Patient Care Tech - Intermediate Care Unit - 32hrs/week Evening Shift

About the role

This role focuses on providing professional and nonprofessional nursing care services in accordance with physician orders. In addition, this role focuses on performing the following Nursing Support duties: Provides basic care services to patients, but does not have an RN or LPN license. Positions in this nursing support work under the direction of physicians, mid-level practitioners, and may work under the direction of registered nurses depending on their unit.

Responsibilities

• Performs all aspects of activities of daily living (ADLs) patient care in an environment that optimizes patient safety.
• Prepares patient rooms for admission.
• Maintains a clean and safe environment for the patient.
• Prioritizes patient care according to nursing direction, and discharge plan.
• Transports patient to procedures/discharge within/from hospital as directed.
• Cleans and operates equipment safely and correctly.
• Prepares patients for meals, assists with meals or feeds patient as necessary.
• Performs technical tasks, i.e. use of glucometer, lift assisted devices, and collect specimens.
• Collects, records and reports accurate patient data in a timely manner.
• Performs the duties of a Patient Sitter and maintain continuous observation of a patient as outlined in the Sitter guidelines.
• Provides clerical support as needed.
• Greets visitors in a professional, friendly manner and directs to appropriate destination.
• Answers phone in professional and friendly manner and directs caller to appropriate person.
• Screens all persons requesting access to the department for appropriateness of entry.
• Enforces department security policies.
• Completes administrative duties regarding patient admission, transfer, and discharges in an organized and timely manner.
• Maintains paper components in each patient chart.
• Ensures that the patient and family members are attended to in a caring and attentive manner, responding to the needs of patients/family members in a timely manner and maintaining a professional and friendly demeanor at all times.
• Works cohesively as a member of the patient care team, anticipating the needs of team members.
• Establishes and maintains a positive and caring relationship with each patient, family and team member.
• Reports variances in accordance with hospital policy.
• Participates in department meetings and in-service programs on a regular basis.

Requirements

• High School diploma or equivalent required.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
• One (1) year of healthcare experience and nursing service experience.
• Certified patient care, clinical associate, certified nursing assistant or equivalent.

Qualifications

• Experience in healthcare and nursing service.
• Knowledge of job procedures and tools.
• Vocational or technical education.
• Work experience in patient care and/or scientific/laboratory jobs.

Skills

• Professional and nonprofessional nursing care services.
• Performing activities of daily living (ADLs) patient care.
• Preparing patient rooms for admission.
• Maintaining a clean and safe environment for the patient.
• Prioritizing patient care according to nursing direction.
• Transports patient to procedures/discharge within/from hospital.
• Cleaning and operating equipment safely and correctly.
• Prepares patients for meals, assists with meals or feeds patient as necessary.
• Performing technical tasks, i.e. use of glucometer, lift assisted devices, and collect specimens.
• Collecting, recording and reporting accurate patient data in a timely manner.
• Performing the duties of a Patient Sitter and maintain continuous observation of a patient as outlined in the Sitter guidelines.
• Providing clerical support as needed.
• Greeting visitors in a professional, friendly manner.
• Answering phone in professional and friendly manner.
• Screens all persons requesting access to the department.
• Enforcing department security policies.
• Completing administrative duties regarding patient admission, transfer, and discharges.
• Maintaining paper components in each patient chart.
• Ensuring that the patient and family members are attended to in a caring and attentive manner.
• Working cohesively as a member of the patient care team.
• Establishing and maintaining a positive and caring relationship with each patient, family and team member.
• Reporting variances in accordance with hospital policy.
• Participating in department meetings and in-service programs.

Benefits

Competitive salaries & benefits
403(b) retirement plan with hospital match
Opportunities for growth
Tuition reimbursement
Free on-campus parking

Pay

$20.12 - $25.15

Schedule

32hrs/week / Evening Shift (3pm-11:30pm) With Every Other Weekend Required (Saturday & Sunday) Holiday shifts required per unit needs