Patient Care Technician - Operating Room - 100% Days - Downtown Campus

UIOWA•Iowa City, IA

12h•Onsite

About The Position

Under direct supervision, the Patient Care Technician assists members of the nursing team in providing multiple types of patient care in inpatient and outpatient care areas. The work requires familiarity with a wide variety of nursing procedures used in delivering patient care. This position is based at the Downtown Campus and works 100% days on Monday through Friday, in 8-hour shifts from 0830 to 1700. Weekends, holidays, and call are required on a rotating basis.

Requirements

Ability to read, write, and follow instructions.
Applicants must upload a resume under required attachments.
Successful candidates must self-disclose conviction history and undergo a criminal background check and education verification.

Responsibilities

Independently obtain and record vital signs, including temperature, pulse, respiration, and blood pressure.
Carry out medical asepsis when performing tasks such as phlebotomy, peripheral IV removal, and Foley catheter removal, and care for medically isolated patients.
Perform simple diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, such as enemas, preoperative skin preparation, dressing changes, specimen collection, and applying binders or braces.
Perform special duties as taught and directed by the nurse in charge, including phlebotomy, ECG lead or 12-lead placement, and brace or pin-site care.
Assist with patient admissions, transfers, and discharges.
Provide patients with personal hygiene and comfort care; turn, position, and ambulate patients.
Transport patients, equipment, specimens, and supplies.
Feed patients, serve drinking water and nourishments, and record intake; assist patients with bedpans and urinals and record output.
Participate in nursing care conferences and report pertinent patient information and incidents to the nurse in charge.
Provide patient comfort through social interactions.
Help prepare, properly use, and care for equipment and supplies, and maintain unit neatness and cleanliness.
Assemble and maintain equipment and supplies for diagnostic or treatment procedures performed by physicians or nurses, as needed.
Clean areas according to designated guidelines and standards, using approved disinfectants, cleaning products, and housekeeping equipment properly.
Stock and supply patient rooms and nursing units.