Ambulatory Patient Care Tech - Primary Care Anacostia

Children's National Hospital • Washington, DC

4d • $21 - $41 • Onsite

About The Position

The Patient Care Technician collaborates with the multidisciplinary health care delivery team and, under the direction of a Registered Nurse, performs basic nursing care activities. The role helps maintain a safe, clean, and stocked patient care setting, assists staff members, and helps direct patient flow.

The position provides patient support during admission and daily living, assists with direct patient care and monitoring, follows infection-control practices, and documents care. The technician communicates with nurses and other team members, supports family-centered care, contributes to shared leadership, and actively promotes safety for patients, families, visitors, and coworkers.

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED.
• One year of experience in a healthcare setting; pediatric experience if possible.
• Basic computer skills, including typing and use of a mouse and email.
• Knowledge of aseptic technique.
• Basic calculation skills, including addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.
• Human relations and interpersonal skills.
• Current certification as a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA), Emergency Medical Technician (EMT), or Certified Patient Care Technician (CPCT).
• Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Provider certification.

Nice To Haves

• One semester of clinical experience completed at an accredited school of nursing or military corpsman training.

Responsibilities

• Orient families to the call lights, monitor, and unit; set up monitors and alarms.
• Measure and record vital signs, height, weight, and head circumference.
• Assist with activities of daily living, including bathing, skin care, mouth care, and peri-care.
• Ensure nutrition is provided as ordered, including tube feeding or tray feeding; care for feeding tubes.
• Apply skin creams as directed by the RN and collect cultures, urine, stool, and other samples.
• Recognize and report pain and skin breakdown, and prioritize tasks and RN requests.
• Assist with tracheostomy care, EVDs, central-line dressing changes, pin care, cast and traction care, and care for dying patients.
• Help prepare rooms for admissions and discharges and support patient flow by keeping the environment neat and orderly.
• Obtain equipment and supplies and maintain PAR levels.
• Observe monitors and alert the RN to deviations; follow monitor-bank guidelines for dress code and professionalism when assigned.
• Care for isolation patients, perform hand hygiene before and after every patient, and clean equipment after each patient’s use.
• Document in the nursing database and on flow sheets, including vital signs, promptly; notify the appropriate charge nurse in the computer or chart as appropriate.
• Communicate changes and abnormal findings to the RN and team, participate in beginning- and end-of-shift reporting, and communicate with the RN about patient-care activities at least hourly.
• Notify the charge nurse when leaving and returning to the unit, maintain professional relationships with patients and families, resolve coworker conflict appropriately, and support family-centered care.
• Keep informed about council meetings and unit issues, contribute to unit discussions, and support shared leadership decisions.
• Speak up about unsafe behavior or performance, validate information used for decisions or documentation, pause to resolve uncertainty, communicate clearly and promptly, and promote safety for patients, families, visitors, and coworkers.
• Attend carefully to details and use Stop, Think, Act, and Review to self-check behavior and performance.

Benefits

• Comprehensive health coverage, including medical, prescription, infertility, and transgender health services.
• Paid time off, including vacation accruing from day one, sick leave, holidays, and a personal day.
• A 401(k) plan.
• Healthcare and dependent care spending accounts.
• Employer-paid life, AD&D, and long-term disability coverage, with optional supplemental plans.
• Tuition assistance.
• Fitness resources.
• Employee assistance.
• Commuter benefits.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED