Patient Care Technician - Wyoming, United States - University of Michigan Health-West

University of Michigan Health-West

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Wyoming, United States

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Mark Lane

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Description

Patient Care Technician - Sleep Clinic

Days 40hrs/wk

Requisition #:
req8038

Shift:
Days

FTE status: 1

On-call: No

Weekends:
Yes

General Summary:

Under the direction of a Registered Nurse (RN), the Patient Care Technician (PCT) provides basic nursing care to patients and performs related tasks necessary to support the unit.

Requirements:

Minimum High School Diploma or GED required.
Must meet one of the following requirements:
Current Certified Nurse Aide (CENA) certification, or
Current enrollment (and continued progression) in a health science program required with completion of nursing fundamentals course and/or one clinical rotation preferred.

Equivalent enrollment considered will include but is not limited to:
Nursing School, Pre-PA School, Medical School, or closely related health science program, or

Basic understanding of Medical Terminology, Anatomy, Physiology, and Patient Confidentiality is preferred.
Current Basic Life Support (BLS/CPR) provider required.
Experience in acute care or extended care facility preferred.
Able to successfully complete unitspecific core competencies as defined in the orientation checklist.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities:

ACTIVITY /

COMFORT:
Assist patients with activity of daily living and provides for patient comfort.

This responsibility includes making occupied and unoccupied beds; turning and positioning patients in bed; ambulating and dangling patients; transfers patients; performs passive and assisting with active range-of-motion exercises.

HYGIENE: Assist patients with hygiene activities.
PROCEDURES: Indwelling urinary catheter care (excluding insertion, removal and irrigation); changing non sterile dressings; providing ileostomy/colostomy care.
Assisting with postmortem care.
NUTRITION: Assist patients with nutrition including passing trays, snacks and drinking water; feeding patients; and measuring and recording intake from dietary trays.
ELIMINATION: Assist patients with elimination needs recording accurate input and output.

Empties other drains as designated by the RN.

SPECIMEN COLLECTION: Collects and labels sputum, urine, and stool specimens for laboratory testing; testing urine for sugar, acetone, blood or pH; straining urine for kidney stones; and using the glucometer to test blood glucose levels.
VITAL SIGNS /

MEASUREMENT:

Measures and record accurate vital signs and weight including oral and tympanic temperature, radial and apical pulse, blood pressure, respiratory rate; and using standing, chair, sling and bed scales to measure weight.

INFECTION CONTROL: Assists with controlling the spread of infection by using aseptic technique; adhering to universal/standard precautions; caring appropriately for patients with special isolation precautions; passing clean linen and bagging and disposing of soiled linen; replacing full sharps containers; cleaning equipment between patients' use; and cleaning equipment prior to return to Central Processing Department (CPD).
DOCUMENTATION: Document care given as directed by the RN.
COMMUNICATION: Communicates effectively using Vocera, unit paging system, telephone system and pneumatic tube system; answering patient call lights; reporting observations to the RN; keeping the RN informed of care delivered; maintaining patient confidentiality.
Performs other duties as assigned.

These may include but are not limited to:
Performing tasks assigned by the Registered Nurse in charge to facilitate department efficiency.

Maintaining a current knowledge base of department processes and procedures for patient care, pursuing self-directed learning and continuing education opportunities, and participating on committees, task forces, and work groups as determined by management.