Patient Care Tech Nights PRN

Qualifications

• Current Certified Nursing Assistant or Medical Assistant certification preferred
• Minimum of two years patient care experience preferred

Responsibilities

• Observes and reports patient’s status and needs.
• Answers call lights and attends to/reports patient needs.
• Obtains specimens and transport to and sends through designated tube.
• Transfers, moves and repositions patients.
• Monitors and records patient’s vital signs like heart rate, pulse temperature and blood pressure.
• Assists physicians and nurses during medical examination and treatment of the patient.
• Makes occupied and unoccupied beds.
• Maintains current knowledge and certification requirements.
• Attends all required Safety Training programs and can describe his/her responsibilities related to general safety, department/service safety and specific job-related hazards.
• Respects and regards the dignity of all patients, families, visitors and fellow employees to ensure a professional, responsible and courteous environment.

Requirements

• While performing the duties of this job the employee is frequently required to sit, converse, and listen; use hands to touch, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls; and to reach with hands and arms.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and the ability to adjust focus.
• The employee must be able to lift and/or carry over 20 pounds on a regular basis and be able to push/pull over 25 pounds on a regular basis.
• The employee must be able to stand and/or walk at least five hours per day.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.