Patient Care Technician II (PCT) - PICU Galveston (Nights)

University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB)•Galveston, TX

About The Position

The Patient Care Technician II provides technical assistance and supportive patient care to meet individual patients’ needs throughout assigned areas, and serves as a leader and mentor for assigned units. The role collects and documents patient data; performs clinical support tasks; assists with personal care, mobility, admission, transfer, and discharge; supports examinations and procedures; and helps maintain patient safety, privacy, infection control, and clean, adequately supplied care areas. Video monitoring duties may also be assigned.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent.
One year of hospital experience.
Completion of a recognized Nurse Assistant program, Medical Corpsman program, or EMT program; alternatively, enrollment in a recognized School of Nursing with completion of the first semester containing clinical concepts and health assessment or equivalent.
Alternatively, documentation of completion of two or more specified additional competencies, such as emergency dispatch, POCT test site manager, HUC cross-training, patient care assistant trainer, unit audits, cast placement, high-level disinfection, procedure setup and assistance, language assistance, burn tub room duties, or INQN, IDERAD, or PACS system resource/user duties.
Current BLS certification.

Responsibilities

Collect, report, and document patient data, including vital signs, height and weight, intake and output, pulse oximetry, and specimens.
Obtain blood samples by venipuncture, acquire 12-lead EKGs, and perform and report point-of-care testing (POCT).
Assist with patient activities and care as assigned by the charge nurse or designee and indicated by the patient’s plan of care.
Provide personal hygiene and related care, including bathing, oral suctioning, superficial wound care, elimination assistance, incontinence and urinary catheter care, cleansing enemas, sitz baths, non-sterile douches, and ostomy care.
Assist with feeding.
Ambulate, position, and turn patients, including patients with altered mobility.
Assist with patient admission, transfer, and discharge.
Prepare and chaperone patients during examinations and procedures, and assist with other patient treatments.
Promote patient safety based on age and condition; assist with restraints and maintain patient-specific safety precautions.
Collect, report, and document data related to patient needs, emergencies, and unusual patient or family behavior.
Provide care for patients from a correctional environment.
Maintain patient privacy and confidentiality of information and health records.
Maintain a clean, safe patient care environment and perform or assist with aseptic technique, isolation procedures, and infection control measures.
Maintain appropriate supplies in patient care areas and assist with patient requests for other hospital services.
Participate in one leadership activity per fiscal year.
Perform video monitoring duties as assigned.
Adhere to internal controls and reporting structure and perform related duties as required.