Patient Care Tech II, Gwinnett
Description:
Overview:
Northside Hospital is award-winning, state-of-the-art, and continually growing. Constantly expanding the quality and reach of our care to our patients and communities creates even more opportunity for the best healthcare professionals in Atlanta and beyond. Discover all the possibilities of a career at Northside today.
Responsibilities:
Provides nursing assistance and patient care to provide for the comfort, safety and personal needs of patients. Assists patients with activities of daily living and performs procedures for physical hygiene and comfort of patients. Performs duties with the construct of a unit-based, self-directed patient care team while sharing various tasks with other licensed and non-licensed members.
PRIMARY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Assists in the ongoing maintenance of hospital and department quality initiatives, including but not limited to patient safety initiatives and bedside glucose monitoring quality controls.
Practices proper safety techniques in accordance with hospital and departmental policies and procedures. Immediately reports any mechanical or electrical equipment malfunctions, unsafe conditions, or employee/patient/visitor injury accident to Manager.
Performs daily care activities including bathing, personal hygiene, feeding and dressing patients.
Obtains and records vital signs, intake and output amounts, or other measures as designated, collects and tests specimens as required, and observes patient's condition and reports abnormal symptoms, unusual conditions or adverse reactions to the nurse.
Assists patients with position changes, range of motion exercises, standing, and walking. Transports patients as required for treatments, procedures, etc.
Assists physicians and nurses with physical examination and treatments, and performs surgical preps and simple sterile or nonsterile dressing changes. Inserts and removes foley catheters as directed.
Provides additional therapies, procedures and treatments. These skills include but are not limited to NG tube maintenance, EKG lead placement, suction and oxygen setup.
Transports equipment, specimens, blood, etc., throughout the hospital.
Maintains technical training in use of equipment pertinent to specific area.
May enter physician orders for tests, procedures, etc., into computer system. May transcribe medical orders as required. Prints lab results from SunQuest computer.
Documents care activities and patient data in appropriate area of patient record.
May witness patient signature of consent forms.
Performs 12 lead EKGs accurately as designated by department, following completion of training and competency check-off.
Qualifications:
REQUIRED
One year patient care tech experience in a hospital or acute care setting.
Current BLS card (CPR)
High School diploma or equivalent
PREFERRED
Graduate of an accredited Nursing Assistant Course.
Work Hours::
8-430
Weekend Requirements::
No
On-Call Requirements::
No
Permanent