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

Webster, Texas, United States

New

Patient Care

UTMB Health

Requisition # 2404646

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

Equal Employment Opportunity

UTMB Health strives to provide equal opportunity employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or any other basis protected by institutional policy or by federal, state or local laws unless such distinction is required by law. As a VEVRAA Federal Contractor, UTMB Health takes affirmative action to hire and advance women, minorities, protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.

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