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Patient Care Technician I - CLC ICU **Webster, Texas, United States** **New** Patient Care UTMB Health Requisition # 2506780 **Minimum Qualifications:** **High school or equivalent, one year of hospital experience AND completion of one of the following technical programs:** + Completion of a recognized Nurse Assistant program **OR** + Completion of Medical Corpsman program **OR** + Completion of EMT program **OR** + Is enrolled in a recognized School of Nursing and has completed the first semester of education which contains clinical concepts and health assessment or the equivalent **Has obtained and provided documentation of completion of 2 or more of the following:** + Emergency Dispatch + POCT test site manager + Cross-training to HUC duties + Patient Care Assistant trainer + Perform Unit Audits- 1 per month per unit/ department manager + Cast placement + Perform/ Assist with High-Level Disinfection + Set up of delivery tables + Set-up and assistance with minor operating procedures + Set-up and assistance with area specific diagnostic procedures + Language assistance + Burn tub room duties which includes splint applications: mouth spreaders, upper and lower extremities, positioning patients prone, application of pressure wrapping: coban ace wraps, surginet pressure garments, tubigrip/jobst garments, burn dressing preparation and application and assists in application of biobrane/transcyte + INQN, IDERAD, PACS system resource/user **Licenses, Registrations, or Certifications:** **Required:** · BLS **Job Summary** To provide technical assistance and supportive patient care to meet the needs of individual patients throughout assigned areas and serve as a leader/ mentor for the assigned unit(s). **Job Duties:** + Collects, reports, and documents data. Takes vital signs, height and weight, intake and output, pulse oximetry, and collects specimens. + Obtains blood samples by venipuncture. + Acquires 12 lead EKG. + Performs and reports POCT. + Assists with patient activities and care as assigned by the charge nurse/designee as indicated by the patient's plan of care. + Provides for patients' personal hygiene. Bathes patients, performs oral suctioning, superficial wound care, assists with elimination, and cares for the incontinent patient and the patient with a urinary catheter. Assists or gives cleansing enemas, sitz baths, non-sterile douches, and provides ostomy care. + Assists with feeding. + Ambulates, positions, and turns patients and cares for the patient with altered mobility. + Assists with the admission, transfer, and discharge of the patient. + Assists the healthcare team by preparing patients and chaperoning during examinations/procedures or assists with other patient treatments. + Provides for patient safety related to age and condition. + Assists with patient restraints and maintains patient-specific safety precautions. + Collects, reports, and documents data related to patient needs/emergencies and unusual patient and family behavior. + Cares for the patient from a correctional environment. + Maintains patient privacy and confidentiality of information and health records at all times. + Provides and maintains a clean, safe environment and performs and/or assists others to perform proper aseptic technique, isolation procedures, and infection control measures. + Maintains patient care areas with appropriate supplies. + Assists with patient requests for other hospital services. + Participates in one leadership activity per fiscal year. **Marginal or Periodic Functions** + Video monitoring duties as assigned. + Adheres to internal controls and reporting structure. + Performs related duties as required. **Salary Range** Actual salary commensurate with experience. **Work Schedule** Full-time Nights **Equal Employment Opportunity** UTMB Health strives to provide equal opportunity employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or any other basis protected by institutional policy or by federal, state or local laws unless such distinction is required by law. As a Federal Contractor, UTMB Health takes affirmative action to hire and advance protected veterans and individuals with disabilities. Compensation

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