Patient Care Tech - Swm Gero Psych Unit - Ft Night Shift

DEPARTMENT: SWM GERO PSYCH UNIT

F ACILITY: Southwell Medical

WORK TYPE: Full Time

S HIFT: Nighttime

HOURS: 7pm - 7am

SUMMARY:

Patient Care Techs (PCTs) assist in providing patient care under the direction of a Registered Nurse or Licensed Practical Nurse for assigned patients. They are responsible for providing excellent customer service to patients, patient’s families, visitors, physicians, and co-workers. They complete other duties as assigned on their particular nursing unit.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

* Perform blood sugar testing and report results to nurse.

• Conducts cardiac monitoring as needed (specific to Centralized Telemetry Bank).
• Makes good use of time so as to not create needless overtime.
• Demonstrates age-specific skills as required by position.
• Maintains cleanliness in the unit area.
• Scans Intellishelf appropriate to capture supplies.
• Transport patients via wheelchair, bed, or stretcher as needed.
• Manages resources effectively.
• Changes patient’s bed linens.
• Recognizes abnormal vital signs and reports to nurse.
• Conducts hourly rounding to meet patient/patient’s family’s needs.
• Keeps abreast of all pertinent federal, state and facility regulations, laws and policies as they presently exist and as they change or are modified.
• Protects patient’s rights by knocking before entering the room and by properly draping patients prior to a procedure.
• Makes proper charges for supplies, equipment, and services.
• Reports equipment in need of repair in order to extend life of equipment.
• Record I&O in EMR.
• Documents and communicates patient needs to nursing staff.
• Ensure patients are comfortable in bed and adjusts bed settings and or reposition/turns every 2 hours if needed.
• Attends all mandatory education programs.
• Assist patients with ADL’S as needed and document (grooming, bathing, eating, and walking).
• Updates patient communication board during hourly rounding, bedside shift report, and as needed.
• Volunteers/participates on hospital committees, functions, and department projects.
• Willing to cross-train in order to better assist co-workers and to provide maximum efficiency in department.
• Improves self-knowledge through voluntarily attending continuing education/certification classes.
• Makes needed copies of chart when patient is transferred or discharged.
• Understands and adheres to compliance standards as they appear in the Corporate Compliance Policy, Code of Conduct, and Conflicts of Interest Policy.
• Maintains the safety of patients who have been identified at risk for preventable injury by the implementation of nursing safety interventions or the use of protective devices/equipment under the supervision of the registered nurse. Ex. side rails, alarms, bed in low position and locked.
• Perform vital signs and documents in EMR.
• Offers suggestions on ways to improve operations of department and reduce costs.
• Maintains required competency levels as identified in written exams, skills checklists, skills labs, annual safety and health requirements as well as service excellence education hours requirements.
• Immediately reports any patient complaint/grievance to nurse, nurse leader, or manager.
• Demonstrates the ability to handle confidential information with discretion for the patient, family, and/or co-worker.

EDUCATION:

* High School Diploma or Equivalent

OTHER INFORMATION:

* Current Certified Nurse Aide certification accepted in lieu of education requirement.

• One year of hospital or nursing home experienced preferred.
• Successful completion of a Certified Nursing Assistant, PCT, or Medical Assistant program preferred.

COMPETENCIES & SKILLS:

* Takes personal responsibility for the quality and timeliness of work, and achieves results with little oversight.

• Electronic medical record documentation
• Earns others’ trust and respect through consistent honesty and transparency in all interactions.
• Openness to different and new ways of doing things and willingness to modify one’s preferred way of doing things.
• Helps create a work environment that embraces and appreciates diversity.
• Vital sign monitoring
• Adapts to changing business needs, conditions, and work responsibilities and works with a variety of situations, individuals, groups, and varying customer needs.
• Conveys ideas and facts orally using language the audience will best understand.
• Manages own time, priorities, and resources to achieve goals.
• Beside monitoring
• Understands and learns from what others say.
• Diligently attends to details and pursues quality in accomplishing tasks.
• Is reliable and trustworthy while performing work in a consistent and timely manner.
• Works together with others to achieve a common goal.
• Correctly interprets and follows instructions.
• Conveys ideas and facts in writing using language the reader will best understand.
• Clinical Assessment
• Patient care skills including feeding, dressing, and bathing.
• Machine/equipment operation
• Basic Life Support certification
• Has ability to cope with and rise to inevitable challenges, problems and set-backs.
• Electronic medical record software
• Provides excellent service to internal and external customers.
• Possess the technical knowledge necessary to safely and efficiently perform job.
• Proficient in safe patient care techniques
• Diplomatically handles challenging or tense interpersonal situations.

Southwell/Tift Regional Health System, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer.