Patient Care Tech

Description

Patient Care Tech - Telemetry

Rapides Regional Medical Center

Shift: Full-Time, Nights (rotating weekends)

Introduction

Last year our HCA Healthcare colleagues invested over 156,000 hours volunteering in our communities. As a Patient Care Tech - Telemetry with Rapides Regional Medical Center you can be a part of an organization that is devoted to giving back

Benefits

Rapides Regional Medical Center, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive medical coverage that covers many common services at no cost or for a low copay. Plans include prescription drug and behavioral health coverage as well as free telemedicine services and free AirMed medical transportation.
• Additional options for dental and vision benefits, life and disability coverage, flexible spending accounts, supplemental health protection plans (accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity), auto and home insurance, identity theft protection, legal counseling, long-term care coverage, moving assistance, pet insurance and more.
• Free counseling services and resources for emotional, physical and financial wellbeing
  
• 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service)
  
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan with 10% off HCA Healthcare stock
  
• Family support through fertility and family building benefits with Progyny and adoption assistance.
  
• Referral services for child, elder and pet care, home and auto repair, event planning and more
  
• Consumer discounts through Abenity and Consumer Discounts
  
• Retirement readiness, rollover assistance services and preferred banking partnerships
  
• Education assistance (tuition, student loan, certification support, dependent scholarships)
  
• Colleague recognition program
  
• Time Away From Work Program (paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence)
  
• Employee Health Assistance Fund that offers free employee-only coverage to full-time and part-time colleagues based on income.

Learn more about Employee Benefits

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

Would you like to unlock your potential with a leading healthcare provider dedicated to the growth and development of our colleagues? Join the Rapides Regional Medical Center family We will give you the tools and resources you need to succeed in our organization. We are looking for an enthusiastic Patient Care Tech - Telemetry to help us reach our goals. Unlock your potential

Job Summary and Qualifications

The Patient Care Technician (PCT) delivers high quality, patient-centered care by performing a variety of delegated basic patient care services related to common nursing functions and activities of daily living. Under the supervision of the registered nurse (RN), the PCT assists the nursing staff in providing patient care in accordance with the PCT’s skills/training and the needs of the Department, and consistently assists the patient care team with maintaining a clean, well-organized, and safe patient care environment. The PCT complies with all hospital policies/procedures and observes the State Board of Nursing rules for unlicensed personnel.

What you will do in this role:

• Assisting in moving in and out of bed.
• Assisting in positioning and repositioning while in bed to prevent skin injuries.
• Exercising extremities.
• Adheres to principles of safe body mechanics.

• Participates in the implementation of nursing care plans by performing direct and indirect patient care under the supervision of the licensed nurse.
• Obtains and records initial and ongoing patient information throughout the cycle of care, including admissions data, vital signs, height and weight, blood pressure, oxygen saturation, intake and output, calorie counts, and other patient information as outlined by policy.
• Assists with mobility by regular turning and positioning, dangling, and ambulating patients. Assists with use of walkers, crutches, canes, and wheelchairs. Transfers patients to and from other units, departments, or entities.  Assists with discharges.  Demonstrates proper body mechanics.
• Obtains or assists in the collection of specimens for diagnostic or waived tests. Ensures accuracy of all labels and timely transfer of specimen.
• Assists patients with activities of daily living to include eating and drinking, bathing, shaving, oral care, grooming, and elimination. Changes bed linens as needed.
• Serves as Monitor/Telemetry Tech for the unit as needed.
• Engages in evidence-based best practices that enhance the patient experience, including SAFETY rounding, communication fundamentals/AIDET, Teach-Back, Narrating Care, etc.

• Assists the nurses by performing various patient care activities and related non-professional services necessary to meet personal and comfort needs and carry out the medical and nursing plan of care for all adolescents, adults and geriatrics.

• Patient care activities are coordinated through collaboration and planning with other member of the health care team.
• Able to demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care based on physical, psychosocial, educational, safety and related criteria appropriate to the following age groups: adolescents, adults and geriatrics.
• Meets all physical needs of the patient in a timely manner regardless of patient assignment.
• Able to identify potential or actual victims of abuse and understands proper reporting mechanism.
• Communicates patient’s report of pain to the nursing staff.
• Assignments are carried out accurately and efficiently and clarified when necessary.

• Assists in implementing the medical and nursing plan of care by:
• • Taking vital signs accurately and documenting appropriately.
  • Providing comfort and hygiene measures in a timely manner.
  • Providing nutritional requirements in a timely manner and accurately recording intake and output.
  • Keeping the patient’s immediate environment clean and safe.
  • Keeping the staff nurse informed of patients’ conditions, response to care, and any concerns voiced.
  • Enemas and douches
  • Ice collar and aqua module
  • Ostomy care
  • Urinary catheter care and removal
  • Capillary blood sugars
  • Non-sterile dressing changes

• Meets the rehabilitative needs of patients as instructed by the nurse by:

1. • Assisting in moving in and out of bed.
   • Assisting in positioning and repositioning while in bed to prevent skin injuries.
   • Exercising extremities.
   • Adheres to principles of safe body mechanics.

• Assume responsibility and accountability for the economical and safe utilization of supplies and ensures that discontinued equipment is removed, cleaned properly, and returned to central supply properly.

• Achieves stated goals related to job performance. Educational records reveal attendance at all required educational programs/in-services

What qualifications you will need:

• High school diploma, GED required
• Basic Cardiac Life Support, or CPR for Healthcare Providers must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date

Rapides Regional Medical Center is a 350+ bed hospital and ER in Alexandria, Louisiana. We offer services ranging from Cancer Care to Wound Care. Our medical staff includes doctors in more than 30 medical specialties. At Rapides Regional we believe that well-defined values are the key to nurturing staff and patient satisfaction. By joining our team you contribute to the positive culture of the hospital. This culture impacts the well-being of patients and their families. It also impacts your colleagues, and your own personal job satisfaction. Learn what our commitment to patient satisfaction, service excellence and professional expertise can do for your career.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

 

"There is so much good to do in the world and so many different ways to do it."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.
HCA Healthcare Co-Founder

Be a part of an organization that invests in you We are reviewing applications for our Patient Care Tech - Telemetry opening. Qualified candidates will be contacted for interviews. Submit your application and help us raise the bar in patient care

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

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