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Patient Care Technician II (PCT) - 2N ICU - LCH (Days)

League City, Texas, United States

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Patient Care

UTMB Health

Requisition # 2502433

Minimum Qualifications:

High school or equivalent, one year of hospital experience AND completion of one of the following technical programs:

+ Completion of a recognized Nurse Assistant program **OR**

+ Completion of Medical Corpsman program **OR**

+ Completion of EMT program **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

Has obtained and provided documentation of completion of 2 or more of the following:

+ Emergency Dispatch

+ POCT test site manager

+ Cross-training to HUC duties

+ Patient Care Assistant trainer

+ Perform Unit Audits- 1 per month per unit/ department manager

+ Cast placement

+ Perform/ Assist with High-Level Disinfection

+ Set up of delivery tables

+ Set-up and assistance with minor operating procedures

+ Set-up and assistance with area specific diagnostic procedures

+ Language assistance

+ Burn tub room duties which includes splint applications: mouth spreaders, upper and lower extremities, positioning patients prone, application of pressure wrapping: coban ace wraps, surginet pressure garments, tubigrip/jobst garments, burn dressing preparation and application and assists in application of biobrane/transcyte

+ INQN, IDERAD, PACS system resource/user

Licenses, Registrations, or Certifications:

Required:

• BLS

Job Summary

To provide technical assistance and supportive patient care to meet the needs of individual patients throughout assigned areas and serve as a leader/ mentor for the assigned unit(s).

Job Duties:

+ Collects, reports, and documents data. Takes 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, superficial wound care, assists with elimination, and cares for the incontinent patient and 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 the admission, transfer, and discharge of the patient.

+ Assists the healthcare team by preparing patients and chaperoning during examinations/procedures or assists with other patient treatments.

+ Provides for patient safety related to age and condition.

+ Assists with patient restraints and maintains 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 health 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.

+ Maintains patient care areas with appropriate supplies.

+ Assists with patient requests for other hospital services.

+ Participates in one leadership activity per fiscal year.

Marginal or Periodic Functions

+ Video monitoring duties as assigned.

+ Adheres to internal controls and reporting structure.

+ Performs related duties as required.

Salary Range

Actual salary commensurate with experience.

Work Schedule

Full-time Day Shift

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.

Compensation