Patient Care Technician: Hands-On Nursing Support

Vibra Healthcare, LLC.; Longview (TX); On-site; USD 21,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Vibra Healthcare, LLC. in Longview, TX is seeking a Nurse Aide to provide direct patient care under RN supervision. You will assist with bathing, feeding, hygiene, turning, and vital signs, and document observations in the patient chart.

The role requires prior patient care experience and Nurse Aide certification preferred, with a focus on safety, isolation procedures, and supporting hospital staff in admission, transfer and discharge processes.

Qualifications

• Previous patient care experience, preferably in a hospital or long term care facility.
• Nurse Aide certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide general nursing care such as positioning patients; lifting and turning patients; applying/utilizing special equipment; assisting in use of bedpan, urinal or commode; ambulating the patient; pre-operative and post-operative care; and application of appliances, taking blood pressure and TPR, and documents appropriately.
• Assist in preparation of units, patient rooms, supplies, and beds for receiving patient admissions, returning surgical patients, transfers, emergencies, or discharges.
• Assists in obtaining admission height, weight, and vital signs.
• Provide living skills, which may include bed bath, oral hygiene, combing hair, back care, dressing patient, changing bed linen,
• Prepare patients for meals, serve and remove food trays, and assist with meals or feed patients; documents percentage of diet consumed.
• Accurately documents vital signs, intake and output, accurately records patients’ weight.
• Perform quality controls on assigned glucometer each shift.
• Answer patient call lights, anticipate patients' needs, and make rounds to assigned patients.
• Perform general care activities for patients in isolation. Follow isolation protocols.
• Distribute drinking water and other nourishments to patients as ordered.
• Assist Staff Registered Nurse and/or Licensed Practical Nurse with treatment procedures.
• Assists in and accompany patients in the admission, transfer and discharge procedures.
• Assist patients with handling and care of clothing and other personal property (including dentures, glasses, contact lenses, hearing aids, prosthetic devices) throughout their hospital stay.
• Collect and transport specimens to the correct department.
• Transport patients to and from various departments as requested.
• Accurately reports (and when appropriate, records) patient care and assessment date, and any changes observed in condition or behavior of patients and unusual incidents to the Nurse responsible for the patient’s care.
• Participate in and contribute to Nursing Care Plans.
• Provide post-mortem care and assists, as needed, in transport.
• Assist in maintaining a safe and clean environment by cleaning Utility Rooms, cleaning equipment and preparing for disinfection or sterilization, reporting equipment that is out of order, reporting other problems to the Nurse in charge, appropriate handling of clean and dirty linen and store supplies on the unit.
• Establish and maintain interpersonal relationships with patients, visitors, and other hospital personnel, while ensuring confidentiality of patient information.
• Attend in-service education programs, as assigned, to learn new treatments, procedures, developmental skills, etc. Attend scheduled staff meetings per year.
• Completes all required annual competency skills and mandatory in-services / training classes.
• Practice careful, efficient and non-wasteful use of supplies and linen, and follow established charge procedure for patient charge items.
• Performs other duties as assigned or delegated by the Nurse Manager or Nurse.
• Assists in maintaining a safe and clean environment by cleaning Utility Rooms, cleaning equipment and preparing for disinfection or sterilization, reporting equipment that is out of order, reporting other problems to the Nurse in charge, appropriate handling of clean and dirty linen and store supplies on the unit.
• Develops an understanding of responsibilities for recognizing patient abuse and follows policy for making appropriate referrals/interventions.
• Develops an understanding of responsibilities for participation in Performance Improvement activities and participates in such activities.

Education

Nurse Aide certification

Job description

Vibra Healthcare, LLC. in Longview, TX is seeking a Nurse Aide to provide direct patient care under RN supervision. You will assist with bathing, feeding, hygiene, turning, and vital signs, and document observations in the patient chart.

The role requires prior patient care experience and Nurse Aide certification preferred, with a focus on safety, isolation procedures, and supporting hospital staff in admission, transfer and discharge processes.