HCSS Patient Care Tech I

KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS/ABILITIES:

• Ability to effectively communicate verbally and/or in written form.

• Customer service orientation and values.

• Ability to negotiate solutions and outcomes.

• Team player.

• Ability to maximize people and financial resources.

• Ability to work in partnership with management and staff.

REQUIRED EDUCATION / EXPERIENCE:

• High school diploma or equivalent AND Certified as a Nurse Assistant (CNA)

• One year of acute patient care, nursing home, or LTAC experience within the last two years.
• Must have current BLS certification obtained through American Heart Association

EQUIPMENT:

• Standard patient care supplies, equipment, and mechanical devices.

WORKING ENVIRONMENT:

• Standard hospital environment.
• May require heavy lifting, pushing, or pulling more than fifty pounds

PHYSICAL DEMANDS/WORKING CONDITIONS:

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, hand/ finger dexterity, and type on a computer keyboard.   Specific vision abilities required by this job include regularly working on a Visual Display Terminal (VDT), close vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.  Includes intermittent physical activity such as bending, reaching, and lifting
• The employee is regularly required to talk or hear. 
• Noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. 
• May be exposed to such occupational hazards as communicable diseases, blood pathogens, radiation, chemotherapeutic agents, and disoriented or combative patients or others