Patient Care Technician II (PCT) - Med/Surg - League City (Days)

UTMB Health•League City, TX

17d•Onsite

About The Position

To provide technical assistance and supportive patient care to meet the needs of individual patients throughout assigned areas and serve as a leader/ mentor for the assigned unit(s).

Requirements

High school or equivalent
One year of hospital experience
Completion of a recognized Nurse Assistant program OR Completion of Medical Corpsman program OR Completion of EMT program OR Is enrolled in a recognized School of Nursing and has completed the first semester of education which contains clinical concepts and health assessment or the equivalent
Has obtained and provided documentation of completion of 2 or more of the following: Emergency Dispatch POCT test manager Cross-training to HUC duties Patient Care Assistant trainer Perform Unit Audits- 1 per month per unit/ department manager Cast placement Perform/ Assist with High-Level Disinfection Set up of delivery tables Set-up and assistance with minor operating procedures Set-up and assistance with area specific diagnostic procedures Language assistance Burn tub room duties which includes splint applications: mouth spreaders, upper and lower extremities, positioning patients prone, application of pressure wrapping: coban ace wraps, surginet pressure garments, tubigrip/jobst garments, burn dressing preparation and application and assists in application of biobrane/transcyte INQN, IDERAD, PACS system resource/user
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Responsibilities

Collects, reports, and documents data.
Takes vital signs, height and weight, intake and output, pulse oximetry, and collects specimens.
Obtains blood samples by venipuncture.
Acquires 12 lead EKG.
Performs and reports POCT.
Assists with patient activities and care as assigned by the charge nurse/designee as indicated by the patient’s plan of care.
Provides for patients’ personal hygiene.
Bathes patients, performs oral suctioning, superficial wound care, assists with elimination, and cares for the incontinent patient and the patient with a urinary catheter.
Assists or gives cleansing enemas, sitz baths, non-sterile douches, and provides ostomy care.
Assists with feeding.
Ambulates, positions, and turns patients and cares for the patient with altered mobility.
Assists with the admission, transfer, and discharge of the patient.
Assists the healthcare team by preparing patients and chaperoning during examinations/procedures or assists with other patient treatments.
Provides for patient safety related to age and condition.
Assists with patient restraints and maintains patient-specific safety precautions.
Collects, reports, and documents data related to patient needs/emergencies and unusual patient and family behavior.
Cares for the patient from a correctional environment.
Maintains patient privacy and confidentiality of information and health records at all times.
Provides and maintains a clean, safe environment and performs and/or assists others to perform proper aseptic technique, isolation procedures, and infection control measures.
Maintains patient care areas with appropriate supplies.
Assists with patient requests for other hospital services.
Participates in one leadership activity per fiscal year.
Video monitoring duties as assigned.
Adheres to internal controls and reporting structure.
Performs related duties as required.