Patient Care Specialist
4 days ago
UTMB Health is seeking a Patient Care Technician to join our team. As a Patient Care Technician, you will provide basic technical assistance and supportive patient care to meet the needs of individual patients throughout assigned areas.
Job Summary:Provides basic technical assistance and supportive patient care to meet the needs of individual patients throughout assigned areas.
Essential Job Functions:- Collects, reports, and documents data: vital signs, height and weight, intake and output, pulse oximetry, and collects specimens.
- 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.
- Assists with feeding.
- Ambulates, positions, and turns patients and cares for the patient with altered mobility.
- Assists with patient safety related to age and condition.
- Assists with patient restraints, patient-specific safety precautions, collects, reports, and documents data related to patient needs/emergencies and usual patient and family behavior, and cares for the patient from a correctional environment.
- Maintains patient privacy and confidentiality of information and 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.
- Adheres to internal controls and reporting structure established for department.
- Performs related duties as required.
Standard patient care supplies, equipment, and mechanical devices.
Work Environment:May be exposed to such occupational hazards as communicable diseases, blood-borne pathogens, ionizing & non-ionizing radiation, hazardous medications, and disoriented or combative patients or others.
Located within the confines of a prison, jail, or juvenile detention center. Security clearance is required; pre-employment drug testing is also required.
Required Education/Experience:High school or equivalent and completion of one of the following technical programs:
- Completion of a recognized Nurse Assistant program, or
- Completion of a Medical Assistant program, or
- Completion of Medical Corpsman program, or
- Completion of EMT program, or
- Completion of UTMB Hospital Aide training program, or
- Two (2) years of experience in a direct patient care environment, or
- Currently enrolled in a recognized School of Nursing program and completed the first semester of education which contains clinical concepts and health assessment or the equivalent.
Current BLS-HP is required.
Salary is commensurate with years of relevant work experience.
This is a non-benefit eligible, hourly paid position limited to a maximum of 19 hours per week.
UTMB Health is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applications from diverse candidates.
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