Patient Care Tech

Responsibilities

• Performs personal patient care tasks, such as mouth care, making beds, giving baths, perineal care, hair care, shaving patients, giving backrubs, and emptying bedpans or urinals
• Aids with patient safety issues, including ensuring the presence of identification arm bands, adherence to patient fall protocols, positioning of patients, promoting rest and sleep, and reporting incidents or injuries
• Carries out treatments such as urinary catheter care, enema administration, preparation of sitz baths, application of compresses, and assisting with patient ambulation
• Retrieves and transports medications as needed
• Reports to an assigned leader and assists mental health staff in physical restraint of patients, using the identified Behavior Management Technique System

Requirements

• Current BLS certification or completion within 90 days
• Successful completion of a recognized nursing assistant course required or successful completion of an accredited nursing program, Nursing Fundamentals, or Introduction into Nursing course with either skills lab or clinical rotation included
• Enroll in a CNA training program within 45 days and complete within 90 days of hire
• 3 months employed in an INTEGRIS patient care area with training and observation for nursing assistant duties, as certified by the clinical nurse manager or the clinical director
• 12 months of nursing assistant experience within an acute care facility, nursing home, home care setting, or long-term care facility
• Prior hospital corpsman medical training in the military required

Qualifications

• Must be able to communicate effectively in English
• Must have a current Drivers License from the state of residence and a driving record acceptable to our insurance carrier

Benefits

• Front-loaded PTO
• Medical benefits through the extensive INTEGRIS Health Network
• Financial assistance for continued education
• 24/7 health support