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Patient Care Technician - Acute Care Telemetry * Nights (11p-7a) - 8hrs/wk
$30k-36k (estimate)
Full Time | Hospital
1 Month Ago
Metro Health - University of Michigan Health is Hiring a Patient Care Technician - Acute Care Telemetry * Nights (11p-7a) - 8hrs/wk Near Wyoming, MI
Patient Care Technician - Acute Care Telemetry * Nights (11p-7a) - 8hrs/wk
Requisition #: req5874
Shift: Nights
FTE status: 0.2
On-call: No
Weekends: Yes
General Summary:
Under the direction of a Registered Nurse (RN), the Patient Care Technician (PCT) provides basic nursing care to patients and performs related tasks necessary to support the unit.
Requirements:
- Minimum High School Diploma or GED required.
- Must meet one of the following requirements:
- Current Certified Nurse Aide (CENA) certification, or
- Current enrollment (and continued progression) in a health science program required with completion of nursing fundamentals course and/or one clinical rotation preferred. Equivalent enrollment considered will include but is not limited to: Nursing School, Pre-PA School, Medical School, or closely related health science program, or
- Equivalent experience. Equivalent experience considered will include but is not limited to: Medical Assistant, Paramedic, Medical First Responder, EMT, Nurse Tech, Resident Aid/Assistant, or LPN.
- Basic understanding of Medical Terminology, Anatomy, Physiology, and Patient Confidentiality is preferred.
- Current Basic Life Support (BLS/CPR) provider required.
- Experience in acute care or extended care facility preferred.
- Able to successfully complete unit-specific core competencies as defined in the orientation check-list.
Essential Functions and Responsibilities:
- ACTIVITY / COMFORT: Assist patients with activity of daily living and provides for patient comfort. This responsibility includes making occupied and unoccupied beds; turning and positioning patients in bed; ambulating and dangling patients; transfers patients; performs passive and assisting with active range-of-motion exercises.
- HYGIENE: Assist patients with hygiene activities.
- PROCEDURES: Indwelling urinary catheter care (excluding insertion, removal and irrigation); changing non-sterile dressings; providing ileostomy/colostomy care.
- Assisting with postmortem care.
- NUTRITION: Assist patients with nutrition including passing trays, snacks and drinking water; feeding patients; and measuring and recording intake from dietary trays.
- ELIMINATION: Assist patients with elimination needs recording accurate input and output. Empties other drains as designated by the RN.
- SPECIMEN COLLECTION: Collects and labels sputum, urine, and stool specimens for laboratory testing; testing urine for sugar, acetone, blood or pH; straining urine for kidney stones; and using the glucometer to test blood glucose levels.
- VITAL SIGNS / MEASUREMENT: Measures and record accurate vital signs and weight including oral and tympanic temperature, radial and apical pulse, blood pressure, respiratory rate; and using standing, chair, sling and bed scales to measure weight.
- EQUIPMENT: Uses equipment and supplies safely and appropriately. This includes assisting patients with incentive spirometry; setting up oxygen flow meters; setting up suction equipment and disposing of suction canisters; and applying and removing ice bags, moist or dry heat, ace bandages, arm slings, binders, supports, anti-embolism stockings, sequential compression devices (SCDs), restraints.
- INFECTION CONTROL: Assists with controlling the spread of infection by using aseptic technique; adhering to universal/standard precautions; caring appropriately for patients with special isolation precautions; passing clean linen and bagging and disposing of soiled linen; replacing full sharps containers; cleaning equipment between patients’ use; and cleaning equipment prior to return to Central Processing Department (CPD).
- DOCUMENTATION: Document care given as directed by the RN.
- COMMUNICATION: Communicates effectively using Vocera, unit paging system, telephone system and pneumatic tube system; answering patient call lights; reporting observations to the RN; keeping the RN informed of care delivered; maintaining patient confidentiality.
- Performs other duties as assigned. These may include but are not limited to: Performing tasks assigned by the Registered Nurse in charge to facilitate department efficiency. Maintaining a current knowledge base of department processes and procedures for patient care, pursuing self-directed learning and continuing education opportunities, and participating on committees, task forces, and work groups as determined by management.
Job Summary
JOB TYPE
Full Time
INDUSTRY
Hospital
SALARY
$30k-36k (estimate)
POST DATE
04/08/2023
EXPIRATION DATE
05/19/2024
WEBSITE
www.metrogr.org
HEADQUARTERS
Wyoming, Michigan
SIZE
1,000 - 3,000
CEO
Cathy Marasigan
REVENUE
$500M - $1B
INDUSTRY
Hospital
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