Patient Care Technician

Nursing Attendant

Under direction and supervision of registered Nurse, assists with activities of daily living, provides basic nursing care, and assists in maintenance of a safe and clean environment.

Job Responsibility

1. Functions as a co-worker to the nurse and a key member of the nursing care team: • Organizes patient care assignment and sets priorities. • Alerts RN co-worker to changes in patient status i.e., alteration in comfort, skin integrity, alterations in breathing pattern, etc. • Documents patient care and patient status changes on the appropriate chart forms. • Communicates routine information to RN periodically during shift i.e., intake and output. 2. Assists RN in providing for ADL needs of patients: • Prepares patients for meals, and feeds or assists with meals. • Provides between meal nourishment and fresh water to patients. • Bathes or assists patient to bathe, provides oral hygiene. • Toilets patients as necessary. • Maintains patient's mobility with range of motion exercises and ambulation. • Grooms patient, including shaving, as needed. • Participates with the RN in the development of a plan of care for assigned patient. • Utilizes a plan of care in carrying out patient assignments. 3. Maintains patient care units in a neat and orderly condition: • Changes and makes beds. • Cleans and straightens bedside table and over-bed tables, as needed. • Strips patient units upon discharge of patient, in preparation for cleaning by Housekeeping Department. • Removes equipment from room. • Cleans and place it in appropriate area. • Prepares room for new admissions, transfers and post-operative patients. 4. Assists Registered Nurse by performing selected procedures and simple treatments: • Takes and records temperature, pulse, respiration rate and B.P. on admission and as assigned. • Measures and records fluid intake and output; totals at shift end. • Perform, mount and process EKG's. • Draw and process blood, as appropriate, within State and County guidelines. • Obtains specimens, such as urine, stool and sputum. • Administers enemas, as directed. • Weighs and records patient weight on admission and as indicated. • Shaves patients as instructed in preparation for procedures. • Performs simple procedures utilizing aseptic technique (i.e. – applying and changing simple dressings). • Performs simple respiratory treatments, as required (i.e. oral suctioning). 5. Performs a variety of related duties: • Assists patients in and out of bed, ambulates patients, lifts, turns and positions patients. • Assists with serving of meals; positions patient, cleans over-bed table, and helps distribute and collect trays. • Transports and accompanies patients to various departments, as directed. • Reports missing or damaged equipment to Nursing Unit Secretary. • Maintains non-patient rooms (i.e., utility rooms, linen rooms, kitchens, etc.) in a neat and orderly condition. • Maintains cleanliness of patient care equipment. • Performs constant observation on selected patients as assigned. • Follows medical Center's policies and procedures to support QA/QI efforts in patient care and services. • Performs post-mortem care and transports body to morgue. 6. Takes part in Nursing's continuing education policy by: • Attending nursing attendant course during orientation program. • Participating and completing annual mandatory educational requirements. • Attending nursing attendant staff development programs offered throughout the year. 7. Performs related duties, as required.

Job Qualification

• High School Diploma or equivalent, required. • Completion of Nurse Assistant course or equivalent, required. • OR Prior experience as a Nursing Attendant or equivalent, required. • NYS Nurse Attendant certification, preferred. • Ability to communicate effectively, and follow written and/or oral instructions. • Ability to work in diversified settings. • Ability to lift, turn, position, etc. Patients, as required

*Additional Salary Detail The salary range and/or hourly rate listed is a good faith determination of potential base compensation that may be offered to a successful applicant for this position at the time of this job advertisement and may be modified in the future. When determining a team member's base salary and/or rate, several factors may be considered as applicable (e.g., location, specialty, service line, years of relevant experience, education, credentials, negotiated contracts, budget and internal equity).