Patient Care Tech-days

Job Description

The University of Maryland Medical System is a 14-hospital system providing comprehensive medical services across Maryland. As a member of our team, you'll have access to diverse clinical experiences, supportive environments, and opportunities for professional development.

Principal Responsibilities And Tasks

• Performs testing and manages patient care based on results and clinical findings.
• Records patient care activities, including ADLs such as feeding, bathing, dressing, toileting, and transferring.
• Completes and documents vital signs (temperature, blood pressure, pulse, respiration, oxygen saturation, and pain level).
• Aids in admission, transfer, and discharge processes.
• Participates in cost-effective strategies to improve patient outcomes.
• Maintains patient safety by preventing falls and ensuring the safety of the clinical environment.
• Maintains patient care supplies and linen.
• Provides post-mortem care.
• Collaborates with the interdisciplinary team to implement the patient care plan.
• Ensures patient comfort related to pain status.
• Measures and documents dietary intake, patient urinary and stool output, and patient weight.
• Conducts indwelling urinary catheter care, applying, maintaining, and removing external urinary catheters.
• Performs wound care to promote healing and maintain skin integrity.
• Assists with orthopedic/rehab device care, such as braces, splints, and CPM machines.
• Dons and doesffs compression wraps/stockings.
• Participates in hourly patient rounding with the healthcare team.
• Responds to patient-triggered alarms, including call lights, chair alarms, bed alarms, tele-sitters, etc.
• Complies with The Joint Commission National Patient Safety Goals.
• Detects, reports, and acts to avoid or correct safety risks.
• Reports adverse events and near misses to appropriate management.
• Provides professional vigilance to assigned patients, including as a patient safety companion.
• Improves patient flow and prevents care delays.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Current Maryland state certification as a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) or Geriatric Nursing Assistant (GNA) required.
• No previous experience required; previous direct patient care experience in a health care facility preferred.
• Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required.
• Able to effectively communicate verbally and in writing.
• Able to organize work priorities and function in stressful situations.
• Able to learn and use computer systems.
• Able to perform delegated nursing tasks according to the age, culture, ethnicity, spirituality, and individual diagnostic needs of the persons served.