What are the responsibilities and job description for the HCSS Patient Care Tech I position at University of Texas Medical Branch?
JOB SUMMARY : To provide basic technical assistance and supportive patient care to meet the needs of individual patients throughout assigned areas.
MAJOR DUTIES / CRITICAL TASKS :
- Collects, reports, and documents data : 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 and superficial wound care, assists with chronic wound care, provides skincare for a patient with TED hose, SCD, casts, skeletal pins, assists with elimination, cares for the incontinent patient, cares for 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 patient safety related to age and condition
- Assists with patient restraints and 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 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.
- Documents as appropriate.
- Maintains patient care areas with appropriate supplies.
- Assists with patient requests for other hospital services.
Marginal or Periodic Functions :
