Patient Care Tech - Medical Surgical Progressive Care Unit - Rotating

VCU Health•Richmond, VA

6d•Onsite

About The Position

The Medical Surgical Care Unit is a 28-bed unit, with 8-10 progressive care beds, focused on caring for adult medical and surgical patients with diverse disease processes. The unit fosters a culture that empowers nurses to learn, grow, and provide exceptional care, with a strong support system for various practice levels. Shared governance is integral to the unit's culture, ensuring all team members have a voice. The unit prides itself on a high-reliability team committed to safe, evidence-based practice, striving for zero harm. The leadership team uses a shared vision approach to meet the needs of team members and patients. The unit's mission is to foster collegial relationships with the inter-professional team, including medical teams, care coordination, pastoral care, nutrition, and environmental services, to create a nurturing and positive environment. The unit has achieved its second Gold Beacon award from the American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN). The Patient Care Technician provides direct, age-specific care to patients under the direction of an RN or licensed independent practitioner, based on medical orders and the plan of care.

Requirements

High School Degree or equivalent
AHA BLS HCP Certification or equivalent
Certification/Completion of one of the following: Certified Nursing Assistant, Medical Assistant, Emergency Medical Technician, Military Corpsmen/Medic, Nursing Aide Training Program, Experience within a healthcare environment OR Completion of foundations/ clinical nursing course and one clinical rotation.
Knowledge of patient data collection and documentation (i.e. vital signs, intake/output, change in patient condition)
Knowledge of basic hygiene and activities of daily living care
Ability to assist with feeding, hydration, and nutrition
Ability to assist with ambulation and patient mobility
Ability to provide safe, compassionate care
Accountability for completion of assigned tasks
Ability to wear personal protective equipment as needed
Demonstrates a commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion through continuous development, modeling inclusive behaviors, and proactively managing bias.

Nice To Haves

Certified Nursing Assistant
Acute care experience as a nursing assistant or aide experience

Responsibilities

Provide safe and direct care to patients in their assigned unit, making age-appropriate adjustments as needed.
Monitor patients’ conditions and provide updates to the health care team.
Provide direct and indirect care to patients with and without medical/surgical complications to meet their comfort, personal hygiene, and safety needs.
Provide care in accordance with nursing and medical plans of care and deliver per VCUHS Nursing and Hospital policy and procedure.
Ensure assigned clinical location is maintained as a safe, clean, stocked environment to facilitate meeting patient needs and unit/healthcare team functioning.
Maintain supplies, educational material, equipment, sterilization of supplies, instruments, and the environment to promote quality, safe patient care outcomes (as applicable).
Contribute to the patient experience by accurately identifying the patient, observing safety goals, and reporting to a licensed independent practitioner, manager, and/or Registered Nurses regarding the patient’s physical and mental responses to the plan of care or any incident posing harm or threat to a patient.
Obtain and record initial and ongoing patient information throughout the cycle of care, including admissions data, vital signs, height and weight, blood pressure, oxygen saturation, intake and output, calorie counts, and other patient information as outlined by VCUHS policy.
Obtain or assist in the collection of specimens for diagnostic or waived tests.
Attend all mandatory in-services and trainings and adhere to online training requirements.
Ensure patient safety in the performance of job functions and through participation in hospital, department, or unit patient safety initiatives.
Establish and maintain courteous and effective rapport with patients, visitors, co-workers, and other members of the health care team; demonstrate sensitivity and awareness to the needs of patients, visitors, and co-workers and respond promptly to verbal and/or written instructions.
Performs other duties, as assigned.