Patient Care Technician - ICU/DOU - Full Time - Shift

Kern Medical • Bakersfield, CA

4h • Onsite

About The Position

Kern Medical, founded in 1867, is an acute care teaching center with 222 beds, providing advanced trauma care and a range of primary, specialty, and multi-specialty services. These include high-risk pregnancy care, inpatient psychiatric services, and a growing network of outpatient clinics. Kern Medical serves 15,500 inpatients and 125,000 clinic patients annually. This Patient Care Technician position involves assisting licensed, professional nursing and medical staff in an in-patient setting, following established procedures, and performing general clerical functions while caring for patients' personal needs, safety, and comfort.

Requirements

• Successful completion of a State of California Department of Health Services approved Nursing Assistant training program OR one (1) year of an education program leading to an Associate’s Degree or Baccalaureate degree in Nursing, OR two (2) years of experience as a Nursing Attendant in an acute care facility or in a skilled nursing facility for psychiatric patients.
• Appointees not possessing the American Heart Association Provider Basic Life Support (BLS) card at time of hire must successfully complete appropriate training and qualify for the RQI Provider certification within 60 days of employment.
• Maintain RQI Provider certification and competency as a continued condition of employment.
• Maintain all health requirements designated by Kern Medical Center.
• Possess and maintain specific certificates of competency as a condition of employment, depending on assignment.
• Basic Dysrhythmia certification may be required for some assignments.
• Knowledge of basic nursing care and techniques.
• Knowledge of medical terminology and metric measurement.
• Ability to perform basic nursing care.
• Ability to read and record medical terminology and metric measurement.
• Ability to maintain medical records.
• Ability to follow oral and written instructions.
• Ability to maintain effective relations with medical staff and the public.
• Ability to stand, bend, squat, kneel, push and pull throughout the majority of the work day.
• Ability to lift, carry, partially carry, or fully support patients while transferring to and from a bed, wheelchair, or gurney, or while walking.
• If position responsibilities require driving a personal vehicle, possession of a current valid California Driver’s License and adherence to the Kern County Hospital Authority Vehicle Use and Driving Standard Policy (ENG-EC-119) is required.
• If position responsibilities require driving a vehicle owned, leased or rented by Kern Medical, possession of a current valid California Driver’s license, a signed authorization for Release of Drivers Record Information and adherence to the Kern County Hospital Authority Vehicle Use and Driving Standard Policy (ENG-EC-119) is required.

Responsibilities

• Assists with patient observation and care; checks and records vital signs and pain levels; collects specimens; measures and records intake and output of food and fluids; and records results.
• Passes and observes food trays; assists or feeds patients.
• Assists patients with personal hygiene and grooming.
• Answers call signals; makes beds; cleans and cares for equipment.
• Adheres to isolation precautions/practices, medical asepsis and infection control; observes oxygen precautions.
• Transports patients as needed for admission, discharge, and procedures; transports specimens to the lab.
• Performs general clerical duties; operates a variety of office equipment.
• Assists with admitting, transferring and discharging patients by inputting data into the Electronic Medical Record, schedules appointments and follows up on authorizations.
• Answers telephones and provides basic information to patients and/or other interested parties.
• Coordinates the delivery of equipment and/or other services for patients following discharge.
• Performs other job-related duties as required.

Benefits

• New Hire Premium: +6% of base rate of pay, matched up to 6% if contributed to Deferred Compensation Plan.
• Shift Differential Pay: P.M. shift (7:00 PM - 7:30 AM) = 7.5% of base pay.
• A Comprehensive Benefits Package: includes Holidays, Paid Time Off, Retirement, Medical, Dental, Vision and Life Insurance.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level