Patient Care Technician I - IMU Med/Surg - CLC (Part-Time Nights)

Utmb; Webster (TX); On-site; USD 23,000 - 30,000; Part time

Job summary

UTMB Health seeks a Part-Time Nurse Assistant to provide basic patient care and technical support across assigned areas. Responsibilities include collecting vital signs, venipuncture, EKG, POCT, and assisting with daily living activities while maintaining privacy and infection control.

Qualifications include completion of a Nurse Assistant, Medical Assistant, Medical Corpsman, or EMT program, or enrollment in a School of Nursing with clinical coursework, or two years of direct patient care

Qualifications

• > Must meet high school or equivalent and one of the following program completions or experience: NA/MA/EMT/Corpsman, or enrollment in nursing school with clinical concepts.
• > BLS required.
• > Experience in direct patient care or related certifications acceptable at time of hire.

Responsibilities

• Collects, reports, and documents vital signs, height/weight, intake/output.
• Obtains blood samples by venipuncture.
• Performs 12-lead EKG.
• Performs POCT and basic patient care tasks as assigned.
• Assists patients with activities of daily living and personal hygiene.
• Maintains patient privacy and infection control practices.
• Documents care and coordinates with nursing staff.
• Supports patient safety and comfort in a correctional environment.

Skills

Patient care

Vital signs collection

Venipuncture

EKG

POCT

Documentation

Infection control

Privacy/compliance

Education

Nurse Assistant program

Medical Assistant program

Medical Corpsman program

EMT program

UTMB Hospital Aide Training Program

Certified MA, PCT, or CNA

School of Nursing (first semester with clinical concepts)

Job description

High school or equivalent AND completion of one of the following technical programs:

• Completion of a recognized Nurse Assistant program OR
• Completion of a Medical Assistant program OR
• Completion of Medical Corpsman program OR
• Completion of EMT program OR
• Completion of a UTMB Hospital Aide Training Program OR
• Two (2) years of experience in a direct patient care environment OR
• Certified MA, PCT, or CNA at time of hire OR
• Is enrolled in a recognized School of Nursing and has completed the first semester of education which contains clinical concepts and health assessment or the equivalent.

LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS OR CERTIFICATIONS

Required

• Basic Life Support (BLS).

JOB DESCRIPTION

To provide basic technical assistance and supportive patient care to meet the needs of individual patients throughout assigned areas.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

• Collects, reports, and documents data: Vital signs, height and weight, intake and output, pulse oximetry, and collects specimens.
• Obtains blood samples by venipuncture.
• Acquires 12 lead EKG.
• Performs and reports POCT.
• Assists with patient activities and care as assigned by the charge nurse/designee as indicated by the patient’s plan of care.
• Provides for patients’ personal hygiene: Bathes patients, performs oral suctioning and superficial wound care, assists with chronic wound care, provides skincare for a patient with TED hose, SCD, casts, skeletal pins, assists with elimination, cares for the incontinent patient, cares for the patient with a urinary catheter, assists or gives cleansing enemas, sitz baths, non-sterile douches, and provides ostomy care.
• Assists with feeding.
• Ambulates, positions, and turns patients and cares for the patient with altered mobility.
• Assists with patient safety related to age and condition.
• Assists with patient restraints and patient-specific safety precautions.
• Collects, reports, and documents data related to patient needs/emergencies and unusual patient and family behavior.
• Cares for the patient from a correctional environment.
• Maintains patient privacy and confidentiality of information and records at all times.
• Provides and maintains a clean, safe environment and performs and/or assists others to perform proper aseptic technique, isolation procedures, and infection control measures.
• Documents as appropriate.
• Maintains patient care areas with appropriate supplies.
• Assists with patient requests for other hospital services

Marginal or Periodic Functions

• Video monitoring duties as assigned.
• Adheres to internal controls and reporting structure.
• Performs related duties as required.

SALARY RANGE

Salary commensurate with experience.

WORK SCHEDULE

Part-Time Nights.

UTMB Health strives to provide equal opportunity employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or any other basis protected by institutional policy or by federal, state or local laws unless such distinction is required by law. As a Federal Contractor, UTMB Health takes affirmative action to hire and advance protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.