Patient care technician i

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Job Title: Patient Care Technician I

Job Code: 50071

Previous Job Title: Infor Job # 402

Job Family: Clinical Support

Member Organization: UMMS COMMON

FLSA: Non Exempt

Date Created: 12/1/2023

Date Revised: Click or tap to enter a date.

Job Summary

Under the direction of professional nursing staff, provides direct patient care. Takes vital signs, checks surgical dressings, and aids with activities of daily living (ADLs). This role performs blood draws and collects specimen samples. Observes and collects data and communicates about the patient’s status in order to identify needs and provides needed care. Serves as a member of the interdisciplinary patient care services team.

Primary Responsibilities

The following statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all job responsibilities performed.

• Performs testing and manages the care of the patient based on results achieved and clinical findings.
• Records patient care along the continuum, including activities of daily living (ADLs): feeding, bathing, dressing, toileting and transferring.
• Completes, documents and reports patient vital signs (temperature, blood pressure, pulse, respiration, oxygen saturation and reported pain level).
• Assists in admission, transfer and discharge of patients.
• Participates in cost effective strategies to optimize patient outcomes.
• Promotes patient safety including fall prevention. Ensures the safety of the clinical environment for patients, visitors, and other staff members.
• Maintains order and appearance of patient rooms and work area. Maintains patient care supplies and linen.
• Provides post-mortem care.
• Collaborates with members of the health care team to carry out the plan of care, including reporting observed changes in patients’ condition.
• Ensure patient comfort relative to their pain status.
• Measures and documents dietary intake and patient urinary and stool output. Documents calorie count. Measures and documents patient weight.
• Conducts indwelling urinary catheter care. Applies, maintains and removes external urinary catheter devices.
• Conducts blood glucose monitoring.
• Performs venipuncture for drawing blood samples and establishes IV access.
• Provides wound care to promote healing and maintain structural integrity of the skin. Performs skin care and hygiene and reports impaired skin integrity and/or wound impairment. Assists with appropriate strategies and/or treatment measures to provide wound care.
• Assists with collection of patient specimens for laboratory testing. Incorporates proper techniques for patient identification, method for collection of appropriate specimen(s) and documentation.
• Provides orthopedic/rehab device care: e.g. braces, splints, CPM. Dons/doffs compression wraps/stockings.
• Participates in hourly patient rounding in collaboration with the health care team.
• Responds to patient triggered alarms, including call light, chair alarm, bed alarm, tele-sitter alarm, etc.
• Complies with the The Joint Commission National Patient Safety Goals within scope of practice.
• Detects, reports, and acts to avoid or correct safety risks. Reports adverse events and near misses to appropriate management authority.
• Provides professional vigilance to assigned patients, including when assigned as a patient safety companion.
• Incorporates safe lifting techniques and body mechanics in daily practice.
• Improves patient flow and prevents care delays.
• Perform all other duties as assigned.

Education & Experience - Required

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Current Maryland state certification as a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) or Geriatric Nursing Assistant (GNA) required.
• Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required.

Education & Experience - Preferred

• No previous experience required; previous direct patient care experience in a health care facility preferred.

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities

• Able to effectively communicate using verbal and written skills.
• Maintain interpersonal relationships and use teamwork skills to provide care along with other team members in a cohesive manner.
• Ability to organize work priorities, perform several duties simultaneously and function in stressful situations.
• Ability to learn and use computer systems.
• Demonstrates proper technique and skills needed for obtaining accurate blood glucose results and documenting findings.
• Demonstrates the ability to perform delegated nursing tasks according to the age, culture, ethnicity, spirituality, and individual diagnostic needs of the persons served.

Physical Requirements

Select physical demands required to perform the job. If not required, select “N/A.”

Physical Demand

Frequency

• Walking: Constantly
• Sitting: Occasionally
• Standing: Constantly
• Carrying: Occasionally
• Talking: Frequently
• Hearing: Frequently
• Stooping: Occasionally
• Bending: Occasionally

Select the maximum pounds of force required.

Maximum Lbs. Frequency

• Lifting: Exertion of force required for participating in patient care 100+ lbs Occasionally
• Exertion of force required when moving an object 26-50 lbs Rarely
• Pushing: Exertion of force required to move an object 26-50 lbs Rarely
• Pulling: Exertion of force required to move an object 26-50 lbs Rarely

Select the visual demands required.

Visual Demand Required

• Near Acuity: ☐
• Far Acuity: ☐
• Field of Vision: ☐
• Color Vision: ☐
• Depth Perception: ☐

Equipment and Tools

Select the items required to perform the essential functions of the job.

• Standard Office Equipment (e.g., computer, telephone): ☒
• Medical Instruments/Equipment (e.g., syringe, forceps, needles, lab tools, etc.): ☒
• Power Tools (e.g., saw, drill, hammer): ☐
• Other Equipment (must specify): ☐
• Vehicles (must specify): ☐

Working Conditions

Select all that apply.

• Standard Office Environment: ☒
• Wet and/or Humid Conditions: ☐
• Laboratory Environment: ☐
• Extreme temperatures (hot or cold): ☐
• Weekend, shift work, on call, holidays, and overtime: ☒
• Inclement Weather: ☐
• Patients with tendencies for violent outbursts: ☒
• Noise / Vibration: ☐
• Close quarters, crawl spaces, shafts, small, enclosed rooms, narrow aisles, or passageways: ☐

Potential Exposures Potential Hazards

• Bodily Fluids: ☒
• Mechanical: ☒
• Infectious Diseases: ☒
• Electrical: ☐
• Blood: ☒
• Chemical: ☒
• Burns (e.g., kitchen): ☐
• Atmospheric Conditions: ☐
• Radiation/Radioactive Material: ☐
• Fumes/Gases: ☐
• Dust: ☐
• Poor Ventilation: ☐

Work Environment & Physical Demands

Work Environment: N/A

Physical Requirements: N/A

Fine Manipulation Skills Requirements: N/A

Corrected Vision Requirements: N/A

Speaking Attribute Requirement: N/A

Hearing Attribute Requirement: N/A

Detail any additional physical demands and/or working conditions required to perform the job: A reasonable accommodation may be available to perform one or more of the essential functions of this job. For information on how to request a reasonable accommodation during the application stage and/or for the job described on this form, please contact your local Human Resources Representative.