Patient Care Tech
About The Position
The Patient Care Technician provides direct and indirect patient care in accordance with treatment plans determined or delegated by a licensed nurse or RN. The role also supports the general management and organization of the patient care unit and flexibly responds to patient and unit needs. This position is in the ICU at UMMC, with a schedule of 36 hours per week, 7 p.m. to 7 a.m., including rotating weekends. The technician contributes to the care delivery team and provides safe, competent assistance with patients’ nutrition, skin integrity, elimination, hygiene, and mobility needs. Duties may include taking vital signs, helping patients with daily care and transfers, supporting admission, discharge, and transfer processes, and performing clerical tasks such as transcription and maintaining patient charts. Cath lab-specific duties, if applicable, may include stocking rooms and handling medications, sharps, and syringes on the OR field.
Requirements
- Must be at least 18 years old.
- Excellent customer service and communication skills.
Nice To Haves
- Completion of Nursing Fundamentals, CNA certification, experience as a medical assistant or technician in a health-related facility, or participation in a Patient Care Technician training program.
- Associate degree.
Responsibilities
- Provide direct patient care and indirect activities that facilitate unit functioning.
- Participate as a member of the care delivery team.
- Provide safe and competent care addressing patients’ nutritional, skin integrity, elimination, and hygiene needs, including bathing, grooming, and changing bed linens.
- Take patient vital signs, including temperature, pulse, respirations, blood pressure, and pain level.
- Communicate with and provide compassion and support to patients and their family members.
- Communicate effectively with care delivery team members and model teamwork.
- Assist with patient ambulation, feeding, transferring, or lifting.
- Assist with patient admissions, discharges, and transfers.
- May perform clerical duties, including transcription and maintenance of patient charts.
- Assist patients with mobility, including sitting, standing, and walking.
- For cath lab only: stock rooms and may handle medications, sharps, and syringes on the OR field.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
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