Patient Care Tech HUC FT Nights

Baylor Scott & White Health•Irving, TX

About The Position

The Patient Care Technician - Health Unit Coordinator handles clerical and patient care tasks under a licensed nurse's supervision. The role supports patient care and unit operations by collecting and recording patient information, assisting with daily activities, maintaining records, coordinating communications, and helping keep patient and nursing areas clean and organized.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED equivalent.
Less than one year of experience.
Basic Life Support (BLS) certification, or obtain BLS within 30 days of hire or transfer.
Good verbal and written communication skills.
Ability to maintain patient confidentiality.
Ability to relate professionally and positively and work cooperatively with patients, families, and employees at all levels.

Responsibilities

Collect and record patient data, promptly reporting information to nursing team members.
Obtain and record vital signs, height, weight, nutritional intake, and output.
Perform blood glucose monitoring using finger-stick blood samples, test strips, and portable meters.
Provide routine urinary catheter care.
Collect and transport requested specimens, including urine, stool, and sputum.
Help patients with hygiene, dressing, eating, and moving; change linens as needed.
Answer patient call lights and requests promptly, and serve as a sitter when assigned for patients needing constant observation.
Complete and maintain unit and patient records, files, forms, and documents, including those related to admissions, surgeries, transfers, discharges, medical records, and physician call lists.
Maintain an organized work area for records, files, forms, and reference documents.
Check, update, and maintain facility boards, pneumatic tube systems, and telemetry box reconciliation.
Follow departmental policies, procedures, and guidelines.
Prepare reports, purchase orders, projects, memos, and letters using computer programs.
Greet and assist visitors; answer telephones and contact nursing team members and medical staff using pagers, beepers, and cell phones.
Track unit call light response times and assign phone and location devices to appropriate staff.
Perform work-area support duties as directed by a nurse or physician, including running errands, picking up supplies, and transporting patients.
Maintain inventory, requisition supplies, and stock work-area supplies and equipment.
Assist with non-medical patient care duties, such as making coffee, transporting patients, and distributing ice, water, and blankets.
Clean patient bedside units and nursing areas not covered by general housekeeping; clean equipment properly and distribute it according to patient needs.
Attend in-services, unit meetings, and conferences.