Location: League City,TX, USA
Patient Care Technician I (PCT) - Med/Surg - LCC (Part-time)
**League City, Texas, United States**
Patient Care
UTMB Health
Requisition # 2404955
**EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE:**
**Minimum Qualifications:**
- High school or equivalent AND completion of one of the following technical programs:
+ Completion of a recognized Nurse Assistant program OR
+ Completion of a Medical Assistant program OR
+ Completion of Medical Corpsman program OR
+ Completion of EMT program OR
+ Completion of a UTMB Hospital Aide Training Program OR
+ Two (2) years of experience in a direct patient care environment OR
+ Certified MA, PCT, or CNA at time of hire 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.
**LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS OR CERTIFICATIONS:**
**Required:**
- BLS
**JOB DESCRIPTION:**
To provide basic technical assistance and supportive patient care to meet the needs of individual patients throughout assigned areas.
**ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:**
+ Collects, reports, and documents data: 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 and superficial wound care, assists with chronic wound care, provides skincare for a patient with TED hose, SCD, casts, skeletal pins, assists with elimination, cares for the incontinent patient, cares for 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 patient safety related to age and condition.- Assists with patient restraints and 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 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.- Documents as appropriate.- Maintains patient care areas with appropriate supplies.- Assists with patient requests for other hospital services.
**SALARY RANGE:**
Salary commensurate with experience.
**WORK SCHEDULE:**
Part-time
**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 VEVRAA Federal Contractor, UTMB Health takes affirmative action to hire and advance women, minorities, protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.
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