Patient Care Technician - 10 West Unit - FT

About the role

Transform Healthcare Through Patient Care: Join a team dedicated to your personal well-being and professional development. This role offers opportunities to start your health care career journey in a setting renowned for clinical excellence.

Responsibilities

• Takes patient's blood pressure, checks oxygen levels and temperature
• Aids patients with bathing, meals, toileting, ambulation, and other basic needs
• Provides one-on-one care for patients on suicide or safety precautions
• Attends required orientation classes during daytime hours, Monday through Friday, from 8 am to 5 pm for the first 2 weeks
• Performs basic nursing care and advanced technical skills for specified age groups
• Assists with activities of daily living
• Documents and reports patient observations to licensed staff
• Transports patients, supplies, specimens, equipment, etc. within the facility
• Contributes to Carilion Clinic’s performance improvement activities
• Participates in unit quality surveillance activities
• Participates in unit shared governance and/or organization councils/committees
• Learns and leads unit huddles; participates in IDR's (unit based interdepartmental patient rounds)
• Schedules and covers lunch assignments
• Reviews medical records for outstanding orders and notifies nurses of stat orders and medication changes
• Orders department/unit supplies and equipment and stocks/organizes supplies
• Operates and maintains general office equipment
• Follows procedures for timely equipment repairs
• Supports patient flow into/out of area using department/unit specific software and Intranet
• Welcomes and assists patients and visitors; assists with registration
• Monitors cleanliness of waiting and break rooms, and performs safety/environmental rounds on unit and with multidisciplinary team members
• Participates in the sitter process (if competencies appropriate)
• Maintains regulatory compliance
• May be responsible for phlebotomy, wound care dressings, saline lock replacement, and colostomy bag changes (competency appropriate)
• May be required to support multiple nursing units
• Interacts with unit staff, patients, physicians, families, visitors, management, ancillary departments, and the general public
• Maintains patient, staff and customer confidentiality
• May be required to sit with patients on suicide precautions or confusion

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent education
• Previous experience in direct patient care preferred
• Certified Nursing Assistant preferred
• AHA BLS-HCP required within 6 months of hire

Qualifications

• Effective interpersonal, communication, and teamwork skills
• Successfully completes orientation and competency validation for position

Skills

• Basic nursing care and advanced technical skills
• Documentation and reporting
• Transportation and logistics
• Performance improvement activities
• Quality surveillance and shared governance
• Unit-based interdepartmental patient rounds
• Customer service and registration
• Equipment operation and maintenance
• Compliance and regulatory adherence
• Age-specific care and documentation
• Teamwork and collaboration

Benefits

No specific benefits mentioned in the job posting.

Pay

$17.39 - $24.35 per hour, depending on qualifications and experience.

Schedule

Full-time, night shift with every other weekend and rotating holidays.

Referral Bonus Program

Yes, eligible under certain conditions.