Patient Care Technician, Medical-Surgical, PRN Tier 1, Camden

SGHS•St Marys, GA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Patient Care Technician assists patients with activities of daily living, provides basic and advanced patient care activities, and helps maintain a safe and clean environment under the supervision of licensed nursing staff. This is a Tier 1 PRN position with an experienced-based pay rate, plus applicable shift differentials. The monthly commitment is 16–48 hours, with work at the BWK and CAM campuses. Team members provide their schedules up to four weeks in advance and work two weekend shifts per schedule period and one major holiday. Team members promote excellence through positive interactions and relationships and consistent use of high-reliability principles to support quality, safety, and service. The role contributes to patient information collection and documentation, prepares rooms and equipment, assists with patient admissions, transfers, and discharges, and provides general personal care and meal assistance. The technician observes and reports changes in patients’ condition or behavior, responds to patient needs and call lights, and supports patient safety and privacy. Under the direction or delegation of a licensed nurse, the technician performs specified clinical skills competently and safely. With appropriate training and competency evaluation, the technician may also perform Monitor Technician duties.

Requirements

High school graduation or equivalent preferred.
At least six months of successful experience as a certified nursing assistant (CNA).
Successful completion of Southeast Georgia Health System’s Patient Care Technician competencies.
Certification as a Nursing Assistant in the state of Georgia.
American Heart Association BLS Certification.

Responsibilities

Collect and document patient information, including height, weight, allergies, vital signs, and intake and output measurements.
Prepare patient rooms, beds, and equipment for admissions, returning surgical patients, transfers, and discharges.
Assist with and accompany patients during admission, transfer, and discharge procedures.
Correctly identify patients before direct care, treatments, or diet-related procedures, and verify that identification bands are correct and secure.
Provide general patient care, including hygiene, dressing, linen changes, room tidying, and other care as needed.
Maintain patient privacy by closing room doors and cubicle curtains during procedures.
Prepare patients for meals and assist with meals or feeding.
Distribute drinking water, ice, and other ordered nourishment.
Collect and transport specimens as ordered or requested.
Report observed changes in patients’ condition or behavior promptly.
Respond to patient needs and call lights and check on patients regularly between tasks.
Support patient safety through preventative measures, including bed controls, nurse/patient communication systems, side rails, and patient education.
As delegated or directed by a licensed nurse, competently and safely discontinue peripheral IVs and indwelling urinary catheters; perform phlebotomy, EKGs, bladder scans, specified wound dressing care, retrieval of blood products from the Lab, nasopharyngeal specimen swabs, and ostomy appliance changes.
Perform Monitor Technician duties after completing appropriate training and competency evaluation.