emergency situations. Knowledge of
agency and hospital policies and procedures related to forensic
patient care is required. Ability to recognize unusual or
threatening conditions and take appropriate action. Must be able to
deal with problems involving several variables within familiar
contexts. Should have the ability to read short sentences with
concrete vocabulary. Formal education in arithmetic that includes
addition and subtraction and in reading and writing common
vocabulary is necessary. A high school diploma or equivalent is
required. Requirements Required for Onboarding BLS Pharmacology
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