Patient Care Technician I (PCT) - M-F/Days/40 hours
The University of Texas Medical Branch · Galveston, TX · 1 mo ago
HealthcareFull-time
Education & Experience
Minimum Qualifications:
- 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.
License, Registrations or Certifications
Required: Basic Life Support (BLS).
JOB DESCRIPTION
To provide basic technical assistance and supportive patient care to meet the needs of individual patients throughout assigned areas.
Essential Job Functions
- 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.
- Auxiliaries 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: Baths 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.
- Auxiliaries with feeding.
- Ambulates, positions, and turns patients and cares for the patient with altered mobility.
- Auxiliaries with patient safety related to age and condition.
- Auxiliaries 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.
- Maintains patient care areas with appropriate supplies.
- Auxiliaries with patient requests for other hospital services.
Marginal or Periodic Functions
- Video monitoring duties as assigned.
- Adheres to internal controls and reporting structure.
- Performs related duties as required.
SALARY RANGE
Salary commensurate with experience.