Patient Care Technician - Bakersfield, United States - Kern Medical

Kern Medical Bakersfield, United States

3 weeks ago

Description

Kern Medical has been a community cornerstone since its founding in 1867. Today, we are an acute care teaching center with 222 beds, offering the only advanced trauma care between Fresno and Los Angeles.

Position: Patient Care Technician - Temporary - Shift

This is a limited-benefits extra help position.

Extra help positions have a maximum duration of 9 (nine) months.
Shift Differential: P.M. shift (7.00 PM – 7:30 A.M. = +7.5% of base pay)
The position may be assigned to various units within the organization

In addition to primary duties, in response to the current pandemic, duties may include:

Screening Kern Medical employees, visitors and patients prior to entry into the hospital or other Kern Medical facilities.

DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS:

Incumbents follow clearly established procedures to assist licensed, professional nursing and medical staff in an in-patient setting; including performing general clerical functions and caring for patient's personal needs, safety, and comfort.

Essential Functions:

Assists with patient observation and care; checks and records vital signs and pain levels; collects specimens; measures and records intake and output of food and fluids; and records results.
Passes and observes food trays; assists or feeds patients.
Assists patients with personal hygiene and grooming.
Answers call signals; makes beds; cleans and cares for equipment.
Adheres to isolation precautions/practices, medical asepsis and infection control; observes oxygen precautions.
Transports patients as needed for admission, discharge, and procedures; transports specimens to the lab.
Performs general clerical duties; operates a variety of office equipment.
Assists with admitting, transferring and discharging patients by inputting data into the Electronic Medical Record, schedules appointments and follows up on authorizations.
Answers telephones and provides basic information to patients and/or other interested parties.
Coordinates the delivery of equipment and/or other services for patients following discharge.
Performs other job related duties as required.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

Possess and maintain a current, clean, and clear American Heart Association Healthcare Provider Basic Life Support (BLS) card. Appointees not possessing the BLScard must successfully complete appropriate training and qualify for the BLScard within sixty (60) days of appointment or employment will be terminated.
Employees must maintain all health requirements designated by Kern Medical.
Depending on assignment incumbents may be required to possess and maintain specific certificates of competency as a condition of employment.
Some assignments may require:Basic Dysrhythmia certification.

Employment Standards:

Successful completion of a State of California Department of Health Services approved Nursing Assistant training program OR one (1) year of an education program leading to an Associate's Degree or Baccalaureate degree in Nursing, ORtwo (2) years of experience as a Nursing Attendant in an acute care facility or in a skilled nursing facility for psychiatric patients.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

Physical requirements for this classification require incumbents to stand, bend, squat, kneel, push and pull intermittently throughout the majority of the work day. Incumbents must be able to frequently lift and carry, partially carry, or fully support a patient while transferring to and from a bed, wheelchair, or gurney, or while walking.

Knowledge of: basic nursing care and techniques; medical terminology and metric measurement.

Ability to: perform basic nursing care; read and record medical terminology and metric measurement, maintain medical records, follow oral and written instructions; and maintain effective relations with medical staff and the public; stand, bend, squat, kneel, push, and pull throughout the majority of the work day; lift, carry, partially carry, or fully support patients while transferring to and from a bed, wheelchair, or gurney, or while walking.

A background check will be conducted for this classification.

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