Patient Care Tech - MedSurg Tele

Job Requirements

Under the direction of professional nursing staff, this role provides direct patient care. Duties include taking vital signs, checking surgical dressings, aiding with ADLs, performing blood draws, collecting specimen samples, observing patients, and communicating about their status.

• Records patient care along the continuum, including ADLs such as feeding, bathing, dressing, toileting, and transferring.
• Completes, documents, and reports vital signs (temperature, blood pressure, pulse, respiration, oxygen saturation, and pain level).
• Aids in admission, transfer, and discharge of patients.
• Participates in cost-effective strategies to optimize patient outcomes.
• Maintains patient safety, including fall prevention.
• Maintains patient care supplies and linen.
• Provides post-mortem care.
• Collaborates with the interdisciplinary patient care services team.
• Performs various tests and manages patient care based on results and clinical findings.
• Assists with appropriate strategies and treatment measures for wound care.
• Collects patient specimens for laboratory testing.
• Provides orthopedic/rehab device care, including applying, maintaining, and removing external urinary catheter devices.
• Conducts indwelling urinary catheter care and blood glucose monitoring.
• Performs venipuncture for drawing blood samples and establishing IV access.
• Provides wound care to promote healing and maintain skin integrity.
• Assists with collection of patient specimens for laboratory testing.
• Participates in hourly patient rounding in collaboration with the health care team.
• Responds to patient triggered alarms.
• 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 authority.
• Provides professional vigilance to assigned patients, including when assigned as a patient safety companion.
• Improves patient flow and prevents care delays.

Work Experience

Required:

• A high school diploma or equivalent.
• Current Maryland state certification as a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) or Geriatric Nursing Assistant (GNA).
• Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities:

• Able to effectively communicate verbally and in writing.
• Able to organize work priorities and perform multiple duties simultaneously 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.

Benefits

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines. Compensation Pay Range: $17.17 - $24.76. Other Compensation (if applicable): Shift Differential. Review the 2025-2026 UMMS Benefits Guide.