Patient Care Technician Post-Surgical Unit Days 12hrswk

Patient Care Technician - Post-Surgical Unit * Days - 12hrs/wk

Requisition #: req12866

Shift: Days


FTE status: 0.3


On-call: No


Weekends: Yes

General Summary:

Under the direction of a Registered Nurse (RN) the Patient Care Technician (PCT) provides basic nursing care to patients and performs related tasks necessary to support the unit.

Requirements:

1. Minimum High School Diploma or GED required.
2. Must meet one of the following requirements:
   • Current Certified Nurse Aide (CENA) certification or
   • Current enrollment (and continued progression) in a health science program required with completion of nursing fundamentals course and/or one clinical rotation preferred. Equivalent enrollment considered will include but is not limited to: Nursing School Pre-PA School Medical School or closely related health science program or
   • Equivalent experience. Equivalent experience considered will include but is not limited to: Medical Assistant Paramedic Medical First Responder EMT Nurse Tech Resident Aid/Assistant or LPN.
3. Basic understanding of Medical Terminology Anatomy Physiology and Patient Confidentiality is preferred.
4. Current Basic Life Support (BLS/CPR) provider required.
5. Experience in acute care or extended care facility preferred.
6. Able to successfully complete unit-specific core competencies as defined in the orientation check-list.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities:

1. ACTIVITY / COMFORT: Assist patients with activity of daily living and provides for patient comfort. This responsibility includes making occupied and unoccupied beds; turning and positioning patients in bed; ambulating and dangling patients; transfers patients; performs passive and assisting with active range-of-motion exercises.
2. HYGIENE: Assist patients with hygiene activities.
3. PROCEDURES: Indwelling urinary catheter care (excluding insertion removal and irrigation); changing non-sterile dressings; providing ileostomy/colostomy care.
4. Assisting with postmortem care.
5. NUTRITION: Assist patients with nutrition including passing trays snacks and drinking water; feeding patients; and measuring and recording intake from dietary trays.
6. ELIMINATION: Assist patients with elimination needs recording accurate input and output. Empties other drains as designated by the RN.
7. SPECIMEN COLLECTION: Collects and labels sputum urine and stool specimens for laboratory testing; testing urine for sugar acetone blood or pH; straining urine for kidney stones; and using the glucometer to test blood glucose levels.
8. VITAL SIGNS / MEASUREMENT: Measures and record accurate vital signs and weight including oral and tympanic temperature radial and apical pulse blood pressure respiratory rate; and using standing chair sling and bed scales to measure weight.
9. EQUIPMENT: Uses equipment and supplies safely and appropriately. This includes assisting patients with incentive spirometry; setting up oxygen flow meters; setting up suction equipment and disposing of suction canisters; and applying and removing ice bags moist or dry heat ace bandages arm slings binders supports anti-embolism stockings sequential compression devices (SCDs) restraints.
10. INFECTION CONTROL: Assists with controlling the spread of infection by using aseptic technique; adhering to universal/standard precautions; caring appropriately for patients with special isolation precautions; passing clean linen and bagging and disposing of soiled linen; replacing full sharps containers; cleaning equipment between patients use; and cleaning equipment prior to return to Central Processing Department (CPD).
11. DOCUMENTATION: Document care given as directed by the RN.
12. COMMUNICATION: Communicates effectively using Vocera unit paging system telephone system and pneumatic tube system; answering patient call lights; reporting observations to the RN; keeping the RN informed of care delivered; maintaining patient confidentiality.
13. Performs other duties as assigned. These may include but are not limited to: Performing tasks assigned by the Registered Nurse in charge to facilitate department efficiency. Maintaining a current knowledge base of department processes and procedures for patient care pursuing self-directed learning and continuing education opportunities and participating on committees task forces and work groups as determined by management.

Required Experience:

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