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2 weeks ago
We are seeking a highly motivated and detail-oriented Patient Care Technician to join our team at the University of Michigan. As a Patient Care Technician, you will play a vital role in providing direct patient care and assisting in the maintenance of a safe environment that supports patient care needs.
Responsibilities- Obtain vital signs, temperature, height/length, weight, oxygen saturation, and pain scores; report abnormal values to RN.
- Utilize palpation/auscultation and Doppler to determine heart rate and blood pressure.
- Monitor and report the overt physical condition of assigned patients.
- Measure and record intake and output, including from drains.
- Assist physician/providers during diagnostic procedures and assist and support patients before and during procedures.
- Collect specimens, including urine, stool, sputum, and swabs.
- Initiate, maintain, and record 24-hour urine collection.
- Transport blood and laboratory specimens.
- Discontinue peripheral IVs and remove peripheral IV dressings.
- Assist patients with or administer routine personal hygiene, including baths, oral care, and skin care.
- Perform oral suctioning using Yankauer tips, suction toothbrushes, and oral care sponges.
- Provide toileting/bedpan/urinal and remove/empty foley catheters.
- Accompany, escort, ambulate, move, turn, dangle, lift, transport, and attend/hold/position patients.
- Assist with range of motion and apply rehabilitation equipment.
- Provide patient nourishment by passing and collecting trays, providing snacks/beverages, and assisting with ordering meals/snacks.
- Connect, drain, and disconnect urinary catheters.
- Apply condom catheters and perform clean urinary catheterizations.
- Cleanse and redress non-sterile wounds.
- Apply binders, ACE wraps, hot and cold applications, and provide soaks and special baths.
- Assist RN with complex dressing changes.
- Assist with tracheostomy care on stable tracheotomies.
- Coach/prompt patients to use incentive spirometers and in coughing and deep breathing.
- Measure and obtain TED hose and apply Sequential Compression Devices.
- Perform post-mortem care and transport deceased patients to the morgue/pathology.
- Respond to call lights and alarms and answer unit telephone and relay messages as needed.
- Empty and measure drainage collection and emesis.
- Assist RN with admissions, discharges, and transfers.
- Provide skin care at the direction of the RN, applying select topical emollients containing medication.
- Initiate emergency care utilizing the 'ABC's' - Airway, Breathing, Circulation.
- Transport materials, supplies, medications, specimens, patient belongings, equipment, and medical records.
- Perform patient care comfort-safety rounds per unit routine.
- Assist with application and maintain restraints.
- Document care provided.
- High school diploma, GED, or equivalent, and ability to read and write.
- One of the following: junior status in an accredited BSN program, 2nd year in accredited ADN program, Bachelors Degree in Applied Medical Science, or a minimum 1-year recent experience in an unlicensed assistive role in a patient care setting.
- Ability to perform a wide range of physical activities, including moving, transporting, and positioning patients and equipment, as well as constantly positioning self to provide patient care and related duties.
- Certification as a Nurse Aid or Medical Assistant.
- Recent experience in an acute care inpatient setting.
- Basic computer skills.
This position is for all shifts, including night, day, and evening shifts.
Positions that are eligible for hybrid or mobile/remote work mode are at the discretion of the hiring department.
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