Patient Care Technician II (PCT) - Med/Surg - CLC

REQUIRED EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE:

High school or equivalent, one year of hospital experience AND completion of one of the following technical programs:

•          Completion of a recognized Nurse Assistant program OR
•          Completion of Medical Corpsman program OR
•          Completion of EMT program OR
•          Is enrolled in a recognized School of Nursing and has completed the first semester of education which contains clinical concepts and health assessment or the equivalent
•          Has obtained and provided documentation of completion of 2 or more of the following:
•          Emergency Dispatch
•          POCT test site manager
•          Cross-training to HUC duties
•          Patient Care Assistant trainer
•          Perform Unit Audits- 1 per month per unit/ department manager
•          Cast placement
•          Perform/ Assist with High-Level Disinfection
•          Set up of delivery tables
•          Set-up and assistance with minor operating procedures
•          Set-up and assistance with area specific diagnostic procedures
•          Language assistance
•          Burn tub room duties which includes splint applications: mouth spreaders, upper and lower extremities, positioning patients prone, application of pressure wrapping: coban ace wraps, surginet pressure garments, tubigrip/jobst garments, burn dressing preparation and application and assists in application of biobrane/transcyte
•          INQN, IDERAD, PACS system resource/user

LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS OR CERTIFICATIONS:

Required:

•          BLS

JOB SUMMARY:

To provide technical assistance and supportive patient care to meet the needs of individual patients throughout assigned areas and serve as a leader/ mentor for the assigned unit(s).

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

•          Collects, reports, and documents data. Takes vital signs, height and weight, intake and output, pulse oximetry, and collects specimens.
•          Obtains blood samples by venipuncture.
•       Acquires 12 lead EKG.
•           Performs and reports POCT.
•           Assists with patient activities and care as assigned by the charge nurse/designee as indicated by the patient’s plan of care.
•           Provides for patients’ personal hygiene. Bathes patients, performs oral suctioning, superficial wound care, assists with elimination, and cares for the incontinent patient and the patient with a urinary catheter. Assists or gives cleansing enemas, sitz baths, non-sterile douches, and provides ostomy care.
•           Assists with feeding.
•           Ambulates, positions, and turns patients and cares for the patient with altered mobility.
•           Assists with the admission, transfer, and discharge of the patient.
•           Assists the healthcare team by preparing patients and chaperoning during examinations/procedures or assists with other patient treatments.
•           Provides for patient safety related to age and condition.
•           Assists with patient restraints and maintains patient-specific safety precautions.
•           Collects, reports, and documents data related to patient needs/emergencies and unusual patient and family behavior.
•           Cares for the patient from a correctional environment
•           Maintains patient privacy and confidentiality of information and health records at all times.
•           Provides and maintains a clean, safe environment and performs and/or assists others to perform proper aseptic technique, isolation procedures, and infection control measures.
•           Maintains patient care areas with appropriate supplies.
•           Assists with patient requests for other hospital services.
•           Participates in one leadership activity per fiscal year

MARGINAL OR PERIODIC FUNCTIONS:

•   Video monitoring duties as assigned.
•   Adheres to internal controls and reporting structure.

SALARY RANGE:

Salary commensurate with experience.

WORK SCHEDULE:

Full-time