Patient Care Tech - Ambulatory Pre-Op/PACU - Days
VCU Health · Richmond, VA · 1 mo ago
Healthcare$17.25–$24.12/hrFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections: About the role? The posting includes description of role, essential functions, patient population, qualifications, working conditions, physical requirements, compensation range. We need to use for section headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We must only include sections when posting has real specific content. We have content for responsibilities (essential job functions). We have qualifications (required education, preferred, licensure, minimum qualifications, other knowledge/skills). We have skills (knowledge, abilities). We have pay (compensation range). We have schedule? Not given. Benefits? Not given. About the role? Could be a brief description: The Patient Care Technician provides direct, age-specific care... That is about the role. So we can have About the role section with that paragraph.
We must not repeat job title as heading. Must not include Job ID etc. Remove boilerplate like EEO etc. Also remove duplicated lines (Adolescents repeated). Keep all substantive info.
We need to use
for section headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We must only include sections when posting has real specific content. We have content for responsibilities (essential job functions). We have qualifications (required education, preferred, licensure, minimum qualifications, other knowledge/skills). We have skills (knowledge, abilities). We have pay (compensation range). We have schedule? Not given. Benefits? Not given. About the role? Could be a brief description: The Patient Care Technician provides direct, age-specific care... That is about the role. So we can have About the role section with that paragraph.
We must not repeat job title as heading. Must not include Job ID etc. Remove boilerplate like EEO etc. Also remove duplicated lines (Adolescents repeated). Keep all substantive info.
We need to use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. So responsibilities list as ul. Qualifications maybe as ul. Skills maybe as ul. Pay maybe as p (since not a list). Schedule not present, so omit.
We must not create sections with filler like "commensurate with experience". Pay section we have actual range, so include Pay heading with p containing the range.
We need to preserve all substantive info: patient population list, working conditions, physical requirements, mental/sensory, etc. Those could go under Requirements or Qualifications? Probably under Requirements (or Qualifications). We need to decide mapping: The posting includes "Employment Qualifications", "Minimum Qualifications", "Other Knowledge, Skills And Abilities Required", "Other Knowledge, Skills And Abilities Preferred", "Working Conditions", "Physical Requirements", "Mental/Sensory - Emotional". These are all qualifications/requirements. We can combine into a Requirements section with sub-lists? But we must only use
for section headings, not subheadings. We can still have multiple under same section.
We need to avoid repeating duplicated lines (Adolescents appears twice). We'll list each age group once.
Let's extract content:
About the role: "The Patient Care Technician provides direct, age-specific care to a patient or group of patients based on medical orders and the plan of care under the direction of the RN or licensed independent practitioner."
Responsibilities (Essential Job Functions): list each bullet.
Let's list them:
- Provide safe and direct care to patients in their assigned unit making age-appropriate adjustments as needed.
- Monitor patients’ conditions and provide updates to the health care team.
- Provide direct and indirect care to patients with and without medical/surgical complications to meet their comfort, personal hygiene and safety needs.
- Provide care in accordance with nursing and medical plans of care and deliver per VCUHS Nursing and Hospital policy and procedure.
- Ensure assigned clinical location is maintained as a safe, clean, stocked environment to facilitate meeting patient needs and unit/healthcare team functioning.
- Maintain supplies, educational material, equipment, sterilization of supplies, instruments and the environment to promote quality, safe patient care outcomes (as applicable).
- Contribute to the patient experience by accurately identifying the patient, by observing safety goals and reporting to a licensed independent practitioner, manager and/or Registered Nurses regarding the patient’s physical and mental responses to the plan of care or any incident posing harm or threat to a patient.
- Obtain and record initial and ongoing patient information throughout the cycle of care, including admissions data, vital signs, height and weight, blood pressure, oxygen saturation, intake and output, calorie counts, and other patient information as outlined by VCUHS policy.
- Obtain or assist in the collection of specimens for diagnostic or waived tests.
- Attend all mandatory in-services and trainings and adhere to online training requirements.
- Ensure patient safety in the performance of job functions and through participation in hospital, department or unit patient safety initiatives.
- Establish and maintain courteous and effective rapport with patients, visitors, co-workers, and other members of health care team; demonstrate sensitivity and awareness to needs of patients, visitors and co-workers and respond promptly to verbal and/or written instructions.
- Performs other duties, as assigned.
Patient Population: list age groups: Neonates (0-4 weeks), Infant (1-12 months), Pediatrics (1-12 years), Adolescents (13-17 years), Adults (18-64 years), Geriatrics (65 years and older). Note Adolescents appears twice originally but we list once.
Employment Qualifications:
- Required Education: High School Degree or equivalent
- Preferred Education: Certified Nursing Assistant
- Licensure/Certification Required: AHA BLS HCP Certification or equivalent
- Licensure/Certification Preferred: N/A (but we should not include if it's N/A? The rule: do not create sections with filler like "N/A". But this is a line within qualifications; we can keep it? It says "Licensure/Certification Preferred: N/A". That's filler; we might omit that line because it's not substantive. Better to omit N/A lines. We'll keep only substantive.
- Minimum Qualifications: Required Qualifications: Certification/Completion Of One Of The Following: Certified Nursing Assistant, Medical Assistant, Emergency Medical Technician, Military Corpsmen/Medic, Nursing Aide Training Program, Experience within a healthcare environment OR Completion of foundations/ clinical nursing course and one clinical rotation.
- Other Knowledge, Skills And Abilities Required:
* Knowledge of patient data collection and documentation (i.e. vital signs, intake/output, change in patient condition)
* Knowledge of basic hygiene and activities of daily living care
* Ability to assist with feeding, hydration, and nutrition
* Ability to assist with ambulation and patient mobility
* Ability to provide safe, compassionate care
* Accountability for completion of assigned tasks
* Ability to wear personal protective equipment as needed
- Cultural Responsiveness: Demonstrates a commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion through continuous development, modeling inclusive behaviors, and proactively managing bias.
- Other Knowledge, Skills And Abilities Preferred: Acute care experience as a nursing assistant or aide experience
Working Conditions:
* Periods of high stress and fluctuating workloads may occur.
* May be exposed to physical altercations and verbal abuse.
* May be required to use physical restraints.
* May be exposed to high noise levels and bright lights.
* May be exposed to limited hazardous substances or body fluids.
* May be exposed to human blood and other potentially infectious materials.
* May have periods of constant interruptions.
* Individuals in this position are required to exercise universal precautions, use personal protective equipment and devices, and learn the policies concerning infection control.
Physical Requirements:
* Physical Demands: Lifting/ Carrying (0-100 lbs), Push/Pull (0-100 lbs.), Climb, Stoop, Kneel, Squat, Balance, Bend
* Work Position: Sitting, Walking, Standing
* Additional Physical Requirements/ Hazards: Manual dexterity (eye/hand coordination); Perform shift work; Maneuver weight of patients; Hear alarms/telephone/tape recorder; Reach above shoulder; Repetitive arm/hand movements; Finger Dexterity
* Hazards: Depth perception; Exposure to toxic/caustic/chemicals/detergents; Exposure to moving mechanical parts; Exposure to x ray/electromagnetic energy; Exposure to high pitched noises
Mental/Sensory - Emotional:
* Mental/Sensory: Strong Recall, Reasoning, Problem solving, Hearing, Speak clearly, Write legibly, Reading, Logical Thinking
* Emotional: Fast pace environment, Able to handle multiple priorities, Frequent and intense customer interactions, Noisy environment, Able to adapt to frequent change
Compensation Range: $17.25 - $24.12 Actual salary offers will be based on several key factors to include relevant work experience, credentials, and qualifications.
We need to output HTML fragment with sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. But we must only include sections when posting has real specific content. We have content for About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements (maybe combine qualifications, working conditions, physical, mental/sensory), Qualifications (education, licensure, etc.), Skills (knowledge, abilities), Pay. Benefits and Schedule not present, so omit.
We need to avoid duplication: we have both Qualifications and Skills sections; but the posting separates "Employment Qualifications" and "Other Knowledge, Skills And Abilities Required" etc. Could map Qualifications to education/licensure/minimum qualifications, and Skills to knowledge/abilities/cultural responsiveness/preferred experience. That seems reasonable.
We must use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. So for Responsibilities we use ul. For Qualifications (education/licensure/minimum quals) we can use ul. For Skills (knowledge/abilities) we can use ul. For Requirements maybe we can combine working conditions, physical requirements, mental/sensory as ul? But those are also lists. However the instruction: "Use
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits". So we should treat working conditions, physical requirements, mental/sensory as requirements lists. So we can have a Requirements section with multiple ul? Or we could have one ul with all items combined. Better to keep separate ul under same section for clarity but still each is a ul.
We must not create sections with filler like "commensurate with experience". Pay we have actual range, so include Pay heading with p.
We must not repeat job title as heading. Good.
We must not include boilerplate like EEO etc. Remove that line.
Now produce HTML:
About the role
The Patient Care Technician provides direct, age-specific care to a patient or group of patients based on medical orders and the plan of care under the direction of the RN or licensed independent practitioner.
Responsibilities
- Provide safe and direct care to patients in their assigned unit making age-appropriate adjustments as needed.
- Monitor patients’ conditions and provide updates to the health care team.
- Provide direct and indirect care to patients with and without medical/surgical complications to meet their comfort, personal hygiene and safety needs.
- Provide care in accordance with nursing and medical plans of care and deliver per VCUHS Nursing and Hospital policy and procedure.
- Ensure assigned clinical location is maintained as a safe, clean, stocked environment to facilitate meeting patient needs and unit/healthcare team functioning.
- Maintain supplies, educational material, equipment, sterilization of supplies, instruments and the environment to promote quality, safe patient care outcomes (as applicable).
- Contribute to the patient experience by accurately identifying the patient, by observing safety goals and reporting to a licensed independent practitioner, manager and/or Registered Nurses regarding the patient’s physical and mental responses to the plan of care or any incident posing harm or threat to a patient.
- Obtain and record initial and ongoing patient information throughout the cycle of care, including admissions data, vital signs, height and weight, blood pressure, oxygen saturation, intake and output, calorie counts, and other patient information as outlined by VCUHS policy.
- Obtain or assist in the collection of specimens for diagnostic or waived tests.
- Attend all mandatory in-services and trainings and adhere to online training requirements.
- Ensure patient safety in the performance of job functions and through participation in hospital, department or unit patient safety initiatives.
- Establish and maintain courteous and effective rapport with patients, visitors, co-workers, and other members of health care team; demonstrate sensitivity and awareness to needs of patients, visitors and co-workers and respond promptly to verbal and/or written instructions.
- Performs other duties, as assigned.
Requirements
for section headings, not subheadings. We can still have multiple under same section.
We need to avoid repeating duplicated lines (Adolescents appears twice). We'll list each age group once.
Let's extract content:
About the role: "The Patient Care Technician provides direct, age-specific care to a patient or group of patients based on medical orders and the plan of care under the direction of the RN or licensed independent practitioner."
Responsibilities (Essential Job Functions): list each bullet.
Let's list them:
- Provide safe and direct care to patients in their assigned unit making age-appropriate adjustments as needed.
- Monitor patients’ conditions and provide updates to the health care team.
- Provide direct and indirect care to patients with and without medical/surgical complications to meet their comfort, personal hygiene and safety needs.
- Provide care in accordance with nursing and medical plans of care and deliver per VCUHS Nursing and Hospital policy and procedure.
- Ensure assigned clinical location is maintained as a safe, clean, stocked environment to facilitate meeting patient needs and unit/healthcare team functioning.
- Maintain supplies, educational material, equipment, sterilization of supplies, instruments and the environment to promote quality, safe patient care outcomes (as applicable).
- Contribute to the patient experience by accurately identifying the patient, by observing safety goals and reporting to a licensed independent practitioner, manager and/or Registered Nurses regarding the patient’s physical and mental responses to the plan of care or any incident posing harm or threat to a patient.
- Obtain and record initial and ongoing patient information throughout the cycle of care, including admissions data, vital signs, height and weight, blood pressure, oxygen saturation, intake and output, calorie counts, and other patient information as outlined by VCUHS policy.
- Obtain or assist in the collection of specimens for diagnostic or waived tests.
- Attend all mandatory in-services and trainings and adhere to online training requirements.
- Ensure patient safety in the performance of job functions and through participation in hospital, department or unit patient safety initiatives.
- Establish and maintain courteous and effective rapport with patients, visitors, co-workers, and other members of health care team; demonstrate sensitivity and awareness to needs of patients, visitors and co-workers and respond promptly to verbal and/or written instructions.
- Performs other duties, as assigned.
Patient Population: list age groups: Neonates (0-4 weeks), Infant (1-12 months), Pediatrics (1-12 years), Adolescents (13-17 years), Adults (18-64 years), Geriatrics (65 years and older). Note Adolescents appears twice originally but we list once.
Employment Qualifications:
- Required Education: High School Degree or equivalent
- Preferred Education: Certified Nursing Assistant
- Licensure/Certification Required: AHA BLS HCP Certification or equivalent
- Licensure/Certification Preferred: N/A (but we should not include if it's N/A? The rule: do not create sections with filler like "N/A". But this is a line within qualifications; we can keep it? It says "Licensure/Certification Preferred: N/A". That's filler; we might omit that line because it's not substantive. Better to omit N/A lines. We'll keep only substantive.
- Minimum Qualifications: Required Qualifications: Certification/Completion Of One Of The Following: Certified Nursing Assistant, Medical Assistant, Emergency Medical Technician, Military Corpsmen/Medic, Nursing Aide Training Program, Experience within a healthcare environment OR Completion of foundations/ clinical nursing course and one clinical rotation.
- Other Knowledge, Skills And Abilities Required:
* Knowledge of patient data collection and documentation (i.e. vital signs, intake/output, change in patient condition)
* Knowledge of basic hygiene and activities of daily living care
* Ability to assist with feeding, hydration, and nutrition
* Ability to assist with ambulation and patient mobility
* Ability to provide safe, compassionate care
* Accountability for completion of assigned tasks
* Ability to wear personal protective equipment as needed
- Cultural Responsiveness: Demonstrates a commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion through continuous development, modeling inclusive behaviors, and proactively managing bias.
- Other Knowledge, Skills And Abilities Preferred: Acute care experience as a nursing assistant or aide experience
Working Conditions:
* Periods of high stress and fluctuating workloads may occur.
* May be exposed to physical altercations and verbal abuse.
* May be required to use physical restraints.
* May be exposed to high noise levels and bright lights.
* May be exposed to limited hazardous substances or body fluids.
* May be exposed to human blood and other potentially infectious materials.
* May have periods of constant interruptions.
* Individuals in this position are required to exercise universal precautions, use personal protective equipment and devices, and learn the policies concerning infection control.
Physical Requirements:
* Physical Demands: Lifting/ Carrying (0-100 lbs), Push/Pull (0-100 lbs.), Climb, Stoop, Kneel, Squat, Balance, Bend
* Work Position: Sitting, Walking, Standing
* Additional Physical Requirements/ Hazards: Manual dexterity (eye/hand coordination); Perform shift work; Maneuver weight of patients; Hear alarms/telephone/tape recorder; Reach above shoulder; Repetitive arm/hand movements; Finger Dexterity
* Hazards: Depth perception; Exposure to toxic/caustic/chemicals/detergents; Exposure to moving mechanical parts; Exposure to x ray/electromagnetic energy; Exposure to high pitched noises
Mental/Sensory - Emotional:
* Mental/Sensory: Strong Recall, Reasoning, Problem solving, Hearing, Speak clearly, Write legibly, Reading, Logical Thinking
* Emotional: Fast pace environment, Able to handle multiple priorities, Frequent and intense customer interactions, Noisy environment, Able to adapt to frequent change
Compensation Range: $17.25 - $24.12 Actual salary offers will be based on several key factors to include relevant work experience, credentials, and qualifications.
We need to output HTML fragment with sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. But we must only include sections when posting has real specific content. We have content for About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements (maybe combine qualifications, working conditions, physical, mental/sensory), Qualifications (education, licensure, etc.), Skills (knowledge, abilities), Pay. Benefits and Schedule not present, so omit.
We need to avoid duplication: we have both Qualifications and Skills sections; but the posting separates "Employment Qualifications" and "Other Knowledge, Skills And Abilities Required" etc. Could map Qualifications to education/licensure/minimum qualifications, and Skills to knowledge/abilities/cultural responsiveness/preferred experience. That seems reasonable.
We must use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. So for Responsibilities we use ul. For Qualifications (education/licensure/minimum quals) we can use ul. For Skills (knowledge/abilities) we can use ul. For Requirements maybe we can combine working conditions, physical requirements, mental/sensory as ul? But those are also lists. However the instruction: "Use
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits". So we should treat working conditions, physical requirements, mental/sensory as requirements lists. So we can have a Requirements section with multiple ul? Or we could have one ul with all items combined. Better to keep separate ul under same section for clarity but still each is a ul.
We must not create sections with filler like "commensurate with experience". Pay we have actual range, so include Pay heading with p.
We must not repeat job title as heading. Good.
We must not include boilerplate like EEO etc. Remove that line.
Now produce HTML:
About the role
The Patient Care Technician provides direct, age-specific care to a patient or group of patients based on medical orders and the plan of care under the direction of the RN or licensed independent practitioner.
Responsibilities
- Provide safe and direct care to patients in their assigned unit making age-appropriate adjustments as needed.
- Monitor patients’ conditions and provide updates to the health care team.
- Provide direct and indirect care to patients with and without medical/surgical complications to meet their comfort, personal hygiene and safety needs.
- Provide care in accordance with nursing and medical plans of care and deliver per VCUHS Nursing and Hospital policy and procedure.
- Ensure assigned clinical location is maintained as a safe, clean, stocked environment to facilitate meeting patient needs and unit/healthcare team functioning.
- Maintain supplies, educational material, equipment, sterilization of supplies, instruments and the environment to promote quality, safe patient care outcomes (as applicable).
- Contribute to the patient experience by accurately identifying the patient, by observing safety goals and reporting to a licensed independent practitioner, manager and/or Registered Nurses regarding the patient’s physical and mental responses to the plan of care or any incident posing harm or threat to a patient.
- Obtain and record initial and ongoing patient information throughout the cycle of care, including admissions data, vital signs, height and weight, blood pressure, oxygen saturation, intake and output, calorie counts, and other patient information as outlined by VCUHS policy.
- Obtain or assist in the collection of specimens for diagnostic or waived tests.
- Attend all mandatory in-services and trainings and adhere to online training requirements.
- Ensure patient safety in the performance of job functions and through participation in hospital, department or unit patient safety initiatives.
- Establish and maintain courteous and effective rapport with patients, visitors, co-workers, and other members of health care team; demonstrate sensitivity and awareness to needs of patients, visitors and co-workers and respond promptly to verbal and/or written instructions.
- Performs other duties, as assigned.
Requirements
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. So for Responsibilities we use ul. For Qualifications (education/licensure/minimum quals) we can use ul. For Skills (knowledge/abilities) we can use ul. For Requirements maybe we can combine working conditions, physical requirements, mental/sensory as ul? But those are also lists. However the instruction: "Use
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits". So we should treat working conditions, physical requirements, mental/sensory as requirements lists. So we can have a Requirements section with multiple ul? Or we could have one ul with all items combined. Better to keep separate ul under same section for clarity but still each is a ul.
We must not create sections with filler like "commensurate with experience". Pay we have actual range, so include Pay heading with p.
We must not repeat job title as heading. Good.
We must not include boilerplate like EEO etc. Remove that line.
Now produce HTML:
About the role
The Patient Care Technician provides direct, age-specific care to a patient or group of patients based on medical orders and the plan of care under the direction of the RN or licensed independent practitioner.
Responsibilities
- Provide safe and direct care to patients in their assigned unit making age-appropriate adjustments as needed.
- Monitor patients’ conditions and provide updates to the health care team.
- Provide direct and indirect care to patients with and without medical/surgical complications to meet their comfort, personal hygiene and safety needs.
- Provide care in accordance with nursing and medical plans of care and deliver per VCUHS Nursing and Hospital policy and procedure.
- Ensure assigned clinical location is maintained as a safe, clean, stocked environment to facilitate meeting patient needs and unit/healthcare team functioning.
- Maintain supplies, educational material, equipment, sterilization of supplies, instruments and the environment to promote quality, safe patient care outcomes (as applicable).
- Contribute to the patient experience by accurately identifying the patient, by observing safety goals and reporting to a licensed independent practitioner, manager and/or Registered Nurses regarding the patient’s physical and mental responses to the plan of care or any incident posing harm or threat to a patient.
- Obtain and record initial and ongoing patient information throughout the cycle of care, including admissions data, vital signs, height and weight, blood pressure, oxygen saturation, intake and output, calorie counts, and other patient information as outlined by VCUHS policy.
- Obtain or assist in the collection of specimens for diagnostic or waived tests.
- Attend all mandatory in-services and trainings and adhere to online training requirements.
- Ensure patient safety in the performance of job functions and through participation in hospital, department or unit patient safety initiatives.
- Establish and maintain courteous and effective rapport with patients, visitors, co-workers, and other members of health care team; demonstrate sensitivity and awareness to needs of patients, visitors and co-workers and respond promptly to verbal and/or written instructions.
- Performs other duties, as assigned.
Requirements
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits". So we should treat working conditions, physical requirements, mental/sensory as requirements lists. So we can have a Requirements section with multiple ul? Or we could have one ul with all items combined. Better to keep separate ul under same section for clarity but still each is a ul.
We must not create sections with filler like "commensurate with experience". Pay we have actual range, so include Pay heading with p.
We must not repeat job title as heading. Good.
We must not include boilerplate like EEO etc. Remove that line.
Now produce HTML: