HCSS Patient Care Tech I

　　Galveston, Texas, United States

　　Patient Care

　　HealthCare System Staffing

　　Requisition # 2400032

　　JOB SUMMARY:To provide technical assistance and supportive patient care to meet

　　the needs of individual patients throughout assigned areas.

　　MAJOR DUTIES / CRITICAL TASKS:

　　Contributes to the success of UTMB Health Care Systems Staffing.

　　Collects, reports, and documents data: Vital signs, height and weight, intake and output, pulse oximetry, and collects specimens.

　　Obtains blood samples by venipuncture.

　　Acquires 12 lead EKG.

　　Performs and reports POCT.

　　Assists with patient activities and care as assigned by the charge nurse/designee as indicated by the patient’s plan of care.

　　Provides for patients’ personal hygiene: Bathes patients, performs oral suctioning and superficial wound care, assists with chronic wound care, provides skin care for patient with TED hose, SCD, casts, skeletal pins, assists with elimination, cares for the incontinent patient, cares for the patient with a urinary catheter, assists or gives cleansing enemas, sitz baths, non-sterile douches, and provides ostomy care.

　　Assists with feeding.

　　Ambulates, positions, and turns patients and cares for the patient with altered mobility.

　　Assists with the admission, transfer, and discharge of the

　　Assists the healthcare team by preparing patients and chaperoning during examinations/procedures or assists with other patient treatments

　　Provides for patient safety related to age and condition

　　Assists with patient restraints and patient specific safety precautions

　　Collects, reports and documents data related to patient needs/emergencies and unusual patient and family behavior

　　Cares for the patient from a correctional environment

　　Always maintains patient privacy and confidentiality of information and records.

　　Provides and maintains a clean, safe environment and performs and/or assists others to perform proper aseptic technique, isolation procedures, and infection control measures

　　Maintains patient care areas with appropriate supplies.

　　Assists with patient requests for other hospital services.

　　Participates in one leadership activity per fiscal year

　　Documents as appropriate

　　Maintains patient care areas with appropriate supplies.

　　Assists with patient requests for other hospital services.

　　Video monitoring duties as assigned

　　Adheres to internal controls established for the department.

　　Performs other related duties as required.

　　KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS/ABILITIES:

　　Ability to effectively communicate verbally and/or in written form.

　　Customer service orientation and values.

　　Ability to negotiate solutions and outcomes.

　　Team player.

　　Ability to maximize people and financial resources.

　　Ability to work in partnership with management and staff.

　　REQUIRED EDUCATION / EXPERIENCE:

　　High school diploma or equivalent AND Certified as a Nurse Assistant (CNA)

　　One year of acute patient care, nursing home, or LTAC experience within the last two years.

　　Must have current BLS certification obtained through American Heart Association

　　EQUIPMENT:

　　Standard patient care supplies, equipment, and mechanical devices.WORKING ENVIRONMENT:

　　Standard hospital environment.

　　May require heavy lifting, pushing, or pulling more than fifty pounds

　　PHYSICAL DEMANDS/WORKING CONDITIONS:

　　The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

　　While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, hand/ finger dexterity, and type on a computer keyboard. Specific vision abilities required by this job include regularly working on a Visual Display Terminal (VDT), close vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. Includesintermittent physical activity such as bending, reaching, and lifting

　　The employee is regularly required to talk or hear.

　　Noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

　　May be exposed to such occupational hazards as communicable diseases, blood pathogens, radiation, chemotherapeutic agents, and disoriented or combative patients or others

　　Compensation

　　Hiring Range: 21.00