Patient Care Technician - Acute Rehab - Nights Registry - Days

Trinity Health

8d•$17 - $26

About The Position

Some of the accolades our units have received: American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines® - Stroke Gold Plus Award quality achievement award for its commitment to ensuring stroke patients receive the most appropriate treatment according to nationally recognized, research-based guidelines, ultimately leading to more lives saved and reduced disability. American Heart Association’s Target: Stroke Honor Roll award. To qualify for this recognition, hospitals must meet specific criteria that reduce the time between an eligible patient’s arrival at the hospital and treatment with a clot-buster thrombolytic. All three Post-Acute Rehab programs are accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF) and both Acute Inpatient Rehab Units are Stroke Certified. Our Skilled Nursing Unit is CMS 5 Star rated and has been recognized by US News and World Report as best in Short Term Rehabilitation for 3 consecutive years. Doesn't this sound like an amazing opportunity? Helping people regain their mobility and improve their quality of life is definitely rewarding. To qualify for this role, you must be a current member on the Illinois Department of Health's Nurse Aide Registry, and have BLS CPR by the AHA. We can train willing individuals to do the rest! After all Loyola is first and foremost a teaching hospital! Performs a variety of direct patient care procedures to assist the unit manager, professional staff and physicians in providing patient care focused on the needs of the patient.

Requirements

Minimum Education: Preferred: High School Diploma plus training acquired through work experience or education
Minimum Experience: Required: Less than one year of previous job-related experience
Licensure/Certifications: Required: Certified Nurse Assistant, BLS (Basic Life Support) through AHA
Other: Completion of a Nursing Assistant Program with placement on the Illinois Department of Health Nurse Aide Registry or verification of an equal or higher educational level in a clinically focused program.
Individuals working as Patient Care Assistants at Loyola University Medical Center prior to 1997 are exempt from the above guidelines and are grandfathered into the Patient Care Tech roles upon successful completion of an in-house orientation and training program for the Patient Care Tech position.

Nice To Haves

Preferred: 1-2 years of previous job-related experience

Responsibilities

GENERAL PATIENT CARE - Meets the comfort and hygiene needs of the patient.
TECHNICAL CARE - Assists with completion of patient testing and treatment procedures, sets up and primes IV tubing, 12-lead ECG, simple tracheostomy suctioning and care, changes dressings, performs cardiopulmonary resuscitation, obtains wound and throat cultures.
EQUIPMENT - Assists physician and professional staff in equipment supply and set up.
TRANSPORT - Assists with ambulating patients with assistive devices such as crutches and with transfer/transport procedures.
COMMUNICATION - Performs required documentation and communicates in a competent and effective manner to meet patient and/or family needs and regulatory requirements. Maintains strict confidentiality of patient, employee and department information to ensure patient rights.
QUALITY IMPROVEMENT - Utilizes time and resources effectively to promote quality and cost outcomes.