Patient Care Technician - Full Time

Noland Health Services, Inc.; Tuscaloosa (AL); On-site; USD 24,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Noland Health Services, Inc. is seeking a patient care assistant to support adult and geriatric patients with daily living activities on an on-site unit in Tuscaloosa, AL. The role focuses on direct patient care and collaboration with nursing staff.

Responsibilities include assisting with daily living activities, vital signs, glucose testing, EKGs, and basic medical support, while also helping with discharge prep and inventory management. Minimum one year of experience preferred.

Qualifications

• Minimum of one year of patient care experience required.
• High school diploma or GED equivalent required.

Responsibilities

• Provides for patients' activities of daily living with total or partial assistance as directed.
• Performs indirect patient care tasks such as answering call lights, errands for medications and supplies, transporting specimens, stocking supplies, and discharge preparation.
• Maintains cleanliness of unit and patient equipment; assists with stocking and inventory needs.
• Assists patients with elimination needs, ROM, and glucose testing; monitors intake/output and vital signs; obtains 12-lead EKGs.
• Assists physicians and nurses with procedures and supports with inventory management and hospital purchasing protocols.

Education

High School Diploma or GED equivalent

Job description

Summary of Duties

Provides activities of daily living and other specified patient care procedures for the adult and geriatric patient.

Essential Job Functions

• Provides for patient’s activities of daily living with either total or partial assistance as directed by patient condition:
  • Bath or shower
  • Oral and/or denture care
  • Perineal care
  • Turning and repositioning every two hours or greater as indicated by patient need
  • Ambulation
  • Meal Assistance
• Performs indirect patient care tasks and unit functions: including but not limited to:
  • Answers call lights and relays information promptly to the nurses
  • Runs errands to obtain medications, supplies, etc.
  • Transports specimens
  • Inventories supplies; compiles list of needed supplies
  • Stocks supplies and patient meds when delivered to facility
  • Discharge preparation (packing personal items, transports patient, etc.)
  • Cleans and maintains unit and patient equipment
• Assists patients with elimination needs
• Performs simple range of motion
• Performs finger stick blood glucose test
• Performs intake and output measurements (oral, IV, NG, drains, etc.)
• Performs vital sign measurements
• Obtains 12 lead EKGs
• Assists physicians and nurses with special procedures
• Assists with stocking of supplies and assesses inventory needs for medical and general supplies in coordination with the Administrative Secretary/ Materiels Management Coordinator and/or other management staff, and following hospital purchasing protocols
• Cleans and stores dirty hospital equipment for future patient use
• Performs other duties as assigned

Education

High school diploma or GED equivalent required.

Experience

Minimum of one year of patient care experience required.

Physical Requirements For Essential Job Functions

• Ability to lift 50 lbs. occasionally, 20 lbs. frequently, and 10 lbs. constantly.
• Ability to walk and stand 80% of an 8 to 12 hour shift.
• Ability to push/pull up to 200 lbs. in order to position patients, move beds, carts, etc., and aid patients in ambulation.
• Must possess sight/hearing senses or use prosthetics that will enable these senses to function adequately, so that the requirements of this position can be fully met.