PATIENT CARE TECH -

About the role

Position Summary: Provide direct, non-invasive, and routine patient care and related support services within an in-patient or out-patient environment. Interview patients and take vital signs. Perform activities of daily living (ADLs). Maintain supplies and equipment. Delivers dirty instrument trays. Transport patients. Assist orientation of new staff members. Position patients unable to do self‑care. Assist patients with prescribed exercise regimen; perform routine tube care; change catheter bags; collect non‑sterile specimens; perform oral suctioning; perform I&O including documentation of bowel & bladder function. Observe patients. Operate Hoyer lift; perform daily heights and weights. Ensure adherence to Hospitals and departmental policies and procedures. Patient care assignment may include Neonate, Pediatric, Adolescent, Adult and Geriatric age groups.

Responsibilities

• Follow patient safety‑related policies, procedures and protocols
• Enhance professional growth and development through participation in educational programs, reading current literature, attending in‑services, meetings and workshops
• Demonstrate proactive approach to patient safety by seeking opportunities to improve patient safety through questioning of current policies and processes
• Identify and report/correct environmental conditions and/or situations that may put a patient at undue risk
• Report potential or actual patient safety concerns, medical errors and/or near misses in a timely manner
• Encourage patients to actively participate in their own care by asking questions and reporting treatment or situations that they don’t understand or may “not seem right”
• Provide basic patient care; take and record vital signs to include temperature, pulse, respiration, weight, height, blood pressure and intake‑output measurements
• Observe patient to ensure their safety and well‑being; report observations to Charge Nurse or appropriate designee
• Assist with activities of daily living (ADL): meals, ambulation, hygiene, linen change and toileting as instructed
• Maintain therapeutic plan of care and minute‑to‑minute care of patient who is at extreme risk to self or others
• Complete specific skills listed in the “University of New Mexico, Unlicensed Assistive Personnel Specific Functions” Matrix
• Complete documentation as required on the Electronic Medical Record
• Maintain supplies and equipment
• Deliver dirty instrument trays
• Transport patients
• Assist orientation of new staff members
• Position patients unable to do self‑care
• Assist patients with prescribed exercise regimen; perform routine tube care; change catheter bags; collect non‑sterile specimens; perform oral suctioning; perform I&O including documentation of bowel & bladder function
• Observe patients
• Operate Hoyer lift; perform daily heights and weights
• Ensure adherence to Hospitals and departmental policies and procedures

Qualifications

• Education: High School or GED Equivalent Certificate (essential)
• Education specialization: CNA or Cert EMTB (ICU & ED) or 1 semester accredited nursing program (essential)
• Experience: 1 year directly related experience preferred; bilingual ability in English, Spanish, Keres, Tewa, Tiwa, Towa, Zuni, or Navajo is non‑essential but advantageous
• Credentials: CPR for Healthcare/BLS Provider or Professional Rescuer (must be obtained within 30 days of hire) (essential)
• Physical Conditions: Heavy work – exerting 50 to 100 pounds of force occasionally, 25 to 50 pounds frequently, or 10 to 20 pounds constantly to move objects or people; physical demands exceed medium work
• Working conditions: Exposure to sig hazard chemicals and bio‑hazardous materials requiring PPE; limited access to med room; med admin policy adherence; tuberculosis testing completed upon hire and as required

Benefits

• Shift differentials: 17% weekday nights, 26% weekend nights, 15% weekend day

Compensation for this role is based on a number of factors, including but not limited to experience, education, and other business and organizational considerations.