Night Shift Patient Care Tech: Vital Signs & Transport

Johns Hopkins Medicine; Baltimore (MD); Hybrid; 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 is seeking a Shift-Nights Patient Care Technician to work under the supervision of a nurse and perform routine delegated patient care tasks with competency documentation. The role includes assisting patients with changing, transporting by stretcher/ wheel chair, and recognizing abnormal findings that could affect outcomes.

Required CNA certification and BLS, with at least one year of clinical experience or completion of the intern program.

Qualifications

• Provides basic clinical skills to safely perform routine delegated patient care activities and to record/report pertinent clinical data, with 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 affect surgical and patient outcomes (vital signs, Accucheck results, lab, EKG, CXR)
• Report all abnormal findings to nursing staff
• Escorts patients to holding rooms
• Assists with patient changing and removal of belongings (jewelry, dentures, lenses)
• Verifies patient information
• Orients patients and families to the environment
• Obtains vital signs

Skills

Basic clinical skills

Vital signs

Patient care

Education

Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) certification

Job description

Johns Hopkins Medicine is seeking a Shift-Nights Patient Care Technician to work under the supervision of a nurse and perform routine delegated patient care tasks with competency documentation. The role includes assisting patients with changing, transporting by stretcher/ wheel chair, and recognizing abnormal findings that could affect outcomes.

Required CNA certification and BLS, with at least one year of clinical experience or completion of the intern program.