Patient Care Technician I (PCT) - Neuro/Neurosurgery (Nights)

UTMB Health; Galveston (TX); Sur place; USD 32 000 - 52 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

UTMB Health in Galveston, TX is seeking personnel to provide basic technical assistance and supportive patient care across assigned areas. Duties include collecting vitals, blood draws, EKGs, POCT, and assisting with activities of daily living while safeguarding patient privacy and dignity.

The role emphasizes adherence to infection control, accurate documentation, and collaboration with the charge nurse and care team to meet patient plans of care.

Qualifications

• Completion of a recognized Nurse Assistant program or Medical Assistant program or Medical Corpsman program or EMT program or UTMB Hospital Aide Training Program or two years of direct patient care experience or certification (MA/PCT/CNA) at hire or enrollment in a nursing program with first semester clinicals.

Responsabilités

• Collect, report, and document vital signs, height, weight, intake/output, pulse oximetry; collect specimens.
• Obtain blood samples by venipuncture.
• Acquire 12-lead EKG.
• Perform and report POCT.
• Assist with patient activities and care as directed by the charge nurse.
• Provide for patients’ personal hygiene and comfort; assist with elimination and ostomy care as needed.
• Assist with feeding, mobility, safety, and overall patient privacy.
• Maintain a clean, safe environment and follow infection control measures.
• Document patient care activities and coordinate with care team.

Formation

Nurse Assistant program; Medical Assistant program; Medical Corpsman program; EMT program; UTMB Hospital Aide Training Program; 2 years direct patient care experience; Certified MA, PCT, or CNA at hire; Nursing school first semester with clinicals

Description du poste

Minimum Qualifications:

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.

Equal Employment Opportunity

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.