Patient Care Technician - Full Time

Noland Health Services; Tuscaloosa (AL); On-site; USD 21,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Noland Health Services is seeking a caregiver to support adult and geriatric patients with activities of daily living and essential nursing tasks. The role includes direct assistance with bathing, grooming and mobility, as well as indirect duties like restocking supplies and assisting with discharge preparation.

The position requires at least a high school diploma or GED and a minimum of one year of patient care experience.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Provides activities of daily living for adult and geriatric patients with total or partial assistance as directed by patient condition (bathing, oral care, perineal care, turning/repositioning every 2 hours or as needed, ambulation, meal assistance).
• Performs indirect patient care tasks and unit functions (answers call lights, retrieves medications/supplies, transports specimens, inventories and stocks supplies, discharge prep, cleans equipment).
• Assists patients with elimination needs and with simple range of motion.
• Performs finger stick blood glucose tests, intake/output, vital signs, and obtains 12-lead EKGs.
• Assists physicians and nurses with procedures and helps with stocking and inventory coordination.

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

1. 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
2. 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
3. Assists patients with elimination needs
4. Performs simple range of motion
5. Performs finger stick blood glucose test
6. Performs intake and output measurements (oral, IV, NG, drains, etc.)
7. Performs vital sign measurements
8. Obtains 12 lead EKGs
9. Assists physicians and nurses with special procedures
10. 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
11. Cleans and stores dirty hospital equipment for future patient use
12. 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

1. Ability to lift 50 lbs. occasionally, 20 lbs. frequently, and 10 lbs. constantly.
2. Ability to walk and stand 80% of an 8 to 12 hour shift.
3. Ability to push/pull up to 200 lbs. in order to position patients, move beds, carts, etc., and aid patients in ambulation.
4. 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.