Patient Care Technician - All Shifts

Ø Provides personal hygiene to patients: bathes, dresses and toilets patients as indicated by their needs including hair care, shaving and assists patients with personal and dental hygiene. Assures the patients are properly and comfortably clothed.

Ø Obtains/records vital signs per policy

Ø Accurately documents care given to patients in the electronic medical record (EMR)

Ø Informs charge/bedside nurse of abnormal vital signs (per policy).

Ø Promotes comfort, security and assists in the rehabilitation plan within their scope of practice including ambulation, simple range of motion and assistance with activities of daily living.

Ø Assists in fall prevention per patient’s plan of care including activating/responding to alarms.

Ø Follows safe patient handling guidelines to position/mobilize patients. Safely transfers patients according to guidelines using patient lifts.

Ø Promptly responds to patient communication system (call lights), bed/chair alarms and unit communication system.

Ø Fosters teamwork and interacts with peers to maintain an ongoing working rapport across all shifts.

Ø Performs hourly/purposeful rounding per hospital policy.

Ø Adheres to “No Pass Zone” policy for patient safety.

Ø Launders swing bed patient laundry during HS hours as per request.

Ø Provides diversional activities for swing bed patients.

Ø Orients and instructs new personnel to policies and procedures and unit operations

Ø Adheres to infection control standards to prevent the spread of infection.

Ø Complies with departmental policies and procedures. Complies with The Joint Commission regulations and guidelines.

Ø Collects specimens within scope of practice and per policy.

Ø Attends in-services to keep current and knowledgeable; remains compliant with requirement of mandatories in the learning management system as assigned by nurse educators or Director of Inpatient Nursing.