Patient Care Tech Nights PRN

Surgery Partners Brand; McKinney (TX); On-site; USD 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Surgery Partners Brand in McKinney, TX is hiring a Certified Nursing Assistant or Medical Assistant with patient care experience to join our clinical team.

Responsibilities include observing patient status, answering call lights, collecting specimens, transferring patients, monitoring vital signs, assisting physicians and nurses, bed management, maintaining certifications, and safety training.

Qualifications

• Current Certified Nursing Assistant or Medical Assistant certification preferred.
• Minimum of two years patient care experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Observes and reports patient’s status and needs.
• Answers call lights and attends to/reports patient needs.
• Obtains specimens and transport to and sends through designated tube.
• Transfers, moves and repositions patients.
• Monitors and records patient’s vital signs like heart rate, pulse temperature and blood pressure.
• Assists physicians and nurses during medical examination and treatment of the patient.
• Makes occupied and unoccupied beds.
• Maintains current knowledge and certification requirements.
• Attends all required Safety Training programs and can describe his/her responsibilities related to general safety, department/service safety and specific job-related hazards.
• Respects and regards the dignity of all patients, families, visitors and fellow employees to ensure a professional, responsible and courteous environment.

Skills

CNA

MA certification

Education

CNA or MA Certification

Job description

Now Hiring!!

QUALIFICATIONS:

Current Certified Nursing Assistant or Medical Assistant certification preferred

Minimum of two years patient care experience preferred

RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Observes and reports patient’s status and needs.
2. Answers call lights and attends to/reports patient needs.
3. Obtains specimens and transport to and sends through designated tube.
4. Transfers, moves and repositions patients.
5. Monitors and records patient’s vital signs like heart rate, pulse temperature and blood pressure.
6. Assists physicians and nurses during medical examination and treatment of the patient.
7. Makes occupied and unoccupied beds.
8. Maintains current knowledge and certification requirements.
9. Attends all required Safety Training programs and can describe his/her responsibilities related to general safety, department/service safety and specific job-related hazards.
10. Respects and regards the dignity of all patients, families, visitors and fellow employees to ensure a professional, responsible and courteous environment.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• While performing the duties of this job the employee is frequently required to sit, converse, and listen; use hands to touch, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls; and to reach with hands and arms. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and the ability to adjust focus.
• The employee must be able to life and/or carry over 20 pounds on a regular basis and be able to push/pull over 25 pounds on a regular basis.
• The employee must be able to stand and/or walk at least five hours per day.

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