Patient Care Technician I - Galveston OR

Job Summary

To provide basic technical assistance and supportive patient care to meet the needs of individual patients throughout assigned areas.

Minimum Qualifications

• High school or equivalent AND completion of one of the following technical programs:
  • Completion of a recognized Nurse Assistant program
  • Completion of a Medical Assistant program
  • Completion of Medical Corpsman program
  • Completion of EMT program
  • Completion of a UTMB Hospital Aide Training Program
  • Two (2) years of experience in a direct patient care environment
  • Certified MA, PCT, or CNA at time of hire
  • Is enrolled in a recognized School of Nursing and has completed the first semester of education which contains clinical concepts and health assessment or the equivalent

Licenses, Registrations, or Certifications

• BLS

Responsibilities

• Collects, reports, and documents data: Vital signs, height and weight, intake and output, pulse oximetry, and collects specimens
• Obtains blood samples by venipuncture
• Acquires 12 lead EKG
• Performs and reports POCT
• Assists with patient activities and care as assigned by the charge nurse/designee as indicated by the patient's plan of care
• Provides for patients' personal hygiene: Bathes patients, performs oral suctioning and superficial wound care, assists with chronic wound care, provides skincare for a patient with TED hose, SCD, casts, skeletal pins, assists with elimination, cares for the incontinent patient, cares for the patient with a urinary catheter, assists or gives cleansing enemas, sitz baths, non-sterile douches, and provides ostomy care
• Assists with feeding
• Ambulates, positions, and turns patients and cares for the patient with altered mobility
• Assists with patient safety related to age and condition
• Assists with patient restraints and patient-specific safety precautions
• Collects, reports, and documents data related to patient needs/emergencies and unusual patient and family behavior
• Cares for the patient from a correctional environment
• Maintains patient privacy and confidentiality of information and records at all times
• Provides and maintains a clean, safe environment and performs and/or assists others to perform proper aseptic technique, isolation procedures, and infection control measures
• Documents as appropriate
• Maintains patient care areas with appropriate supplies
• Assists with patient requests for other hospital services

Marginal or Periodic Functions

• Video monitoring duties as assigned
• Adheres to internal controls and reporting