IL Patient Care Technician

Deaconess Health System•Marion, IL

11d

About The Position

The Patient Care Technician provides or assists with basic patient care requirements, treatments, and procedures. The role communicates pertinent findings and observations to the RN, documents care accurately and promptly in the electronic medical record, records vital signs, prepares patient rooms, and ensures necessary equipment and supplies are available. The technician responds courteously to patient requests, transports patients and specimens, and participates in appropriate handoffs. Additional patient care and technical skills may be performed when the technician has been trained, competency-validated, and authorized, in accordance with hospital policy, regulatory requirements, and appropriate supervision.

Responsibilities

Provide or assist with basic patient care requirements, treatments, and procedures.
Communicate pertinent findings and observations made while providing patient care and comfort to the RN.
Document all care provided accurately and promptly in the electronic medical record according to documentation standards.
Accurately record vital signs, including temperature, pulse, respirations, blood pressure, oxygen saturation, and pain.
Prepare the room for a new patient arrival.
Ensure necessary room equipment is available, including an IV pump and pole, suction canisters, vital sign equipment, a thermometer, a pulse oximeter, and an ambu bag.
Answer call lights and respond to patient requests appropriately and courteously.
Remove dirty linens, restock room supplies to appropriate PAR levels, and return unused equipment to its proper location.
Observe and report changes or concerns to the tech in a timely manner.
Perform duties in accordance with expectations for ethics, cultural diversity, confidentiality, age-specific growth and development, and customer service.
Transport patients and specimens.
Receive and provide appropriate handoffs.
Demonstrate and complete competency in all skills performed in the role.
Perform additional patient care and technical skills for which the technician has been trained, competency-validated, and authorized, such as IV removal, EKGs, and EEG assistance, under appropriate supervision and in accordance with hospital policy and regulatory requirements.
Perform other duties as assigned.