Patient Care Technician - PRN

Summary of Duties

Provides activities of daily living and other specified patient care procedures for the adult and geriatric patient.

Essential Job Functions

• Provides for patient’s activities of daily living with either total or partial assistance as directed by patient condition:
• Bath or shower
• Oral and/or denture care
• Perineal care
• Turning and repositioning every two hours or greater as indicated by patient need
• Ambulation
• Meal Assistance
• Performs indirect patient care tasks and unit functions: including but not limited to:
• Answers call lights and relays information promptly to the nurses
• Runs errands to obtain medications, supplies, etc.
• Transports specimens
• Inventories supplies; compiles list of needed supplies
• Stocks supplies and patient meds when delivered to facility
• Discharge preparation (packing personal items, transports patient, etc.)
• Cleans and maintains unit and patient equipment
• Affords assistance with elimination needs
• Performs simple range of motion
• Performs finger stick blood glucose test
• Performs intake and output measurements (oral, IV, NG, drains, etc.)
• Performs vital sign measurements
• Affords assistance with stocking of supplies and assesses inventory needs for medical and general supplies in coordination with the Administrative Secretary/Materials Management Coordinator and/or other management staff, and following hospital purchasing protocols
• Cleans and stores dirty hospital equipment for future patient use
• Affords other duties as assigned

Education

High school diploma or GED equivalent required.

Experience

Minimum of one year of patient care experience required.

Physical Requirements

• Ability to lift 50 lbs. occasionally, 20 lbs. frequently, and 10 lbs. constantly.
• Ability to walk and stand 80% of an 8 to 12 hour shift.
• Ability to push/pull up to 200 lbs. in order to position patients, move beds, carts, etc., and aid patients in ambulation.
• Must possess sight/hearing senses or use prosthetics that will enable these senses to function adequately, so that the requirements of this position can be fully met.