Psychiatric assistant, Kaiāwhina kaimātai mate hinengaro
Also known as
- Mental health support worker, mental health assistant, addiction support worker, psychiatric aide
Psychiatric assistants support psychiatric nurses and medical staff. They help patients with tasks and accompany them to and from treatments.
Your pay could be
$70K
Lower
$90K to $132K
Most common
$150K
Upper
How does this pay compare?
Pay is before tax
Psychiatric assistants
- usually work regular business hours but may work shifts, including nights and weekends
- usually work in psychiatric hospitals, mental health units or private clinics
- may do emotionally demanding work
- need to be organised, responsible and communicate well
Tasks
- record vital statistics or other health information
- maintain medical records
- encourage patients during therapeutic activities
- monitor patients to detect health problems
- assess physical conditions of patients to aid in diagnosis or treatment
- hold patients to ensure proper positioning or safety
- feed patients
- confer with other professionals to plan patient care
- clean patient rooms or patient treatment rooms
- care for patients with mental illnesses
Social
Practical
Organised
Interests that fit this job
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Do the quizYou usually need a qualification to become a psychiatric assistant and experience may be useful.
You may need
- a New Zealand Certificate in Health and Wellbeing (Level 3)
- a New Zealand Certificate in Health and Wellbeing (Advanced Care and Support) (Level 4)
- to do an apprenticeship in community client care
- experience in similar work
- a driver licence
If you’re in school
You usually need NCEA Level 2 to do the study or training for this job.
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