Job Description

POSITION SUMMARY: Under the direction of a licensed nurse, the Patient Care Technician delivers efficient and effective nursing care while achieving positive clinical outcomes and patient/family satisfaction. The Patient Care Technician will perform various patient care activities and related non-professional services essential to caring for personal needs and comfort of patients.
RESPONSIBILITIES/ACCOUNTABILITIES:
Provides patient care in a manner conducive to safety and comfort. Patient care includes, but is not limited to:
1.1. Assists patient with or performs Activities of Daily Living (ADL);
1.2. Obtains and records Vital Signs and weights per policy;
1.3. Assists patients with ambulation and transfers;
1.4. Positions patients in correct body alignment in and out of bed;
1.5. Applies adaptive equipment as ordered;
1.6. Cares for personal belongings;
1.7. Assists physician and/or licensed nurse with treatments and procedures as needed;
Makes both occupied and unoccupied beds;
Accompanies patients when transported outside the center for appointments as requested;
Ensures patients are ready for scheduled rehab therapy and transports patients to rehab area;
Notifies licensed nurse if patient identification is missing;
Participates in the care planning process and implements care according to care plan;
Performs skin care treatments, as permitted by state regulation;
Applies simple clean dressings, slings, stockings, and support bandages, under direction of the licensed nurse, as permitted by state regulation;
Feeds or assists patients with meals and provides additional nourishment and hydration per care plan;
Records patient's oral intake and output;
Uses Point Click Care (PCC -POC) according to the Business Processes, if applicable;
Answers call light or bell promptly, delivers messages, cleans areas of spillage or accidents;
Uses Standard precautions when caring for all patients. Adheres to Contact and/or Droplet Precautions as indicated;
Participates in the orientation of new nursing assistants;
Reports changes in patient's condition, patient/family concerns or complaints to charge nurse and/or supervisor;
Collects and bags soiled linen and delivers to dirty linen area;
Obtains clean linens and supplies from supply areas, cleans utility rooms, kitchen areas and all other nursing areas, as assigned;
Cleans patient equipment as assigned;
Transfers patient's belongings and equipment as directed, and assists with postmortem care;
Assists with patient discharge as requested;
Up to hourly wage includes, shift differentials and extra shift bonuses

Job Tags

Hourly pay, Shift work,

Similar Jobs

CICC(Z)

Compliance Officer Job at CICC(Z)

...advice to all business units of the Company to facilitate their compliance with all relevant rules and regulations of the regulators as... ...formalize Compliance Policies and Procedures.Conduct KYC/CDD review, AML screening and risk assessment.Perform transaction monitoring,...

Yale New Haven Health

Periop RN Spec Coordinator-NPOR Job at Yale New Haven Health

...day. Under the direction of the Patient Service Manager, the Perioperative Specialty Coordinator (PSC) organizes patient care activities... ...surgical specialty field. LICENSURE Current CT state RN licensure and/or eligibility for CT state RN licensure required...

University of Toronto, Faculty of Kinesiology & Physical Edu...

Professor and Director - Tanenbaum Institute for Science in Sport Job at University of Toronto, Faculty of Kinesiology & Physical Edu...

...applications for a full-time tenure stream position at the rank of Professor and will serve as Director of the Tanenbaum Institute for Science in Sport , with an anticipated start date of May 1, 2026. The appointment as Director will be for an initial 5-year term, which may...

CVS Health

Chaplin Job at CVS Health

...our end-of-life case management program, Aetna Compassionate Care Program (ACCP) to include... ..., their families and staff.They will be working with members living with serious illness,... ...values and wishes.**Location:** Work At Home - Anywhere in Eastern Time Zone**...

Medicus Healthcare Solutions

Orthopedics - Hand Surgery Physician Job at Medicus Healthcare Solutions

...with a hospital in northern Illinois that has an opening for an Orthopedic Hand Surgeon to join their team. Join a leading team and... ...and outpatient Patient Census: 30-35 per day Cases: Hand surgery Team Structure: 7 surgeons currently Must be board-certified...

Patient Care Technician (PCT) Job at The Gardens at Aldersgate, Topeka, KS

STJMVG9sdzBGRzh6TSsxZmpiSXJJRlI4c0E9PQ==