Patient Care Tech Cardiac Progressive Care & Step Down Unit

About the position

Opportunity to Join our Remarkable Care as a PCT awaits YOU!!!! Trinity Health Livonia is a beautiful full-service, 304-bed acute care hospital, located in Livonia, MI, that provides comprehensive care, including a 24-hour emergency department, general medicine, inpatient and outpatient surgery, physical medicine and rehabilitation, intensive care unit, cancer, cardiology, geriatrics and birthing and women's health. Through several major expansions in the hospital, programs and services, Trinity Health Livonia continues to offer the latest in quality health and medical services. Trinity Health Livonia has received numerous awards recognizing excellence in clinical outcomes, patient safety, financial performance, and efficiency.

Responsibilities

• Performs nursing care as delegated by the RN in an effort to identify/attain treatment goals.
• Records/calculates intake and output, obtains weights.
• Applies support/orthopedic devices such as support hose and compression devices.
• Obtains routine vital signs, pain score and temperature.
• Assists the patient with coughing, deep breathing, use of incentive spirometer, oral suctioning.
• Applies warm and cold therapies (ice packs, Artic Sun, Bar Hugger, and cooling blanket).
• Provides care of the restrained patient including general care, application of the restraint and ongoing monitoring of the restrained patient.
• Care and removal of Foley catheters.
• Routine oxygen therapy, pulse oximetry.
• Assist in preparing the body following death.
• Assists patient in completing ADLs including bathing, showering, toileting, positioning, turning, transferring & ambulation using assistive devices as needed and appropriate.
• Assists with feeding and menu selection.
• Distributes/collects nourishments and orders late trays.
• Answers call lights.
• Demonstrates sterile or aseptic technique as appropriate when performing delegated activities.
• Collects and sends specimens including blood and blood cultures.
• Removes peripheral IV catheters.
• Competency based point of care testing such as blood glucose.
• Records patient information and required data in appropriate areas in order to meet documentation and charging requirements.
• Assists in establishing and maintaining a patient care environment that is clean, safe, and conducive to patient/family well being.
• Documents patient belongings upon admission to Behavioral Health Unit in the ED.
• Prepare patient room for arrival/ assists in transfers and or discharge of patients.
• Orients patient/family/visitors to patient room, unit, waiting area and facilities.
• Assists patient/family in the use of hospital equipment (telephone, lights television).
• Makes occupied and unoccupied beds.
• Collects and disposes of soiled linen.
• Cleans and maintains equipment according to procedures.
• Provides wound and exit site care as delegated.
• Applies simple dressing to clean wounds of stage I or stage II depth (partial thickness) following assessment of the RN.
• Secures complex dressings that have been changed by other caregivers.
• Performs PEG care and dressing changes.
• Completes delegated unit specific activities such as gathering post procedural data after initial nursing assessment.
• Places patients on monitors/telemetry and maintains lead placement.
• Clean intermittent urinary catheterization.
• Checks/restocks unit emergency equipment/supplies and nurse servers.
• Performs other unit specific duties as delegated.
• Performs general clerical duties as needed such as answering telephones and relaying messages.
• Assembles charts for transfer and discharges.
• Makes a manual requisition for patient orders for Registered Nurse approval during emergencies, codes and downtime.
• Efficiently utilize FirstNet and Tele-tracking to ensure patient throughput.
• Coordinates patient care in conjunction with the ED staff.

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED.
• Preferred minimum of one year of previous direct care experience (acute or long term) OR successful completion of CENA, PCT, MA, or EMT course OR Student nurses must have completed their nursing fundamentals class of a BSN program.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation.
• Full benefits package including Medical, Dental, Vision, PTO, Life Insurance, Short and Long-term Disability starts DAY ONE.
• DailyPay - Choose to get paid every day! Learn more by visiting www.dailypay.com.
• Nurse Residency Program for all new nurses.
• Retirement savings plan with employer match and contributions.
• Opportunity for growth and advancement throughout Trinity Health.
• Tuition Reimbursement.
• Free parking in proximity to your workplace.