Night Shift Patient Care Tech — Vital Signs and Transport

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视or

Employee tuition reimbursement

Dependent tuition reimbursement

Daycare

On-campus gym

Job summary

Johns Hopkins Medicine is seeking a Shift-Nights Patient Care Technician to assist under nurse supervision with routine patient care and delegated tasks. Responsibilities include transporting patients, identifying abnormal findings, and reporting to nursing staff, along with orienting patients and families to the environment.

The role requires CNA certification, BLS training, and about one year of clinical experience or completion of the intern program.

Qualifications

• Provides basic clinical skills required to safely perform routine delegated patient care activities, record and report 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 (this is a large part of the job).
• 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.

Job description

Johns Hopkins Medicine is seeking a Shift-Nights Patient Care Technician to assist under nurse supervision with routine patient care and delegated tasks. Responsibilities include transporting patients, identifying abnormal findings, and reporting to nursing staff, along with orienting patients and families to the environment.

The role requires CNA certification, BLS training, and about one year of clinical experience or completion of the intern program.