How do they match: Psychiatric Aides

  • Nursing Assistant
  • Health Service Worker
  • Behavioral Health Aide
  • Behavioral Health Assistant
  • Certified Nurses' Aide
  • Certified Nursing Assistant
  • Clinical Mental Health Counseling Intern
  • Licensed Behavioral Health Clinician
  • Mental Health Admin
  • Mental Health Administrator
  • Mental Health Aide
  • Mental Health Assistant
  • Mental Health Associate
  • Mental Health Counselor
  • Mental Health Orderly
  • Mental Health Program Assistant
  • Mental Health Technician
  • Mental Health Worker
  • Professional Nursing Assistant
  • Psychiatric Nursing Aide

  • Assist mentally impaired or emotionally disturbed patients, working under direction of nursing and medical staff. May assist with daily living activities, lead patients in educational and recreational activities, or accompany patients to and from examinations and treatments. May restrain violent patients. Includes psychiatric orderlies.

  • Perform nursing duties, such as administering medications, measuring vital signs, collecting specimens, or drawing blood samples.
  • Provide mentally impaired or emotionally disturbed patients with routine physical, emotional, psychological, or rehabilitation care under the direction of nursing or medical staff.
  • Work as part of a team that may include psychiatrists, psychologists, psychiatric nurses, or social workers.

  • Monitor patients to detect health problems.
  • Record vital statistics or other health information.