Patient Care Technician - Admissions Pending - FT - Night
About The Position
The Patient Care Technician is a member of the care delivery team and works under the direction of a Registered Nurse to provide delegated direct patient care, including sterile and non-sterile procedures. The role helps maintain a safe environment, completes assigned work, monitors patients for changes in condition and reports those changes to the RN, and documents completed work and pertinent observations. The position also uses clerical skills to support efficient workflow and safe, quality, patient-centered care. Independent clinical decision-making is outside the scope of this role; clinical questions should be referred to a provider or nurse. This is a full-time, on-site, patient-facing position working a 12-hour night shift, 36 hours per week. The position has no supervisory or budget responsibility.
Requirements
- Successfully completed the first semester of an accredited nursing program, or successfully completed a medical assistant or patient care technician program, or hold an eligible certification that may substitute for the educational requirement.
- Required certification: Patient Care Technician (PCTC-AMCA), or an active Kansas certification as a Certified Clinical Medical Assistant, Certified Medical Assistant, Registered Medical Assistant, Certified Nursing Assistant, or Emergency Medical Technician.
- Knowledge of and adherence to proper patient-care techniques.
- Ability to communicate pertinent patient information to appropriate staff in a timely manner.
- Awareness of and adherence to institutional safety requirements.
- Ability to participate actively in departmental educational activities.
- Competency in selected psychomotor skills.
Nice To Haves
- Experience in an office or clinic setting.
Responsibilities
- Implement the identified plan of care in coordination with the interdisciplinary care team to promote health and wellness and achieve expected outcomes.
- Communicate pertinent patient, situation, or setting information to appropriate staff in a timely manner.
- Promote infection prevention through standard precautions, proper dressing-change and wound-care procedures, hand hygiene, and cleanliness of patient rooms and the department.
- Assist with activities of daily living and accurately measure and record patients’ weight, height, and vital signs; report changes to the assigned nurse.
- Provide caring, respectful, patient-centered care, including building caring relationships and allowing uninterrupted moments with patients.
- Promote a mutually respectful environment, support professional relationships, integrate ethics into practice, and advocate for patients.
- Apply diversity, equity, and inclusion principles by respecting others’ uniqueness, perspectives, backgrounds, and beliefs.
- Mentor Patient Care Technicians new to the role and support students in developing their knowledge, skills, and abilities.
- Pursue lifelong learning through critical thinking, self-reflection, and inquiry, and participate in the evolution of the Stormont Vail Health professional practice model.
- Use appropriate resources to provide and sustain safe, effective, evidence-based, and financially responsible services.
- Comply with Stormont Vail Health policies, standards, mandatory training, and requirements; perform other duties as assigned.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
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