CNA-Certified Patient Care Tech: Transport & Vital Signs

Johns Hopkins Medicine; Baltimore (MD); On-site; USD 25,000 - 38,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Life and Disability Insurance

Comprehensive medical, dental, and vis

Employee tuition reimbursement

Dependent tuition reimbursement

Daycare

On-campus gym

Job summary

Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore is actively seeking a Patient Care Technician to support nursing staff under supervision, performing routine patient care activities and delegated procedures as competency allows, with emphasis on safety and patient comfort.

Responsibilities include assisting with dressing and transfers, identifying and reporting abnormal findings, verifying patient information, orienting patients and families, and obtaining vital signs.

Qualifications

• Provides basic clinical skills required to safely perform routine delegated patient care activities.
• Records and reports pertinent clinical data.
• Knowledge and use of specialized patient care equipment.

Responsibilities

• Assist the patient with changing/dressing
• Transports the patient by stretcher, bed, or wheelchair
• Identifies abnormal findings that could adversely affect surgical and patient outcomes, including abnormal vital signs, Accucheck results, lab, EKG, and CXR results
• Report all abnormal findings to the appropriate nursing staff
• Escorts patients to holding rooms
• Assists with patient changing, and removal of belongings such as jewelry, dentures, contact lenses, etc.
• Verifies patient information
• Orients patients and families to the environment
• Obtains vital signs

Skills

Basic clinical skills

Vital signs

Education

CNA certification

BLS certification

Job description

Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore is actively seeking a Patient Care Technician to support nursing staff under supervision, performing routine patient care activities and delegated procedures as competency allows, with emphasis on safety and patient comfort.

Responsibilities include assisting with dressing and transfers, identifying and reporting abnormal findings, verifying patient information, orienting patients and families, and obtaining vital signs.