Patient Care Tech Float - Part-Time Nights at Pennsylvania Hospital

About the role

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.

Responsibilities

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 involving the patient environment: room setup for admission, removing patient care items upon discharge, general room cleanliness
• Performs AM/PM care as instructed (complete/partial bath, mouth/denture care, hair grooming, facial shave)
• Prepares patient and belongings for discharge
• Assists with all dietary necessities: set up meal trays, assist with feeding or perform complete patient feed, perform calorie counts, maintain aspiration precautions
• Ensures all patients have fresh water pitcher at bedside when applicable
• Consistently addresses patients by preferred name unless otherwise specified; introduces self and role
• Respects patient privacy, maintains 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 using 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 includes all oral intake; output may include drainage via catheters, NGT/Salem sump, hemovac, Jackson Pratt)
• Obtains and documents patient weight 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
• Promotes patient safety: maintaining fall precautions, applying wrist restraints, applying vest restraints, providing continuous observation per policy
• Performs safe patient transfers utilizing proper ergonomics (bed to chair, bed to wheelchair, bed to stretcher, unit to unit)
• Adheres to appropriate invasive line safety (IVs, 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 start of each shift
• Reports off to Registered Nurse on each assigned patient prior to breaks and end of each shift
• Consistently follows all expectations associated with Pennsylvania Hospital’s Standards for Service Excellence
• Consistently demonstrates 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 to ensure patient has best possible experience

Requirements

• American Heart Association (AHA) Basic Life Support (BLS) required
• High School Diploma or GED required
• Certified Nursing Assistant or Emergency Medical Technician certification preferred
• In lieu of certification: at least one year experience in a related clinical role, OR be a nursing student matriculated in an accredited BSN program having minimally completed the nursing foundations/fundamentals clinical course
• Nursing students must continue in a matriculated BSN program and present evidence with an official transcript documenting enrollment to their Manager of record; failure to maintain requirements will result in termination

Benefits

We offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits program that includes one of the finest prepaid tuition assistance programs in the region. Our employee benefits programs help employees get healthy and stay healthy.

Schedule

Part-time, night shift.