Patient Care Technician - ED - Episcopal
About The Position
Temple University Hospital's Episcopal Campus has provided quality care in our neighborhood for generations and is known for its behavioral health expertise- providing a wide array of outpatient services. The campus boasts a thriving med/surg unit, a full service emergency department, primary care and specialty physician offices. From our warm, friendly atmosphere to the resources of an academic health system, the teams at Episcopal come together and achieve together. Serving our patients as we would our family, the people of Episcopal deliver highly personalized care. Are you ready to re-connect at a community level? Want to join a nationally renowned team with the resources of a world- class health system? Then join our Episcopal Campus. Provides direct and indirect patient care duties under the guidance and direction of the registered nurse. Responsible for implementing components of the plan of care through the initiation/completion of procedures relating to basic human, mental health and social needs; comfort, safety and emergency measures; activities of daily living; personal care needs; nutrition and fluid needs; and elimination needs. Measures vitals signs, performs ECGs, venipuncture, IV placement, capillary blood glucose testing, and Unit Secretary, Patient Transport and Environment of Care duties.
Requirements
- High School Diploma or Equivalent
- Successful completion of Nurses Aide or Medical Assistant Training and Competency Evaluation program, EMT training program or Nursing student with satisfactory completion of Nursing 101 clinical or equivalent clinical rotation
- Basic Life Support
Nice To Haves
- 1 year experience in a related patient care role
Responsibilities
- Implementing components of the plan of care through the initiation/completion of procedures relating to basic human, mental health and social needs
- Implementing components of the plan of care through the initiation/completion of procedures relating to comfort, safety and emergency measures
- Implementing components of the plan of care through the initiation/completion of procedures relating to activities of daily living
- Implementing components of the plan of care through the initiation/completion of procedures relating to personal care needs
- Implementing components of the plan of care through the initiation/completion of procedures relating to nutrition and fluid needs
- Implementing components of the plan of care through the initiation/completion of procedures relating to elimination needs
- Measures vital signs
- Performs ECGs
- Performs venipuncture
- Performs IV placement
- Performs capillary blood glucose testing
- Performs Unit Secretary duties
- Performs Patient Transport duties
- Performs Environment of Care duties
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What This Job Offers
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
