Patient Care Technician - NICU - PT - Day

Stormont Vail Health•Topeka, KS

3d•Onsite

About The Position

The NICU Patient Care Technician (PCT) is an essential member of the care team and helps provide patients with the best experience possible. In addition to organization-wide PCT duties, the NICU PCT is trained to assist with sterile procedures, including PICC line placement, securing IVs, assisting with lab draws, and preparing infant feedings. The role also receives special training to assist the NICU Transport Team at the helipad, prepare admission rooms, and perform general stocking to meet the needs of the team. This is a patient-facing, on-site, part-time position with a 12-hour day shift and 30 hours per week. The position has no supervisory or budget responsibilities.

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 accepted certification that substitutes for the educational requirement.
Required Patient Care Technician (PCTC) certification from 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 as a substitute for the education qualification.
First Responder - RQI certification is required within 90 days.
Knowledge of and adherence to proper patient-care techniques.
Ability to communicate pertinent patient information to appropriate staff in a timely manner.
Awareness and application of institutional safety practices.
Active participation in departmental educational activities.
Competency in selected psychomotor skills.

Nice To Haves

Experience in an office or clinic setting.

Responsibilities

Implement the identified plan by coordinating care with the interdisciplinary care team and using strategies to promote health and wellness.
Collaborate with the interdisciplinary care team to 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; accurately measure and record weight, height, and vital signs; and report changes to the assigned nurse.
Deliver caring, respectful patient care guided by Jean Watson’s Theory of Human Caring.
Promote a mutually respectful environment that encourages the exchange of ideas, supports professional relationships, and integrates ethics into practice.
Demonstrate advocacy in all roles and settings.
Apply diversity, equity, and inclusion principles by respecting others’ uniqueness, perspectives, backgrounds, and beliefs.
Communicate effectively in all areas of professional practice.
Mentor PCTs new to the role and support students to develop their knowledge, skills, and abilities.
Pursue lifelong learning through critical thinking, self-reflection, and inquiry.
Participate in the evolution of the Stormont Vail Health professional practice model.
Use appropriate resources to provide and sustain safe, effective, financially responsible, judicious, evidence-based nursing services.
Comply with Stormont Vail Health policies, standards, mandatory training, and requirements.
Perform other duties as assigned.
Assist with sterile procedures such as PICC line placement, securing IVs, and lab draws.
Prepare infant feedings and admission rooms; provide general stocking support.
Assist the NICU Transport Team at the helipad after receiving special training.