Unit Technician - PRN - Med Surg

Lane Regional Medical Center; Zachary (LA); On-site; USD 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

Lane Regional Medical Center is seeking a dedicated patient care assistant to support admissions, transfers, and discharges, while assisting in daily patient care and hygiene tasks.

The role involves accompanying patients through admission and discharge procedures, providing essential bedside care, and performing clerical duties to maintain accurate charts and communications within the nursing unit. Training and teamwork are emphasized to ensure quality patient care.

Responsibilities

• Assist in preparation of patient rooms and beds for receiving admissions, patients returning from surgical procedures, transfers, emergencies and discharges.
• Assist in and accompanies patients in the admission, transfer and discharge procedures.
• Provide post-mortem care and assist in transporting bodies to the morgue.
• Provide daily hygiene care, which may include bed baths, oral hygiene, combing hair, skin care, dressing patients, changing and/or freshening bed linen, cleaning overbed tables and bedside stands, straightening room and other general care as necessary throughout the day.
• Assist RN or LPN with patient care interventions.
• Answers telephone and call lights. Takes messages and communicates messages to proper person. Communication is effective, courteous and tactful.
• Performs clerical duties related to the admission, transfer and discharge of patients. Assist patients, visitors and physicians in the nursing unit.
• Compiles new charts, maintains current charts and enters patient information in the computer, and other necessary forms.

Job description

• Assist in preparation of patient rooms and beds for receiving patient admissions, patients returning from surgical procedures, transfers, emergencies and discharges.
• Assist in and accompanies patients in the admission, transfer and discharge procedures.
• Provides post-mortem care and assists in transporting bodies to the morgue.
• Provides daily hygiene care, which may include bed baths, oral hygiene, combing hair, skin care, dressing patients, changing and/or freshening bed linen, cleaning overbed tables and bedside stands, straightening room and other general care as necessary throughout the day.
• Assist RN or LPN with patient care interventions.
• Answers telephone and call lights. Takes messages and communicates messages to proper person. Communication is effective, courteous and tactful.
• Performs clerical duties related to the admission, transfer and discharge of patients. Assist patients, visitors and physicians in the nursing unit.
• Compiles new charts, maintains current charts and enters patient information in the computer, and other necessary forms.

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