Patient Care Tech II

Posted on Oct 7, 2024 by Grand View Hospital
Sellersville, PA
Health Care
Immediate Start
Annual Salary
Full-Time
Responsibilities:

Under direct supervision of the professional staff, the Patient Care Tech II performs certain non-complex duties related to patient care and functioning of the unit. The Patient Care Tech II functions to support the staff assisting with clerical duties along with delivery of patient care to varied age groups while providing a calm, caring and clean environment.

Essential Functions: 

The Patient Care Tech II assists other members of healthcare team to deliver safe, appropriate quality patient care.

Assists with or provides basic nursing care in order to help the nurse meet the activities of daily living for the patient.

Assists with patient mobility needs including turning, positioning, transferring, and ambulation of patients as directed, using appropriate and proper body mechanics and assistive devices.

Maintains safe patient environment.

Responds to emergency situations within the scope of their training and performs under the direction of the RN staff (i.e. CPR).

Performs vital signs (VS), including use of automatic blood pressure (BP) machine as directed by the nursing staff.

Under the direction of RN, provides basic skin care to prevent skin breakdown and maintain/improve skin integrity.

Answers call bells and responds to patient's request which are within their scope or communicates the need to the nurse.

Transfers and moves all patient age groups via wheelchair, bed or stretcher to appropriate locations within the hospital

Possesses and demonstrates a working knowledge of equipment in order to ensure a safe environment.

Maintains open communication with department staff and accepts direction to ensure a safe environment

Understands and respects patients' rights to privacy and dignity in order to maintain patient confidentiality

Ensures that equipment and supplies considered essential are functional, safe and readily accessible in order to provide a safe environment.

Performs department specific maintenance duties as appropriate to department.

Acts as a patient advocate to ensure safe, appropriate, quality patient care.

Adheres to standards of practice for infection control and universal precautions.

Assists with communications between Department Manager, House Supervisor and unit staff regarding the 24-Hour Report, admissions, transfers and bed availability to operationalize department activities.

Answer phone, faxes request for patient information and physician discharge instructions to primary care provider per HIPAA guidelines.

Organizes, maintains, and updates departmental files and records (e.g., patient’s clinical record, unit statistics, old records, etc.) in an accurate manner to provide for timely and efficient processing of information.

Copies and faxes records in a prompt manner according to established medical records policy in order to fulfill requests from appropriate sources

Assumes responsibility for ordering and restocking supplies necessary for efficient operation of the department within budgetary parameters.

Collect blood from patients and prepare the samples for testing according to hospital policies.

Performs EKG's according to hospital policy.

Schedule: Full time, 36 hours a week, 12 hour shifts, every 3rd weekend rotation

Qualifications:

Education and Experience:

High School Diploma/GED required

Licenses and Certifications:

Nursing Assistant – Certified, preferred

Basic Life Support (BLS), required upon hire

Benefits: 

We offer a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits to part-time and full-time employees including:  

Medical, dental, & vision insurance available 1st of the month after start date  

Wellness and gym discounts & free cardiac rehab gym  

403B  

On-site discounted childcare center  

Paid time off  

Sick time for full time employees  

Tuition assistance 

Free life insurance for full time employees  

Long term disability for full time employees  

Short term disability  

Employee referral bonus  

Identity theft insurance  

Pet Insurance  

Flexible spending accounts  

Employee discount program  

Employee Assistance Program   

Free parking 

Reference: 199217288

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Patient Care Tech II

Posted on Oct 7, 2024 by Grand View Hospital

Sellersville, PA
Health Care
Immediate Start
Annual Salary
Full-Time
Responsibilities:

Under direct supervision of the professional staff, the Patient Care Tech II performs certain non-complex duties related to patient care and functioning of the unit. The Patient Care Tech II functions to support the staff assisting with clerical duties along with delivery of patient care to varied age groups while providing a calm, caring and clean environment.

Essential Functions: 

The Patient Care Tech II assists other members of healthcare team to deliver safe, appropriate quality patient care.

Assists with or provides basic nursing care in order to help the nurse meet the activities of daily living for the patient.

Assists with patient mobility needs including turning, positioning, transferring, and ambulation of patients as directed, using appropriate and proper body mechanics and assistive devices.

Maintains safe patient environment.

Responds to emergency situations within the scope of their training and performs under the direction of the RN staff (i.e. CPR).

Performs vital signs (VS), including use of automatic blood pressure (BP) machine as directed by the nursing staff.

Under the direction of RN, provides basic skin care to prevent skin breakdown and maintain/improve skin integrity.

Answers call bells and responds to patient's request which are within their scope or communicates the need to the nurse.

Transfers and moves all patient age groups via wheelchair, bed or stretcher to appropriate locations within the hospital

Possesses and demonstrates a working knowledge of equipment in order to ensure a safe environment.

Maintains open communication with department staff and accepts direction to ensure a safe environment

Understands and respects patients' rights to privacy and dignity in order to maintain patient confidentiality

Ensures that equipment and supplies considered essential are functional, safe and readily accessible in order to provide a safe environment.

Performs department specific maintenance duties as appropriate to department.

Acts as a patient advocate to ensure safe, appropriate, quality patient care.

Adheres to standards of practice for infection control and universal precautions.

Assists with communications between Department Manager, House Supervisor and unit staff regarding the 24-Hour Report, admissions, transfers and bed availability to operationalize department activities.

Answer phone, faxes request for patient information and physician discharge instructions to primary care provider per HIPAA guidelines.

Organizes, maintains, and updates departmental files and records (e.g., patient’s clinical record, unit statistics, old records, etc.) in an accurate manner to provide for timely and efficient processing of information.

Copies and faxes records in a prompt manner according to established medical records policy in order to fulfill requests from appropriate sources

Assumes responsibility for ordering and restocking supplies necessary for efficient operation of the department within budgetary parameters.

Collect blood from patients and prepare the samples for testing according to hospital policies.

Performs EKG's according to hospital policy.

Schedule: Full time, 36 hours a week, 12 hour shifts, every 3rd weekend rotation

Qualifications:

Education and Experience:

High School Diploma/GED required

Licenses and Certifications:

Nursing Assistant – Certified, preferred

Basic Life Support (BLS), required upon hire

Benefits: 

We offer a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits to part-time and full-time employees including:  

Medical, dental, & vision insurance available 1st of the month after start date  

Wellness and gym discounts & free cardiac rehab gym  

403B  

On-site discounted childcare center  

Paid time off  

Sick time for full time employees  

Tuition assistance 

Free life insurance for full time employees  

Long term disability for full time employees  

Short term disability  

Employee referral bonus  

Identity theft insurance  

Pet Insurance  

Flexible spending accounts  

Employee discount program  

Employee Assistance Program   

Free parking 

Reference: 199217288

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