HCSS Patient Care Tech I

Job Summary Per diem position. To provide basic technical assistance and supportive patient care to meet the needs of individual patients throughout assigned areas. Major Duties / Critical Tasks Collects, reports, and documents data: 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 and superficial wound care, assists with chronic wound care, provides skincare for a patient with TED hose, SCD, casts, skeletal pins, assists with elimination, cares for the incontinent patient, cares for 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 patient safety related to age and condition. Assists with patient restraints and 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 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. Documents as appropriate. Maintains patient care areas with appropriate supplies. Assists with patient requests for other hospital services. Marginal or Periodic Functions Video monitoring duties as assigned. Adheres to internal controls and reporting structure. Performs related duties as required. 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. Two (2) years of experience in a direct patient care environment including acute patient care, nursing home, or LTAC experience within the last two years OR Current enrollment in a recognized School of Nursing with completion of first semester of education which contains clinical concepts and health assessment or the equivalent. Must not be in final semester of nursing program. Must provide college transcript and letter of recommendation from current nursing instructor. Must have current BLS certification issued through American Heart Association. Working Environment / Equipment Standard Hospital Environment. Uses standard patient care supplies, equipment and mechanical devices. 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 require heavy lifting, pushing, or pulling more than fifty pounds. Official Regulatory Statement for Healthcare Job Descriptions: May be exposed to such occupational hazards as communicable diseases, bloodborne pathogens, ionizing & non‑ionizing radiation, hazardous medications and disoriented or combative patients or others. Primary Location: United States‑Texas‑Galveston #J-18808-Ljbffr The University of Texas Medical Branch