Patient Care Technician PRN

Center for Addiction Treatment; Cincinnati (OH); On-site; USD 18,000 - 26,000; Part time

Job summary

The Center for Addiction Treatment is seeking a Patient Care Tech to provide a safe, therapeutic environment for residents and support nursing staff in daily activities at our Cincinnati location.

The role requires a high school diploma or equivalent and experience in health care or residential settings; strong customer service, HIPAA compliance, and professional conduct are essential. Shifts include 1st, 2nd, and 3rd with on-site work.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent and previous experience in residential or health care setting providing patient monitoring preferred.
• Experience providing customer service to the public a must.
• HIPAA knowledge and ability to apply regulations.

Responsibilities

• Provide a safe, therapeutic environment for patients and assess residential areas.
• Assist nurses with daily residential requirements and follow directives of the Patient Care Tech Supervisor.
• Monitor patient activities and conduct rounds; perform urine screens, pregnancy tests, and breathalyzers.
• Support discharge planning with the clinical team and coordinate with medical staff.
• Complete admissions/documents and maintain cleanliness of Withdrawal Management areas and units.

Skills

Communication

Customer Service

Dependability

Ethics

Initiative

Problem Solving

Self-Development

Teamwork

Organizational Skills

Adaptability

Interpersonal Skills

Decision Making

Conflict Management

Innovation

Productivity

Quality

Strategic Thought

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Job description

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Temporary or On-Call Employee Service Worker Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, US

Salary Range: $16.00 To $16.00 Hourly

Why join a team of "lifesavers"at The Center for Addiction Treatment?

1st shift,7am-3:30pm

2nd shift, 3pm-11:30pm, 3rd shift, 11pm-7:30am

Vision

Recovery for all who seek it.

Mission

Saving lives and rebuilding families and communities by providing addiction health services.

Purpose

CAT offers help and hope for a different life by providing accessible care and tools for lifelong sobriety and recovery to patients struggling with addiction to alcohol, drugs or gambling. CAT does this with the goal of saving lives and rebuilding families.

Patient Care Tech

Reports to

Job purpose
Provides a safe, therapeutic environment for patients,
through consistent assessment of residential areas, and appropriate reporting
of unfavorable incidents. Assist nurses
with daily residential requirements. Carry out the directives of the Patient Care Tech Supervisor during
non-business hours.

Duties and responsibilities

Patient Care

• Promote safety above all care
• Monitor and facilitate patient activities and adherence to rules and regulations of the agency, by conducting regular resident rounds.
• Perform random Urine Drug Screens, Pregnancy Tests and Breathalyzers.
• Perform duties to ensure a successful discharge under the coordination of the medical/clinical team.
• Provide random and or routine resident searches according to procedure

Administration

• Complete admission procedures/documents as assigned.
• Complete unity filing and telephone back-up as other duties allow.
• Demonstrates responsibility/caution when using access points to residential and administrative areas
• Assist with washing reusable unit linen and clothing of Withdrawal Management.
• Maintain cleanliness of Withdrawal Management areas thoroughly, and total unit in general, by completing spot cleaning during the day shifts and thorough cleaning on night shifts.

Other

• Enhance professional growth and development through in-service training and workshops as required by the Staff Development Plan, and Supervisor
• Job duties may be increased, decreased, or be combined as the needs of the agency dictate.

Qualifications

High school diploma or equivalent and previous experience in residential or health care setting providing patient monitoring preferred. Experience providing customer service to the public a must.

• Reporting- Reports unusual incidents through variance reporting to agency management.
• Infection Control- Maintains infection control standards by practicing universal precautions.
• HIPAA- Knowledge and ability to apply HIPAA laws and Federal Regulations protecting patient privacy and rights.
• Patient Rights- Adheres to all patient rights standards as well as serves as a resource to patients regarding those rights.
• Professional- Exhibits professional behaviors such as maintaining the CAT Code of Ethics, working cooperatively with others following CAT personnel polices etc.
• Adaptability- Adapts to change, open to new ideas and responsibilities.
• Communication- Communicates well, delivers presentations, has good listening skills.
• Conflict Management- Good listener, committed to finding solution to problems, works well with difficult people.
• Customer Service- Works well with customers, promotes a positive image of the company, strives to solve issues raised by customers.
• Decision Making- Able to reach decisions, takes thoughtful approach when considering options, seeks input from others, makes difficult decisions.
• Dependability- Meets deadlines, works independently, accountable, maintains focus, punctual, good attendance record.
• Ethics- Honest, accountable, maintains confidentiality.
• Initiative- Takes action, seeks new opportunities, strives to see projects to completion.
• Innovation- Creative, offers new ideas, risk taker, amenable to change.
• Interpersonal Skills- Builds strong relationships, is flexible/adaptable, works well with others, solicits feedback.
• Job Knowledge- Understands facets of job, aware of duties and responsibilities, keeps job knowledge current.
• Organizational Skills- Information organized and accessible, maintains efficient work space, manages time well.
• Problem Solving- Strives to understands contributing factors, works to resolve complex situations.
• Product Expertise- Knowledgeable about CAT programs, services, history, and impact in the community.
• Productivity- Manages workload, works efficiently, meets goals and objectives for productivity.
• Quality- Strives to eliminate errors, accurate work is a priority, seeks opportunities to improve product/services.
• Self- Development- Looks for opportunities to increase knowledge, works to increase responsibility, strives to achieve personal goals.
• Strategic Thought- Works to establish and articulate vision, shows creativity when defining solutions.
• Teamwork- Accountable to team, works to meet established deliverables, appreciates view of team members, respectful. Ability to work well with individuals of diverse ages, cultures, races, religions, socioeconomic backgrounds, disabilities, gender and sexual orientation.

Physical requirements

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee may need to remain in a stationary position for long periods of time or may need to move about for extended periods of time;
• Position may require employee to have full range of motion and lift up to 30 lbs;
• Position may require individual to communicate, converse and exchange information with others;
• Position may require individual to perceive communications via email, phone or in person;
• Nothing in this job description restricts CAT rights to reassign or assign duties and responsibilities and does not proscribe or restrict the tasks that may be assigned