What are the responsibilities and job description for the HCSS Patient Care Tech I position at UTMB Health?
HCSS Patient Care Tech I
Galveston, Texas, United States
Patient Care
HealthCare System Staffing
Requisition # 2404623
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 :
KNOWLEDGE / SKILLS / ABILITIES :
REQUIRED EDUCATION / EXPERIENCE :
oMust not be in final semester of nursing program.
oMust provide college transcript and letter of recommendation from current nursing instructor
WORKING ENVIRONMENT / EQUIPMENT :
Standard Hospital Environment. Uses standard patient care supplies, equipment and mechanical devices.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS / WORKING CONDITIONS :
Any qualifications to be considered as equivalents in lieu of stated minimums require the prior approval of the Vice President for Human Resources. UTMB HealthCare Systems Staffing (HCSS) is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. Specific job requirements or physical location of some positions allocated to this classification, may render this position security sensitive, and thereby subject to the provisions of Section 51.215, Texas Education Code.
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