Virtual Monitor Tech

3 weeks ago

Newton, United States Partners HealthCare Full time

Under the direction of a registered/licensed nurse (RN), the Patient Care Associate (PCA) as a member of the interdisciplinary health care team assists in clinical support functions to promote a safe, compassionate patient care environment.

Essential Functions

  • Assists with meeting direct patient care needs
  • Consistently fosters a healing environment with respect and kindness demonstrating respect for all individuals with sensitivity to cultural diversity
  • Contributes to the plan of care through ongoing communication with the RN
  • Assists with patient data and specimen collection
  • Assists with equipment preparation and set up 
  • Supports a Culture of Safety by providing a safe and comfortable patient/family experience where risks are reduced and/or eliminated, by performing the following:
    • Completes hourly patient care rounds, anticipating patient needs proactively
    • Maintains patient and family privacy and confidentiality
    • Responds to patient and family requests, including answering patient call lights in a timely manner
    • Seeks registered nurse assistance to meet patient/family needs when necessary. 
    • Communicates in a respectful manner with all members of the interdisciplinary team
    • Monitors patient and environment for safety concerns and immediately reports changes to RN/licensed nurse
    • Maintains a safe and clean patient care environment
    • Follows Infection Prevention Practices: 
      • Proper hand washing demonstrated 100% of the time. 
      • Utilizes two patient identifiers for proper patient identification prior to all specimen collections
    • Follows Safe Patient Handling principles to maintain safety for both patients and staff
  • Documents aspects of care on approved forms or electronic medical record
  • Participates as a member of the Interdisciplinary team to meet patient/family and unit/department needs
  • Proactively provides assistance to others
  • Performs delegated responsibilities and demonstrates willingness to adapt to changing unit demands
  •  Provides care appropriate to age group of patients on assigned unit(s) as described in the relevant unit profiles
  • In collaboration with the Nursing Manager/Director and Clinical Nurse Specialist/Nursing Practice Specialist/Nursing Professional Development Specialist, identifies and meets learning needs, including: 
    • Completes annual required training 
    • Updates knowledge through periodic in-services
  • Other duties as assigned

Direct Patient Care:

  • Assists with activities of daily living (i.e. personal hygiene/grooming, bathing/showering, toileting, dressing, and functionality/mobility)
  •  Sets up food trays and assist patients with meals as indicated
  • Performs preventative skin care 
  • Assists patients with positioning, turning, mobilization, ambulation, passive and active range of motion per plan of care
  • Applies/removes pneumatic sequential compression sleeves
  • Adheres to standard precautions
  • Adheres to hand hygiene guidelines
  • Assists with admission/discharge process
  • Provides safe patient transportation
  • Orients patients and families/visitors to surroundings
  • Ensures safekeeping of patient valuables including packing and storing
  • Checks patients for ID bands, and notifies nurse if replacement is needed

Patient Data and Specimen Collection:

  • Utilizes 2 patient identifiers for proper patient identification prior to all specimen collections
  • Obtains and records vital signs, pulse oximetry and non-invasive B/P and immediately reports changes to RN/licensed nurse
  • Performs blood glucose testing 

Equipment:

  • Retrieves equipment from other areas
  • Cleans equipment between patient use
  • Follows equipment management protocols on assigned unit for patient use:
    • Cardiac monitors
    • Portable oxygen cylinder
    • Nasal cannula/face mask
    • Pulse oximeter and probe
    • Suction canister-liner system
    • Patient lifting equipment
    • Scales: Standing/Chair/Wheelchair
  • Provides a Safe and Comfortable Patient/Family experience
  • Adheres to service excellence standards during care provision with respectful, courteous, culturally sensitive care 
  • Responds to call lights in a timely manner and prioritizes call light response appropriately
  • Participates in hourly rounding per unit protocol
  • Provides constant observation for patients at risk for injury in person or virtually
  • Reapplies soft restraints/roll belt per unit protocol
  • Uses principles of Safe Patient Handling

Documentation on Approved Forms and in Medical Record:

  • Records intake of fluids and food
  • Records height and weight
  • Records output of urine, stool, vomitus, and drain output
  • Records vital signs, pulse oximetry and noninvasive BPs
  • Records blood glucose results
 

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