Patient Care Tech Float Regional Resource Team Part-time Nights

Responsibilities

• Performs basic nursing care activities as delegated and supervised by an RN, including monitoring vital signs, taking blood glucose measurements, weights, and recording intake and output.
• Affords assistance to patients with tending to personal care and activities of daily living, including bathing, grooming, and eating.
• Assists patients with application of assistive devices and prosthetics/orthoses according to individual patient program.
• Prevents skin care and reports any changes in skin integrity immediately to the nurse.
• Supports patients with transfers and mobility activities utilizing appropriate techniques, precautions, and assistive devices.
• Assists patients with bladder and bowel elimination programs including collection of laboratory specimens.
• Performs 12-lead EKG as ordered.
• Passes patient meal trays and HS snacks under the direction of the nurse.
• Participates in patient rounding, circulates on the nursing units to monitor patients, and provides de-escalation techniques for agitated and aggressive patient behaviors.
• Maintains and organizes unit equipment inventories.
• Reports abnormal findings or changes in physical, mental, and emotional conditions to nursing staff.
• Affords assistance in keeping patient rooms clean and orderly.
• Demonstrates flexibility, organization, and multi-tasking abilities.
• Able to function under stressful situations and utilize critical thinking skills to prioritize and complete unit work quickly.
• Serves as a liaison between patient care units and all other patient-related departments.
• Answers telephone, intercom, and call lights in a polite manner using appropriate telephone etiquette and communicates information to the appropriate staff/family/patient.
• Manages the overall unit workflow in concert with the charge RN and/or assistant manager, on an as needed basis.
• Completes pre-census and validates daily admission, discharge, and census lists, on an as needed basis.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent.
• Nursing students who have completed one clinical rotation.
• Certified Nursing Assistant, Certified Medical Assistant, Emergency Medical Technician, or nursing school students with one semester of clinical completed.
• CPR – Basic Life Support.