Patient Care Technician, Medical Stroke Telemetry

2 days ago


Glenview, Illinois, United States NorthShore University HealthSystem Full time
Job Summary

The Patient Care Technician, under the direction of a Registered Nurse (RN) or Licensed Practicing Nurse (LPN), performs patient care tasks and procedures necessary to provide for the care, comfort, and safety of patients in the Medical Stroke Unit.

Responsibilities and Essential Functions
  • Interact with patients and visitors, answering patient call lights, answering phones, and assisting visitors within the facility.
  • Perform purposeful hourly rounding on all assigned patients.
  • Learn patient safe handling skills to assist in the ambulation of patients and to assist the nursing staff in the transferring, lifting, and/or repositioning of patients utilizing Safe Patient Handling equipment.
  • Provide basic care by assisting patients with personal care needs, including bathing, grooming, oral care, eating, feeding, use of bedpan or urinal, positioning, answering and responding to patient call lights, bed making, etc., under the supervision of a RN/LPN.
  • Assist with room set up, welcoming of new patients/room orientation, discharging and/or transfer of patients.
  • Accurately complete and document patient care activities, including ADL, vital signs, weights, intake & output, and calorie counts, according to policy and procedure.
  • Effectively explain and perform procedures, such as urinary catheter removal, ECGs, wound care, and dressing changes, under the direction of the nurse.
  • Collect non-sterile specimens, such as routine urinalysis and stool specimens.
  • Promote and maintain skin integrity by reporting patient problems as they occur, to the appropriate team member.
Requirements
  • Current BLS certification for the Healthcare Provider issued by either American Heart Association.
  • Completion of an accredited certified nursing assistant (CNA) training course preferred.
  • Completion of at least one nursing clinical rotation in medical or surgical nursing preferred.
Working Conditions

The working conditions described below represent those that must be performed to successfully complete the essential functions of this job.

Flow of work and character of duties involves normal mental, visual, auditory attention much or all of the time with manual dexterity is required for sustained periods of time.

Requires visual acuity adequate to assess patients and read/record patient charts.

Requires auditory acuity adequate to converse with patients, members of the healthcare team, and coworkers who are wearing masks.

Potential for exposure to blood, body fluids, and other potentially infectious materials, chemicals, and other hazardous conditions which may pose a health risk.



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