Patient Care Technician CEP - Nursing Operations & Quality Team - Day Shift

Geisinger • Danville, PA

4d • Onsite

About The Position

The Patient Care Technician supports the Hospital-Acquired Condition Prevention Team (HAC-P) in preventing hospital-acquired conditions, including BSI, CAUTI, CLABSI, and HAPI. The role rounds on patients at elevated risk, assesses skin and device sites, collaborates with primary nurses and other clinical partners to address concerns in real time, provides staff education, and documents findings in EPIC.

Under the supervision of a Registered Nurse, the technician also provides nursing-assistant-scope patient care and a range of clinical and clerical support. Duties may include activities of daily living, specimen handling, point-of-care testing, phlebotomy, milk lab tasks, EKGs, patient transport, unit administration, and support for education and quality activities. The position is based in a clinical environment at Geisinger Medical Center. The primary schedule is Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; the employee is expected to work two inpatient-unit shifts per month to maintain nursing competency, and occasional weekend and evening hours may be required.

Requirements

• Graduate from a Specialty Training Program in Nursing (required).
• Basic Life Support certification.
• Communication skills.
• Computer literacy.
• Customer service skills.
• Multitasking skills.
• Teamwork skills.
• Meet qualifications to provide care for patients in the age range served by the assigned clinical area.

Responsibilities

• Round on patients at high risk of pressure injuries, BSI, CLABSI, and CAUTI, with frequency based on risk assessment.
• Perform head-to-toe skin assessments, including areas around devices, peripheral IV sites, central line sites, and indwelling urinary bladder catheters.
• Address identified concerns in real time in collaboration with the patient’s Primary RN, including PIV dressing changes and site maintenance, PIV replacement, IV tubing changes, coordination with VAT for central lines, and urinary catheter tubing positioning and site maintenance.
• Reposition patients to off-load pressure injury points after assessment.
• Document assessment findings in the patient’s medical record in EPIC.
• Serve as a resource for frontline staff and provide education on nursing units.
• Provide basic patient care under Registered Nurse supervision and within the nursing assistant scope of practice, following the multidisciplinary care plan and delegated responsibilities.
• Provide or assist with activities of daily living, including patient hygiene and changing linens; provide dressing care at the direction of an RN, milk lab tasks, and EKGs.
• Obtain and maintain specimen integrity according to orders, policies, and procedures; accurately process specimens and transport them promptly to the laboratory.
• Provide one-to-one patient safety watch as assigned and in accordance with established policies and procedures.
• Precept orientees, assist with orientation paperwork, and participate in weekly progress meetings with the orientee and Nursing Development Practitioner.
• Assist with unit-based education, including small-group in-services on products, procedures, and equipment; mentor novice team members and support staff at the unit level.
• Perform point-of-care patient testing and maintain point-of-care instruments, including quality control.
• Troubleshoot equipment and supplies and take corrective measures for their care and maintenance.
• Perform clerical duties for admissions, transfers, discharges, and deaths; support patient throughput activities.
• Transcribe and process orders, release and confirm ordered tests, coordinate patient transportation to tests, and schedule tests or fax consults as needed.
• Participate in obtaining and communicating electronic information relevant to the nursing unit.
• Assist with ordering stationery, floor stock, patient needs, and nursing supplies; communicate with food services to ensure appropriate patient diets.
• Operate and troubleshoot clerical equipment and coordinate maintenance for computers, fax machines, phones, and related equipment.
• Transport non-controlled medications to and from Pharmacy and within the unit as needed, and transport blood products to and from the Blood Bank as needed.
• Make discharge follow-up calls and coordinate virtual discharge appointments.
• Remove Foley catheters and peripheral IVs at the direction of a Registered Nurse.
• Support staff with five-minute drills and quality rounds and participate in regulatory readiness activities as needed.
• Participate on unit councils, complete annual unit-based skill competencies, and submit a Career Enhancement Program portfolio to the reporting supervisor before performance evaluation.
• Meet the qualifications to provide care for patients in the age range served by the assigned clinical area and comply with job-specific obligations and organizational policies and procedures.

Benefits

• Healthcare benefits for full-time and part-time positions from day one, including vision and dental coverage and coverage for domestic partners.
• Collaborative, cooperative, and collegial work atmosphere.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed