Patient Care Tech Float - Full Time Nights at Pennsylvania Hospital
Penn Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Health System · Philadelphia, PA · 4 wk ago
HealthcareFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections: About the role? The description includes mission statement, but we need to include sections only if real content. The posting includes description about Penn Medicine mission, then "Pennsylvania Hospital is seeking a Patient Care Tech Float for our Med-Surg Admin Department. This is a full-time opportunity." Then "Summary: ..." then "Responsibilities:" then details, then "Credentials:", "Education or Equivalent Experience:", etc. Also benefits: "We believe that the best care for our patients starts with the best care for our employees. Our employee benefits programs help our employees get healthy and stay healthy. We offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits program that includes one of the finest prepaid tuition assistance programs in the region." That's benefits content. No explicit Pay or Schedule. So we should include sections: About the role (maybe mission statement?), Summary, Responsibilities, Credentials, Education or Equivalent Experience, Benefits. Possibly also "Qualifications" but we have credentials and education. Could combine? But we need to follow headings list: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Use only those headings if content exists. We have About the role (mission statement and role description). Responsibilities (list). Benefits (benefits paragraph). Credentials could go under Requirements or Qualifications. Education could be under Requirements. We need to decide.
We have credentials: AHA BLS required. Education: HS Diploma/GED required; CNA or EMT certification preferred; or nursing student condition. That's qualifications/requirements. So we can put Requirements section containing both credentials and education. Or we could have Qualifications section. The instruction: Use headings for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So we can choose either Requirements or Qualifications. Since we have both credentials and education, maybe Requirements is appropriate. We'll not duplicate.
We need to preserve all substantive information, not invent or summarize away detail. Use
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. For prose use
. For responsibilities we have many sentences; we can break into list items for each duty? The instruction: Use
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. So we should convert responsibilities into list items. Similarly for requirements (credentials, education) as list. Benefits as list? It's a paragraph but could be list? It says "any list of duties/requirements/benefits". If it's not a list originally, we can keep as
. But we can also make list if we want. Safer: keep benefits as
. For responsibilities, we have many bullet-like sentences; we can make
- each responsibility.
We must not repeat job title as heading. No Job ID. Remove boilerplate: EEO etc. Remove application instructions (none). Remove duplicated lines.
We need to preserve all substantive information: mission statement, role description, summary, responsibilities details, credentials, education details, benefits statement.
Let's extract:
Mission statement paragraph: "Penn Medicine is dedicated to our tripartite mission of providing the highest level of care to patients, conducting innovative research, and educating future leaders in the field of medicine. Working for this leading academic medical center means collaboration with top clinical, technical and business professionals across all disciplines. Today at Penn Medicine, someone will make a breakthrough. Someone will heal a heart, deliver hopeful news, and give comfort and reassurance. Our employees shape our future each day. Are you living your life's work?" That's about the organization.
Then: "Pennsylvania Hospital is seeking a Patient Care Tech Float for our Med-Surg Admin Department. This is a full-time opportunity." That's role specific.
Then "Summary: Delivers patient care that is patient and family centered. Incorporates team focused, collegial relationships to ensure patient safety and improve outcomes. Maintains organizational competencies of superior quality care, critical thinking and interpersonal skills. Demonstrates accountability to the patient, family, self and the healthcare team. Provides superior quality care and assumes responsibility and accountability for their role in performance outcomes while supporting PAH's Relationship Based Care Model. Reports directly to the Registered Nurse."
Then Responsibilities list: many items.
We need to parse responsibilities into list items. Let's extract each bullet-like sentence.
Responsibilities section text:
"Customer Service: Answers call bell- intercom system. Responsible for the 4P’s program of Pain, Positioning, Potty and Perimeter. Performed and measured by hourly rounding. Responsible for all aspects of care, which involve the patient environment. Responsibilities include but are not limited to: room setup for patient admission, removing of patient care items upon discharge, and general room cleanliness. Performs AM care/ PM care as instructed. AM/PM care includes but is not limited to complete/partial and set up bath, mouth/ denture care, hair grooming, facial shave. Prepare patient and belongings for discharge. Assist patient will all aspects of dietary necessities as follows: Set up meal trays, assists patient with feeding and/ or perform complete patient feed. Perform calorie counts, maintain Aspiration precautions. When applicable, ensure all patients have fresh water pitcher at their bedside. All patients are consistently addressed appropriately by preferred name unless patient has verbally specified another form of address. Will appropriately introduce self and role in care. Respects patient need for privacy, as appropriate, and maintains a quiet environment and low noise levels. Demonstrates ability to prioritize multiple patient and/ or family requests.Clinical: Monitors vital signs for assigned patients and immediately reports abnormalities. Obtains and documents Blood sugar by properly utilizing blood glucose equipment. Immediately reports out of range results. Performs all unit based point of care testing. Documents intake and output on all patients as indicated. Intake will include all oral intake. Output may include drainage as urine, stool and/ or emesis via catheters, NGT/ Salem sump, hemovac, or Jackson Pratt. Obtaining and documenting patient weight by using standing/ bed scales. Reports skin breakdown. Performs Phlebotomy. Performs 12 lead EKG. Performs post mortem care.Safety: Calls CRT/ responds during emergency (Fire/safety) Performs proper care of products: air mattress, teds, A pumps/ foot pumps. Promote patient safety: Maintaining fall precautions, applying wrist restraints, applying vest restraints, providing continuous observation per policy. Performs safe patient transfers utilizing proper ergonomics. Transfers include bed to chair, bed to wheelchair, bed to stretcher and unit to unit. Transfers include to and from. Adheres to appropriate Invasive Line Safety (IV’s, ventilators, arterial lines, central lines, chest tubes, all other drainage tubes. Disposes of biohazard (bloody material) in red trash cans. Teamwork Stocks rooms and / or supply carts/ areas. Receives report on each assigned patient at the start of each shift. Reports off to Registered Nurse, on each assigned patient prior to breaks and the end of each shift. Consistently follows all expectations associated with Pennsylvania Hospital’s Standards for Service Excellence. Consistently demonstrate the four basic characteristics for the foundation of a healthy team: Trust, Mutual respect, Consistent and visible support, open and honest communication. Will respectfully and professionally address team members who are negatively affecting teamwork ensuring patient has best possible experience. Completion of the following competencies include but, may not be limited to below: BCLS, Knowledge Link, Population specific competency, Cultural competency, Chest tube competency, Skills fair Additional unit competencies as determined by the Nursing Education Department or Nurse Manager."
We need to split into sensible list items. Could be long but we can keep as list items each sentence or clause. We'll produce
- for each distinct responsibility.
We'll need to preserve all info; we can break at periods.
Let's create list items:
- Answers call bell-intercom system.
- Responsible for the 4P’s program of Pain, Positioning, Potty and Perimeter; performed and measured by hourly rounding.
- Responsible for all aspects of care involving the patient environment.
- Room setup for patient admission.
- Removal of patient care items upon discharge.
- General room cleanliness.
- Performs AM/PM care as instructed (including complete/partial bath setup, mouth/denture care, hair grooming, facial shave).
- Prepare patient and belongings for discharge.
- Assist patient with all aspects of dietary necessities: set up meal trays, assist with feeding or perform complete patient feed.
- Perform calorie counts and maintain aspiration precautions.
- When applicable, ensure all patients have fresh water pitcher at bedside.
- Address patients appropriately by preferred name unless patient has specified another form of address.
- Appropriately introduce self and role in care.
- Respect patient need for privacy, maintain quiet environment and low noise levels.
- Demonstrate ability to prioritize multiple patient and/or family requests.
- Monitor vital signs for assigned patients and immediately report abnormalities.
- Obtain and document blood sugar using blood glucose equipment; immediately report out-of-range results.
- Perform all unit-based point-of-care testing.
- Document intake and output on all patients as indicated (intake includes oral intake; output may include drainage as urine, stool, and/or emesis via catheters, NGT/Salem sump, hemovac, or Jackson Pratt).
- Obtain and document patient weight using standing/bed scales.
- Report skin breakdown.
- Perform phlebotomy.
- Perform 12-lead EKG.
- Perform post-mortem care.
- Call CRT/respond during emergency (fire/safety).
- Perform proper care of products: air mattress, TEDs, A pumps/foot pumps.
- Promote patient safety: maintain fall precautions, apply wrist restraints, apply vest restraints, provide continuous observation per policy.
- Perform safe patient transfers utilizing proper ergonomics (bed to chair, bed to wheelchair, bed to stretcher, unit to unit, and vice versa).
- Adhere to appropriate invasive line safety (IVs, ventilators, arterial lines, central lines, chest tubes, all other drainage tubes).
- Dispose of biohazard (bloody material) in red trash cans.
- Stock rooms and/or supply carts/areas.
- Receive report on each assigned patient at start of each shift.
- Report off to Registered Nurse on each assigned patient prior to breaks and end of shift.
- Consistently follow all expectations associated with Pennsylvania Hospital’s Standards for Service Excellence.
- Consistently demonstrate the four basic characteristics for the foundation of a healthy team: trust, mutual respect, consistent and visible support, open and honest communication.
- Respectfully and professionally address team members who are negatively affecting teamwork to ensure patient has best possible experience.
- Complete required competencies: BCLS, Knowledge Link, population-specific competency, cultural competency, chest tube competency, skills fair, and additional unit competencies as determined by Nursing Education Department or Nurse Manager.
Now credentials and education:
Credentials: "American Heart Association (AHA) Basic Life Support (BLS) required."
Education or Equivalent Experience: "H.S. Diploma/GED (Required) Education Specialization: Certified Nursing Assistant or Emergency Medical Technician Certification preferred. Or *In lieu of certification, candidate must be a nursing student matriculated in an accredited BSN nursing program having minimally completed the nursing foundations/fundamentals clinical course. In order for nursing students to maintain their position as a Patient Care Tech (Float), they must continue in a matriculated BSN program and present evidence with an official transcript documenting enrollment to their manager of record. Failure to meet and maintain nursing student requirements in lieu of certification will result in termination of your Patient Care Tech (float) position."
We'll put these as list items under Requirements.
Benefits: "We believe that the best care for our patients starts with the best care for our employees. Our employee benefits programs help our employees get healthy and stay healthy. We offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits program that includes one of the finest prepaid tuition assistance programs in the region. Penn Medicine employees are actively engaged and committed to our mission. Together we will continue to make medical advances that help people live longer, healthier lives."
We'll put as
maybe multiple paragraphs but we can combine
- for each distinct responsibility.
We'll need to preserve all info; we can break at periods.
Let's create list items:
- Answers call bell-intercom system.
- Responsible for the 4P’s program of Pain, Positioning, Potty and Perimeter; performed and measured by hourly rounding.
- Responsible for all aspects of care involving the patient environment.
- Room setup for patient admission.
- Removal of patient care items upon discharge.
- General room cleanliness.
- Performs AM/PM care as instructed (including complete/partial bath setup, mouth/denture care, hair grooming, facial shave).
- Prepare patient and belongings for discharge.
- Assist patient with all aspects of dietary necessities: set up meal trays, assist with feeding or perform complete patient feed.
- Perform calorie counts and maintain aspiration precautions.
- When applicable, ensure all patients have fresh water pitcher at bedside.
- Address patients appropriately by preferred name unless patient has specified another form of address.
- Appropriately introduce self and role in care.
- Respect patient need for privacy, maintain quiet environment and low noise levels.
- Demonstrate ability to prioritize multiple patient and/or family requests.
- Monitor vital signs for assigned patients and immediately report abnormalities.
- Obtain and document blood sugar using blood glucose equipment; immediately report out-of-range results.
- Perform all unit-based point-of-care testing.
- Document intake and output on all patients as indicated (intake includes oral intake; output may include drainage as urine, stool, and/or emesis via catheters, NGT/Salem sump, hemovac, or Jackson Pratt).
- Obtain and document patient weight using standing/bed scales.
- Report skin breakdown.
- Perform phlebotomy.
- Perform 12-lead EKG.
- Perform post-mortem care.
- Call CRT/respond during emergency (fire/safety).
- Perform proper care of products: air mattress, TEDs, A pumps/foot pumps.
- Promote patient safety: maintain fall precautions, apply wrist restraints, apply vest restraints, provide continuous observation per policy.
- Perform safe patient transfers utilizing proper ergonomics (bed to chair, bed to wheelchair, bed to stretcher, unit to unit, and vice versa).
- Adhere to appropriate invasive line safety (IVs, ventilators, arterial lines, central lines, chest tubes, all other drainage tubes).
- Dispose of biohazard (bloody material) in red trash cans.
- Stock rooms and/or supply carts/areas.
- Receive report on each assigned patient at start of each shift.
- Report off to Registered Nurse on each assigned patient prior to breaks and end of shift.
- Consistently follow all expectations associated with Pennsylvania Hospital’s Standards for Service Excellence.
- Consistently demonstrate the four basic characteristics for the foundation of a healthy team: trust, mutual respect, consistent and visible support, open and honest communication.
- Respectfully and professionally address team members who are negatively affecting teamwork to ensure patient has best possible experience.
- Complete required competencies: BCLS, Knowledge Link, population-specific competency, cultural competency, chest tube competency, skills fair, and additional unit competencies as determined by Nursing Education Department or Nurse Manager.
Now credentials and education:
Credentials: "American Heart Association (AHA) Basic Life Support (BLS) required."
Education or Equivalent Experience: "H.S. Diploma/GED (Required) Education Specialization: Certified Nursing Assistant or Emergency Medical Technician Certification preferred. Or *In lieu of certification, candidate must be a nursing student matriculated in an accredited BSN nursing program having minimally completed the nursing foundations/fundamentals clinical course. In order for nursing students to maintain their position as a Patient Care Tech (Float), they must continue in a matriculated BSN program and present evidence with an official transcript documenting enrollment to their manager of record. Failure to meet and maintain nursing student requirements in lieu of certification will result in termination of your Patient Care Tech (float) position."
We'll put these as list items under Requirements.
Benefits: "We believe that the best care for our patients starts with the best care for our employees. Our employee benefits programs help our employees get healthy and stay healthy. We offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits program that includes one of the finest prepaid tuition assistance programs in the region. Penn Medicine employees are actively engaged and committed to our mission. Together we will continue to make medical advances that help people live longer, healthier lives."
We'll put as
- each responsibility.
We must not repeat job title as heading. No Job ID. Remove boilerplate: EEO etc. Remove application instructions (none). Remove duplicated lines.
We need to preserve all substantive information: mission statement, role description, summary, responsibilities details, credentials, education details, benefits statement.
Let's extract:
Mission statement paragraph: "Penn Medicine is dedicated to our tripartite mission of providing the highest level of care to patients, conducting innovative research, and educating future leaders in the field of medicine. Working for this leading academic medical center means collaboration with top clinical, technical and business professionals across all disciplines. Today at Penn Medicine, someone will make a breakthrough. Someone will heal a heart, deliver hopeful news, and give comfort and reassurance. Our employees shape our future each day. Are you living your life's work?" That's about the organization.
Then: "Pennsylvania Hospital is seeking a Patient Care Tech Float for our Med-Surg Admin Department. This is a full-time opportunity." That's role specific.
Then "Summary: Delivers patient care that is patient and family centered. Incorporates team focused, collegial relationships to ensure patient safety and improve outcomes. Maintains organizational competencies of superior quality care, critical thinking and interpersonal skills. Demonstrates accountability to the patient, family, self and the healthcare team. Provides superior quality care and assumes responsibility and accountability for their role in performance outcomes while supporting PAH's Relationship Based Care Model. Reports directly to the Registered Nurse."
Then Responsibilities list: many items.
We need to parse responsibilities into list items. Let's extract each bullet-like sentence.
Responsibilities section text:
"Customer Service: Answers call bell- intercom system. Responsible for the 4P’s program of Pain, Positioning, Potty and Perimeter. Performed and measured by hourly rounding. Responsible for all aspects of care, which involve the patient environment. Responsibilities include but are not limited to: room setup for patient admission, removing of patient care items upon discharge, and general room cleanliness. Performs AM care/ PM care as instructed. AM/PM care includes but is not limited to complete/partial and set up bath, mouth/ denture care, hair grooming, facial shave. Prepare patient and belongings for discharge. Assist patient will all aspects of dietary necessities as follows: Set up meal trays, assists patient with feeding and/ or perform complete patient feed. Perform calorie counts, maintain Aspiration precautions. When applicable, ensure all patients have fresh water pitcher at their bedside. All patients are consistently addressed appropriately by preferred name unless patient has verbally specified another form of address. Will appropriately introduce self and role in care. Respects patient need for privacy, as appropriate, and maintains a quiet environment and low noise levels. Demonstrates ability to prioritize multiple patient and/ or family requests.Clinical: Monitors vital signs for assigned patients and immediately reports abnormalities. Obtains and documents Blood sugar by properly utilizing blood glucose equipment. Immediately reports out of range results. Performs all unit based point of care testing. Documents intake and output on all patients as indicated. Intake will include all oral intake. Output may include drainage as urine, stool and/ or emesis via catheters, NGT/ Salem sump, hemovac, or Jackson Pratt. Obtaining and documenting patient weight by using standing/ bed scales. Reports skin breakdown. Performs Phlebotomy. Performs 12 lead EKG. Performs post mortem care.Safety: Calls CRT/ responds during emergency (Fire/safety) Performs proper care of products: air mattress, teds, A pumps/ foot pumps. Promote patient safety: Maintaining fall precautions, applying wrist restraints, applying vest restraints, providing continuous observation per policy. Performs safe patient transfers utilizing proper ergonomics. Transfers include bed to chair, bed to wheelchair, bed to stretcher and unit to unit. Transfers include to and from. Adheres to appropriate Invasive Line Safety (IV’s, ventilators, arterial lines, central lines, chest tubes, all other drainage tubes. Disposes of biohazard (bloody material) in red trash cans. Teamwork Stocks rooms and / or supply carts/ areas. Receives report on each assigned patient at the start of each shift. Reports off to Registered Nurse, on each assigned patient prior to breaks and the end of each shift. Consistently follows all expectations associated with Pennsylvania Hospital’s Standards for Service Excellence. Consistently demonstrate the four basic characteristics for the foundation of a healthy team: Trust, Mutual respect, Consistent and visible support, open and honest communication. Will respectfully and professionally address team members who are negatively affecting teamwork ensuring patient has best possible experience. Completion of the following competencies include but, may not be limited to below: BCLS, Knowledge Link, Population specific competency, Cultural competency, Chest tube competency, Skills fair Additional unit competencies as determined by the Nursing Education Department or Nurse Manager."
We need to split into sensible list items. Could be long but we can keep as list items each sentence or clause. We'll produce
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. So we should convert responsibilities into list items. Similarly for requirements (credentials, education) as list. Benefits as list? It's a paragraph but could be list? It says "any list of duties/requirements/benefits". If it's not a list originally, we can keep as