Patient Care Technician I (PCT) - 2N ICU - LCH (Nights)
University of Texas Medical Branch
- League City, TX
- Permanent
- Full-time
- 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
- 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
- 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.
- Video monitoring duties as assigned.
- Adheres to internal controls and reporting structure.
- Performs related duties as required.