Maternity Specialty Technician - Per Diem - Evening

Vassar Brothers Medical Center; City of Poughkeepsie (NY); On-site; USD 32,000 - 43,000; Full time

Job summary

Vassar Brothers Medical Center in Poughkeepsie, NY, is seeking a Patient Care Technician to support nursing staff in the Maternity department. You will assist with admissions, transfers, discharges, and transport, and perform assigned patient care tasks for neonates and other patients, under RN supervision.

Requirements include a high school diploma or GED, AHA BLS certification, and at least one year of PCT or equivalent acute care experience.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED is required.
• AHA Basic Life Support certification is required.
• One year of experience as a PCT or similar acute care position is required.

Responsibilities

• Assists in delivering patient care per scope of service and RN directions.
• Assists with admissions, transfers, discharges, and patient transport.
• Obtains and records vitals and lab values and reports abnormalities to the RN.
• Demonstrates competence in advanced skills including phlebotomy for adults, EKG, and newborn hearing screens.
• Communicates effectively with healthcare team members and documents in hospital systems.
• Maintains cleanliness and restocks patient care areas and supplies.
• Maintains attendance and participates in mandatory in-services to maintain unit competencies.
• Assists with code situations (e.g., CPR) under Code Blue Team direction.
• Adheres to infection control and safety policies including using two identifiers for blood draws.
• Maintains unit environment and coordinates with other departments as needed.
• Demonstrates adherence to Vassar Brothers Medical Center values and professional standards.
• Performs other duties as required.

Skills

Basic Medical Terminology

Communication skills

Education

High school diploma or GED

AHA Basic Life Support

Job description

Northwellis the largest not-for-profit health system in the Northeast, serving residents of New York and Connecticut with 28 hospitals, more than 1,000 outpatient facilities, 22,000 nurses and over 20,000 physicians. Northwell cares for more than three million people annually in the New York metro area, including Long Island, the Hudson Valley, Connecticut and beyond, thanks to philanthropic support from our communities. Northwell is New York State’s largest private employer with over 104,000 employees — including members ofNorthwell Health Physician Partners— who are working to change health care for the better.

Summary:

Performs patient care activities and non-professional services. These include addressing the personal, physical and emotional needs of the neonate, pediatric, adolescent, adult, or geriatric patient and family. Practice must be consistent with the philosophy, goals, policies and procedures of the Nursing Department and Medical Center administration. Population served based on scope of services in the department.

Responsibilities:

1. Assists in the delivery of patient care by performing, specific patient care tasks per scope of service and as directed by the Registered Nurse.

2. Assists with admissions, transfers, discharges, and transport of patients.

3. Obtains and records Temperature, Pulse, Respirations, Blood Pressure, Oxygen saturation, weights, and Blood Glucose testing. Reports abnormalities and condition changes to primary nurse promptly.

4. Demonstrates competence in advanced skills to include but not limited to: Phlebotomy (for adults only) and EKG. Assisting with setting up for circumcisions, heel sticks, inspecting equipment and removing equipment after procedures. Performing hearing screens on newborns. Cleans restocks and maintains patient care supplies for maternity patients and newborns. Oral suctioning, enemas (no Fleets enemas), clean dressings after a RN assessment, tube feeding set-up, external catheter (condom catheter), post-mortem care and suction canister set-up.

5. Communicates effectively and frequently with health care team members to share information and solve problems in a positive and result-oriented manner both verbally and electronically.

• Documents legibly on all hospital forms using standardized abbreviations.
• Gets patient report from the RN and off-going PCT at the beginning of the shift.
• Gives end-of-shift report to the primary nurse and oncoming PCT at the end of the shift.
• Participates in walking rounds with the oncoming and off going PCT at shift change.

6. Provides personalized care to patients and families. Identifies and documents special needs on the patient rounding sheet.

7. Utilizes available educational materials, programs, nursing literature and resource personnel for career development and attends mandatory in-services to maintain unit competencies.

8. Utilizes material, equipment, and time in a safe, therapeutic and cost-effective manner.

9. Assists with appropriate tasks in all code situations (i.e., CPR, obtaining equipment, etc.) under the direction of the Code Blue Team.

10. Adheres to Organizational infection control practices and policies and to established safety and security policies, including using two (2) identifiers whenever taking blood samples or performing any procedure.

11. Assists with maintaining the general cleanliness and appearance of areas on the unit, including, but not limited to:

• Cleans treatment rooms, showers, commodes and IV poles after use.
• Cleans kitchens (refrigerators, ice machines, sinks, counters) as assigned.
• Cleans counters and empties trash in nursing station as requested.
• Cleans other areas such as storage areas, linen rooms, staff lounge as requested.
• Cleans, restocks, and maintains patient care supplies.

12. Maintains and Models Nuvance Health Values

13. Demonstrates regular, reliable, and predictable attendance.

14. Performs other duties as required.

Education and Experience Requirements:

• High school diploma or GED.
• AHA Basic Life Support
• One (1) year experience as a PCT or comparable acute care position.

Minimum Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Requirements:

• General knowledge of high school subject matter including sciences, simple medical procedures / terminology, and office equipment.

Working Conditions:

Manual: significant manual skills/motor coord & finger dexterity

Occupational: Some occupational risk

Physical Effort: Very Heavy effort. May exert up to 50 lbs. force

Physical Environment: Some exposure to dirt, odors, noise, human waste, etc.

Company: Vassar Brothers Medical Center

Org Unit: 1511

Department: Maternity

Exempt: No

Salary Range: $26.61