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Patient Care Technician
1 month ago
**Job Summary**
MedStar Health is seeking a skilled Patient Care Technician to join our team at MedStar Washington Hospital Center. As a Patient Care Technician, you will provide direct patient care activities under the supervision of a Registered Nurse or medical staff/providers. Your responsibilities will include assisting nursing and medical staff with procedures and/or tests, and patients with ADLs (Activities of Daily Living). You will also perform specific care activities such as specimen collection, phlebotomy, intravenous (IV) catheter insertion, electrocardiography (EKG), and documentation in the health record.
**Key Responsibilities:**
- Assist patients with activities of daily living (ADLs) and personal hygiene, including bathing, mouth care, dressing, skin care, positioning, feeding, ambulation, toileting, and range of motion activities.
- Assist with patient mobilization and rehabilitation, use of crutches and walkers, and transfer/transport of patients in wheelchairs and stretchers.
- Collect specimens; perform venipuncture/phlebotomy; obtain EKGs; apply electrodes and initiate physiologic monitoring equipment; and insert intravenous (IV) catheters, changes of IV sites and dressings, and routine inspection of IV sites.
- Accurately take and record patient's vital signs, height and weight, pulse oximetry, point of care and waived testing and other pertinent information in the patient's health record.
- Maintain the comfort, confidentiality, and dignity of each patient.
- Perform patient observation duty, including 1:1 observation, and application of restraints.
- Prepare patients to be seen by providers.
- Assist providers and registered nurses in patient examinations and procedures.
- Rounds on all assigned patients based on established standards.
- Reports actual and potential problems concerning patients/families, including changes in the patient's condition, to the registered nurse and other care team members.
- Ensures complete hand off to oncoming shift and obtains full hand off from outgoing shift.
- Initiates and assists in CPR.
- Participates in patient/family teaching and responds to questions from patients, families, and visitors in a prompt and respectful manner, referring them to appropriate personnel if necessary.
- Attends staff meetings, ongoing educational offerings, and participate in multidisciplinary quality and service improvement teams.
- Maintains the cleanliness and safety of patient environment.
- Assists with environmental services support such as linen management, trash removal and cleaning patient rooms.
- Transports and/or escorts patients during discharges, transfers, and/or medical appointments.
- Completes errands such as delivering specimens to the laboratory, equipment, and supplies, etc.
- Receives and stocks equipment and supplies and maintains orderly supply and utility rooms.
**Qualifications:**
- High School Diploma or GED, Completion of a Certified Nursing Assistant program and active CNA certification, an experienced MedStar Washington Hospital Center nursing assistant, or the equivalent; or completion of a national Registered Emergency Medical Technician or Paramedic program/course with at least six months or more experience as an EMT, CCT, or EMTP; or Nursing Student (RN Program) with completion of at least one year of clinical rotation or a graduate of an approved nursing program (LPN or RN).
- BLS - Basic Life Support.
