Patient Care Technician - Nerve, Muscle, and Bone : Full Time (32 hours) - Evenings 3pm-11pm

Shirley Ryan AbilityLab•Chicago, IL

12d

About The Position

The Patient Care Technician provides basic daily care to patients and support to significant others, performs service duties and routine technical tasks, and maintains patient care areas in a clean and orderly condition. Care is appropriate to each patient's age and development. The role supports Shirley Ryan AbilityLab's mission and philosophy through excellence, teamwork, respect, and compassion, and demonstrates its core attributes and values while performing job duties. The technician performs routine hygiene and daily living activities; authorized technical tasks; and collection and reporting of physiological, psychological, and functional data. The technician orients patients and families to the care environment and safety measures, implements interventions under registered-nurse direction, observes and reports changes in patient condition, assists with transfers, documents care, and helps maintain bedside supplies.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent.
CNA certification or current enrollment in an accredited nursing program.
Successful completion of the Patient Care Technician orientation.
Competency in applying principles of growth and development for infant, child, adolescent, young adult, middle-aged adult, and geriatric patients.
Effective, timely verbal, non-verbal, and written communication.
Ability to take ownership for serving customers, the team, and the organization, achieving goals, and resolving problems.
Willingness to adapt to changing work demands and environment.
Critical thinking and sound judgment to monitor and respond to patient needs or changes in condition.
Ability to anticipate, assess, and address the needs of patients and internal and external customers.
Ability to transfer and position patients, including lifting up to 35 lbs.

Responsibilities

Assist with routine hygiene, food and fluid intake, elimination, mobilization, and dressing and undressing.
Perform and record authorized routine technical tasks, including specimen collection, vital signs, intake and output, blood glucose, suppositories, intermittent catheterization, bladder-volume measurement, gastric feedings, and patient escort.
Collect and report pertinent physiological, psychological, and functional data based on the patient care plan or needs.
Orient patients and families to the environment, therapeutic activities, safety hazards, and prevention strategies identified by the registered nurse.
Incorporate safety considerations into patient care as directed by a registered nurse.
Implement interventions consistent with the plan of care as directed by a registered nurse.
Observe patients and report reactions or changes in condition to the registered nurse.
Assist with transferring patients and patient care equipment to specified areas.
Document functional care, procedures, and other quantitative values in the nursing database.
Help monitor supply needs to ensure adequate bedside inventory.
Perform other duties that may be assigned in the best interest of Shirley Ryan AbilityLab.