Care Technician - Pre-Op/PACU - Full Time - Days

Nebraska Methodist Health System; Omaha (NE); On-site; USD 21,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Nebraska Methodist Health System is seeking a Care Tech to support nurses and doctors in patient care at Methodist Women’s Hospital in Elkhorn, NE. The role includes clerical support, vital signs, specimen collection, and assisting with patient transfers and comfort measures.

The position runs Monday–Friday, 6:30am–3:00pm and emphasizes teamwork, safety, and compassionate service to patients and families in a hospital setting.

Qualifications

• Experience in providing patient care and supporting nursing staff.
• Strong communication with patients, families, and teammates.
• Ability to follow healthcare procedures accurately and safely.

Responsibilities

• Provide individualized patient care and excellent customer service.
• Communicate patient needs to the health care team promptly.
• Assist with routine nursing tasks and data collection as directed.
• Support lab-related duties, specimen handling, and safe transport.

Skills

Patient care

Interpersonal skills

Communication

Team collaboration

Ability to follow procedures

Job description

Why work for Nebraska Methodist Health System?

At Nebraska Methodist Health System, we focus on providing exceptional care to the communities we serve and people we employ. We call it The Meaning of Care – a culture that has and will continue to set us apart. It’s helping families grow by making each delivery special, conveying a difficult diagnosis with a compassionate touch, going above and beyond for a patient’s needs, or giving a high five when a patient beats a disease or conquers a personal health challenge. We offer competitive pay, excellent benefits and a great work environment where all employees are valued! Most importantly, our employees are part of a team that makes a real difference in the communities we live and work in.

Job Summary

Location: Methodist Women's Hospital

Address: 707 N. 190th Plaza, Elkhorn, NE

Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, 6:30am to 3:00pm

Care Techs assist nurses and doctors in caring for patients and supports patient care delivery by providing clerical services.

Responsibilities

Essential Functions

Provides appropriate care specific to the age of the customer/patient, to ensure understanding and comfort level of treatment, as outlined in the Age Specific Criteria.

• Gives individualized customer service/patient care.

Exhibits excellent interpersonal relations with patients, co-workers, physicians, and guests to ensure effective communication.

• Responds to patient needs promptly and courteously.
• Obtains feedback from patients and visitors regarding their hospital experience.
• Communicates patient issues to the appropriate staff.
• Maintains a positive attitude while responding to requests in a timely and accurate manner.
• Communicates with other members of the health care team (food service, secretaries, housekeeping, etc.) as indicated.
• Actively participates in report process.

Collects blood specimens by venipuncture or skin puncture. Collects Microbiological specimens. The collection of laboratory specimens is used to aid in the assessment of the patients medical condition. Laboratory specimens are collected using proper policies and procedures.

• Consistently performs correct patient identification.
• Consistently collects the appropriate amount of specimen in the correct container for the specified tests.
• Consistently labels all specimens with the required information.
• Consistently transports specimen to the laboratory in a timely manner using appropriate transport procedures.
• Accurately performs computer operations and record keeping pertaining to patient information and phlebotomy duties.
• Consistently observes all safety regulations.

Assists with maintaining an environment conducive to the comfort and recovery of the patient.

• Consistently assists in maintaining of needed equipment (scales, thermometers, etc.)
• Consistently assists in keeping unit as neat and tidy as possible.
• Consistently distributes linen and supplies to patient rooms when needed.
• Performs other duties as delegated and appropriate under the direction of the Service Leader and/or RN to include medication and blood pickup.
• Consistently answers call lights within 5 minutes.

Assists with or participates in certain procedures as directed by the RN and in accordance to nursing policy and procedure.

• Consistently assists in transfer and discharge of patients.
• Weighs assigned patients.
• Consistently takes accurate vital signs including blood pressure.
• Consistently applies ice bags.
• Communicates any changes in patient's condition to RN in a timely fashion.

Assists patients in activities, as directed by the RN.

• Consistently assists with ambulation of patients.
• Consistently assists with transfer or patients to bed, stretchers or wheelchairs.
• Transports patients to other areas as needed.
• Consistently assists with squad patients by changing patient into gown and initiating vital signs.

Performs Electrocardiogram on adolescents through geriatric patients, to ensure appropriate diagnosis, as outlined in procedure manual.

• Ensures EKG results meet quality standards and ensures EKG's are interpreted in a timely manner to provide accurate information for diagnosis, according to policy and procedure manual.
• Maintains appropriate logs and files of EKG's to ensure accurate billing and medical records, according to department policies and procedures.

Assists the patient with elimination as directed by the RN and in accordance to nursing policy and procedure.

• Consistently provides patients with bedpan, urinal, etc., as appropriate and provides pericare when indicated.
• Consistently gives cleansing or retention enemas.
• Consistently observes, measures and records all output to include NG, ostom