Patient Care Technician
- Answers signal lights, bells, or intercom system to determine patients' needs.
- Bathes, dresses, and undresses patients.
- Serves and collects food trays and feeds patients requiring help.
- Transports patients or assists patients to walk.
- Drapes patients for examinations and treatments, and remains with patients to perform such duties as holding instruments and adjusting lights.
- Turns and repositions bedfast patients, alone or with assistance, to prevent bedsores.
- Changes bed linens, runs errands, directs visitors, and answers telephone.
- Takes and records temperature, blood pressure, pulse and respiration rates, and food and fluid intake and output, as directed.
- Cleans, stores, prepares, and issues dressing packs, treatment trays, and other supplies.
- Cleans patients' rooms.
- Assists Physician with appropriate procedures that may include central line placement, splinting, closed reductions, insertion of sutures, etc. (upon competency)
- Peripheral Intravenous Access (upon competency)
- Phlebotomy
- Foley Catheter insertion with sterile technique (upon competency)
- 12 lead EKG
- Specimen collection under appropriate precautions including blood collection for bedside glucose testing.
- Stocks linen and supplies each shift.
- Utilizes personal protective equipment (PPE) as appropriate following transmission based precaution procedures.
- Address identified hazards in the physical environment of the patient room to avoid fall and prevent falls.
- Uses appropriate hand hygiene and standard precautions. Education and/or Experience 1. High School Diploma or Equivalent Education
- Employee must complete initial competency and continue ongoing and training compentencies as defined by service line, facility, and department which are specific to the needs of the patient population served.
- Preferred: Previous PCT, PCA, Medical Assistant, ER/Critical Care Tech, EMT Basic, Intermediate, or Paramedic level, active nursing student.
- High School Diploma or Equivalent Education
- Employee must complete initial competency and continue ongoing and training compentencies as defined by service line, facility, and department which are specific to the needs of the patient population served.
- Preferred: Previous PCT, PCA, Nurse Aide, orderly experience in a healthcare setting OR ONE OF THE FOLLOWING:
- Completion of a CNA (Certified Nursing Assistant) training program AND certification with the
- Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services on hire.
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