Patient Care Technician - AP4 Med-Surg/Behavioral Health - Days

Position

Position: Patient Care Technician – Nursing Assistant - AP4 Med-Surg/Behavioral Health

Pay

Hourly Pay Range: $18.84 - $27.32 - The hourly pay rate offered is determined by a candidate's expertise and years of experience, among other factors.

Benefits

Benefits: Premium pay such as shift, on call, holiday and more based on an employee’s job (For eligible positions); Incentive pay for select positions; Opportunity for annual increases based on performance; Career Pathways to Promote Professional Growth and Development; Various Medical, Dental, Pet and Vision options; Tuition Reimbursement; Discounted Parking; Wellness Program Savings Plan; Health Savings Account Options; Retirement Options with Company Match; Paid Time Off and Holiday Pay.

Qualifications

• CNA certification or Successful completion of an accredited nursing assistant training course or minimum six months of previous patient care experience or equivalent or completion of one nursing clinical rotation
• American Heart Association CPR Certification
• High school graduate or equivalent
• Ability to interact effectively with others
• Ability to uphold confidentiality standards appropriately

Skills

• Standard precautions
• Special precautions
• Personal protective equipment
• Hygiene
• Elimination needs
• Bathroom assistance
• Range of motion
• Patient safety
• Fall and high risk precautions
• Vital sign monitoring
• ECG
• Multi-use equipment cleaning
• Accu-Check quality controls
• Accommodating patient privacy and confidentiality
• Hand-off reports

Requirements

• Communicates effectively with patient, families, visitors, and members of the health care team in a respectful manner
• Understands and uses standard precautions with all patients as well special precautions that may be ordered for the patient based on the pathology diagnosed
• Assists with patient hygiene based on the level assistance the patient requires
• Assists with meeting the elimination needs of the patient which includes helping patients to the bathroom or use bedside commode
• Sets up the patient room for a new admission by placing new ECG cables and leads on the counter along with SPO2 cable (critical care) and disposable blood pressure cuff
• Assists the RN in admitting new patients by attaching the ECG cables and pulse oximetry and taking initial vital signs. This includes patients with Covid-19
• Assists in providing for nutritional needs of the patient by helping them eat, if needed
• Assists with ambulating and range of motion for the patient
• Follows policies and procedures related to patient and staff safety
• Follows safe patient handling guidelines and demonstrates proper use of lifting and other patient safety equipment
• Accurately documents vital sign monitoring (temperature, heart rate, respiratory rate, and blood pressure) as well the results of point of care blood glucose monitor (Accu-Check) in the patient’s electronic medical record (EMR)
• Properly cleans all multi-use equipment between care of patients
• Uses standard fall and high risk precautions on all patients based on need and direction by the RN
• Performs rounding and repositioning with assigned patients every two hours
• Regularly communicates with the RN regarding any changes in the patient’s vital signs or any observations of the patient/family and any tasks assigned
• Maintains clinical competency which is tested each year by Nursing Education
• Performs 12-lead ECG on patients as directed by the RN
• Proactively organizes, and stocks nursing unit with patient care supplies
• Maintains patient privacy and confidentiality
• Empty, measure and record output in all Foley bags/colostomy bags as directed by the RN and at the end of the assigned shift
• Gather all required linen before beginning the bathing or cleaning of patient
• Perform Accu-Check quality controls daily at Midnight In along with housekeeping, empty trash from patient rooms, nursing station, hallway, medication room and store room at the end of the shift
• Assists nurses in admitting patient, which includes setting up the room, transferring patient to bed
• If no PCT scheduled for the next shift check vital signs on all patients at the end of shift (0700 or 1900)
• Give hand-off report to oncoming PCT before leaving at the end of shift.