Healthcare
Patient Care Tech
Chesterfield-MO
Patient Care Tech
In order to be eligible you must have one of the following:
C.N.A. Certification;
Current Nursing student with completion of nursing fundamentals course within 90 days of employment;
Previous documented work experience as a PCT, Nurse Assistant, EMT or Surgical Tech within the last 3 years or
Successful completion of an Unlicensed Assistive Personnel program within the last 3 years.
Under the direction and supervision of a Registered Professional Nurse, the Patient Care Technician is responsible for performing non-licensed patient care in accordance with established Nursing Standards and Hospital Policies. Performs duties and responsibilities in a manner consistent with our mission and values. This position is a non-licensed/certified staff member authorized to transport and/or stock medications to meet specified essential job duties. This includes staff who do not have the authority to prescribe, dispense and/or administer medications.
Principle Accountabilities:% Of Time Spent
- Performs general, non-licensed respiratory procedures: 5%
- oximetry spot checks
- oxygen set-ups, tank exchange
- Assist patients with mobility needs: 20%
- Transfers
- turning and repositioning in bed
- maintaining a clean and safe room environment
- assisting patient to bathroom
- transporting to tests or other hospital locations
- Performs other patient care activities to include, but not limited to: 48%
- simple skin care
- oral hygiene
- partial bath
- complete bath
- shaving
- bed making (unoccupied and occupied)
- Foley care and emptying and recording output from foley catheters
- providing bedpan or urinal as needed i. weigh patients
- application and reapplication of SCD's, TED hose, Aqua K pads, cold packs
- passing trays, water, juice and snacks
- administering ice chips*
- feeding patients
- assisting with menu pick up/delivery and food cart transfer as needed
- applying restraints (bed alarms) as directed
- I&O
- obtain vital signs (temp, pulse, respirations, blood pressure)
- emptying drains and ostomy bags, recording output
- changing non sterile dressing changes t. assisting with after death care
- pain assessment screening
- uretheral catherization
- venipuncture
- blood sugar monitoring
- assisting with observation of suicide patients
- Maintains CPR status 1%
- Performs 12 Lead ECG 5%
- Performs patient care rounds on patients at least every 2 hours. 5%
- Performs procedures related to specimen collection, reporting abnormal values to RN 8%.
- sputum, urine, stool
- Takes inventory of supplies and equipment and restocks as necessary 1%
- Responds to STAT/RRT 1%
- Transports supplies, mail , labs etc 1%
- Performs other work duties as assigned 4%
- Transport and/or stock medication. Documents patient information as directed 1% Total 100%
Apply At:
https://www.stlukes-stl.com/careers/