Patient Care Technician, Med Surg

Cape Cod Healthcare • Falmouth, MA

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About The Position

The Patient Care Technician provides direct patient care in a Med Surg setting. Duties include taking and recording vital signs; providing wound care and dressing changes; administering specified medications and documenting the time and amount; assembling and using equipment such as catheters, tracheotomy tubes, and oxygen supplies; collecting samples and performing routine laboratory tests; and sterilizing equipment and supplies. The technician also assists with prescribed diets and feeding, records food and fluid intake and output, bathes and dresses patients, helps them walk and turn, cleans rooms, makes beds, and answers calls. Additional duties include assisting with infant care, caring for deceased persons, and managing supplies.

The role requires courteous interactions with customers, clients, and coworkers, adherence to infection-control policies, use of universal precautions, and knowledge of OSHA Blood-borne Pathogens Standards and prevention of TB transmission. The employee must wear a facility-provided identification badge at all times. Other duties may be assigned.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• CNA.
• Six months of experience in a health care setting.
• Ability to read, write, and understand English.
• Must have taken an EKG course.
• BLS.
• Phlebotomy.

Responsibilities

• Take and record patients' vital signs.
• Dress wounds and provide enemas, douches, alcohol rubs, massages, compresses, ice bags, and hot water bottles.
• Observe patients and report adverse reactions to medication or treatment to the medical personnel in charge.
• Administer specified medication orally or by subcutaneous or intermuscular injection, and record the time and amount on patients' charts.
• Assemble and use equipment such as catheters, tracheotomy tubes, and oxygen supplies.
• Collect patient samples, including urine, blood, and sputum, and perform routine laboratory tests on samples.
• Sterilize equipment and supplies.
• Prepare or examine food trays for prescribed diets and feed patients.
• Record food and fluid intake and output.
• Bathe and dress patients and assist them with walking and turning.
• Clean rooms, make beds, and answer patients' calls.
• Wash and dress the bodies of deceased persons.
• Assist in the delivery, care, and feeding of infants.
• Inventory and requisition supplies.
• Perform tracheotomy care, colostomy care, wound care, and dressing changes.
• Demonstrate universal precautions, follow infection-control policies, and apply knowledge of OSHA Blood-borne Pathogens Standards and prevention of TB transmission.
• Wear the facility-provided identification badge at all times.
• Be courteous to customers, clients, and other employees.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: High school or GED