Duties
Overview:
Under the general supervision of the Director, Clinical Manager, and Charge Nurse. Responsible for providing hygienic care and assigned procedures for assigned patients based on age-specific needs.
Responsibilities:
Answers call lights by carrying wireless phone or by the console
Obtains and records patient vital signs per unit specification
Assists with new admissions by taking vital signs, obtain weights, and assist patient with a gown, places telemetry patches, leads and telemetry box on patients
Responsible for repositioning patients every two hours, whether it is turning or encouraging patients to turn themselves
Ambulates patients in the hall as needed
Assists patients with meals by getting patients up to the chair before if appropriate offer hygiene and prepares the area for eating
Passes food trays and feeds patients who cannot feed themselves
Collects and accurately records intake and output
Assembles patient's charts, records, patient information on unit records and routes patient's charges
Enters written orders into the electronic medical record, completes related forms, schedules procedures via computer and/or manual process, adds forms related to procedures to chart and notifies licensed personnel.
Assists with transporting patients
Helps keep department tidy by putting up stock, and clean rooms such a break room, microwave, refrigerator, med room, dirty room, linen room, and equipment room
Assists with incentive spirometers
Responsible for documenting: baths, turns, oral intake and output obtained from Foley catheter, urinal or collection vessel, shaves, mouth care, peri and Foley care, vital signs, linen changes, shampoos, weights, the percentage of meals consumed on all of their assigned patients, ambulation, incentive spirometer usage, bowel movements, and the number of times patients were up in a chair
Qualifications
Education:
On or after June 1, 2013, High School diploma or equivalent required
Licensure:
BLS certification must be obtained within the orientation period, and certification must be kept current while in this position.
How to Apply:
Online at: https://careers-westtennesseehealth.icims.com/jobs/40415/patient-care-tech/job
Hours: Full-time Nights
date posted: 06-11-2020