Patient Care Tech

PATIENT CARE TECH

Location:

UNM Hospital, Albuquerque, NM

Sign‑On Bonus: $1,500

Compensation: $16.09 – $21.26 per hour (based on experience, education, and other considerations)

Department:
Pediatric ICU
FTE: 0.90
Full Time
Shift: Days

Position Summary:

Provide direct, non‑invasive and routine patient care and related support services within an in‑patient or out‑patient environment. Interview patients and take vital signs; perform activities of daily living (ADLs); maintain supplies and equipment; deliver dirty instrument trays; transport patients; assist orientation of new staff; position patients who are unable to self‑care; assist patients with prescribed exercise regimen; perform routine tube care, change catheter bags, collect non‑sterile specimens;

perform oral suctioning; perform I/O including documentation of bowel & bladder function; observe patients; operate Hoyer lift; perform daily heights and weights adherence to hospital and departmental policies and procedures. Patient care assignment may include neonatal, pediatric, adolescent, adult and geriatric age groups.

• Patient Observation – Observe patient to ensure their safety and well being; report observations to Charge Nurse or appropriate designee.
• Patient Care – Provide basic patient care; take and record vital signs to include temperature, pulse, respiration, weight, height, blood pressure and intake‑output measurements.
• Patient Care – Assist with activities of daily living (ADL): meals, ambulation, hygiene, linen change and toileting as instructed.
• Patient Care – Maintain therapeutic plan of care and minute‑to‑minute care of patient who is at extreme risk to self or others.
• Patient Care – Complete documentation as required on the Electronic Medical Record.
• Patient Care – Complete specific skills listed in the "University of New Mexico, Unlicensed Assistive Personnel Specific Functions" Matrix.
• Development – Enhance professional growth and development through participation in educational programs, reading current literature, attending in‑services, meetings and workshops.
• Patient Safety 1 – Follow patient safety‑related policies, procedures and protocols.
• Patient Safety 2 – Demonstrate proactive approach to patient safety by seeking opportunities to improve patient safety through questioning of current policies and processes.
• Patient Safety 3 – Identify and report/correct environmental conditions and/or situations that may put a patient at undue risk.
• Patient Safety 4 – Report potential or actual patient safety concerns, medical errors and/or near misses in a timely manner.
• Patient Safety 5 – Encourage patients to actively participate in their own care by asking questions and reporting treatment or situations that they don’t understand or may "not seem right".

• Education – High School or GED Equivalent
  Certificate
• Education specialization – CNA or Cert EMTB (ICU & ED) or 1 semester accredited nursing program
• Experience – Bilingual English, Spanish, Keres, Tewa, Tiwa, Towa, Zuni, or Navajo 6 months patient care experience
• Credentials – CPR for Healthcare/BLS Provider or Professional Rescuers within 30 days
• Physical Conditions – Heavy Work:
  Exerting 50 to 100 pounds of force occasionally, and/or 25 to 50 pounds of force frequently, and/or 10 to 20 pounds of force constantly to move objects or people. Physical Demand requirements are in excess of those for Medium Work.
• Working Conditions – Sig Hazard:
  Chemicals, Bio Hazardous Materials required PPE
  Limited access to med room. Med Admin Policy, Att A

• Entry level

• Full-time

• Health Care Provider

• Hospitals and Health Care