Patient Care Technician
2 weeks ago
A Patient Care Technician has accountability for providing care to patients in an ambulatory clinic setting. This involves caring for patients with acute and chronic needs, responding to patient care needs by answering call lights, assisting patients with hygiene care, obtaining vital signs, and communicating effectively with the care team.
Unit Details:The Emergency Department is a 43-bed unit with a 15-bed Observation Unit that specializes in Emergency Care. We are a level IV Trauma Center and Accredited Chest Pain and Stroke Center. We are a busy inner city Emergency Department that serves the Denver community.
We pride ourselves on our collaborative team approach, which extends to the Emergency Providers, EMTs, and PCTs, allowing us to provide the highest quality care to our community.
Job Details:Patient care technicians at Intermountain Health are committed to providing patient-centered care while demonstrating our values of Integrity, Trust, Excellence, Accountability, and Mutual Respect.
If you are interested in contributing to our mission of helping people live the healthiest lives possible, come join our team.
Job Specifics:Benefits Eligible: Yes; Medical, Dental, Vision, Education Assistance.
Shift Details: Full-time night shift needed, some weekend and holiday requirements.
Department/Unit: Emergency Dept. Observation Unit.
Additional Details: Shift differentials given for evenings, nights, and weekends.
Scope:
- Responds to patient care needs by answering call lights, assisting patients with hygiene care, obtaining vital signs, and communicating constructively, effectively, and timely with members of the care team.
- Performs 12-lead EKG duties commensurate with the level of training received and competency.
- Applies, checks, and documents restraints as directed by the RN or physician.
- Performs wound care, stoma care, and specimen collection.
- Performs equipment and tube care/management, e.g., JPs, hemovacs, and nasogastric tubes, and Foley removal.
- Assists with patient transfers, admissions, and discharges as directed and in compliance with the principles of safe patient handling.
- Orders and maintains office and patient care floor stock/supplies.
- Performs the duties of unit secretary, maintaining patient charts, responding to phone calls, maintaining daily assignment boards, providing equipment care/cleaning, performing errands associated with patient care, and providing accurate information about the patient with the interdisciplinary team.
- Assists physicians and RNs as directed.
- Promotes the mission, vision, and values of SCL Health and abides by Service Behavior Standards.
- Demonstrates and adheres to the standards of infection prevention.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
- May be required to float to other departments (within scope of competency and qualifications) based on business need.
- May be required to be placed on-call during a regularly scheduled shift.
Required
Successful completion of an accredited nursing assistant training program
Certification as a Nursing Assistant (CNA) in the state of practice
Current American Heart Association Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers (BLS-HCP) certification upon hire or obtained within 60 days of hire with prior approval
Preferred
1+ years of previous experience in a healthcare setting
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements list must be representative of the knowledge, skills, minimum education, training, licensure, experience, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Apply technical skills and experience gathering patient data and performing patient care tasks such as weight, height, vitals, intake/output measures, EKGs, and specimen collection.
Be willing to provide personal hygiene, dressing, nutrition, activity, elimination, and other treatments.
Be willing to accept supervision and work well with others.
Strong oral and written communication skills.
Regular attendance to perform work on site during regularly scheduled business hours or scheduled shifts is required.
Ability to work nights and/or weekends is required for identified positions.
Physical Requirements:Ongoing need for employee to see and read information, labels, assess patient needs, operate monitors, identify equipment and supplies.
Frequent interactions with patient care providers, patients, and visitors that require employee to verbally communicate as well as hear and understand spoken information, alarms, needs, and issues quickly and accurately, particularly during emergencies.
Manual dexterity of hands and fingers to manipulate complex and delicate equipment with precision and accuracy.
This includes frequent computer use and typing for documenting patient care, accessing needed information, medication preparation, etc.
Expected to lift and utilize full range of movement to transfer patients.
Will also bend to retrieve, lift, and carry supplies and equipment.
Typically includes items of varying weights, up to and including heavy items.
Need to walk and assist with transporting/ambulating patients and obtaining and distributing supplies and equipment.
This includes pushing/pulling gurneys and portable equipment, including heavy items.
Often required to navigate crowded and busy rooms (full of equipment, power cords on the floor, etc).
May be expected to stand in a stationary position for an extended period of time.
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