Patient Care Tech HUC Nights

Patient Care Technician – Health Unit Coordinator

Full‑time night shifts, 3 twelve‑hour shifts per week, rotating weekends.

Location: Baylor, Scott & White Denton Heart Hospital, Denton, TX
Specialty: Med Surg
Shift/

Schedule:

Full‑time nights, 3 twelve‑hour shifts per week, rotating weekends

• Collect and record patient data, reporting information and observations to nursing personnel in a timely fashion.
• Obtain and record patient vital signs, height, weight, nutritional intake and output and perform blood glucose monitoring via finger‑stick blood samples, test strips and portable meters.
• Perform routine urinary catheter care.
• Collect and transport specimens, including urine, stool and sputum, as requested.
• Assist patients with activities of daily living (personal hygiene, dressing, eating, maintaining continence and turning/transferring/ambulation), and change linen as appropriate to setting.
• Answer and respond to patient call lights and requests in a timely manner; may be assigned as a sitter for patients needing constant observation.
• Complete and maintain unit and patient records, files, forms and documents related to work area management and patient care (admissions, surgeries, transfers, discharges, medical records, physician call list); maintain clean and organized work area of records, files, forms and reference documents.
• Check, update and maintain facility boards, pneumatic tube system and telemetry box reconciliation according to departmental policy, procedures and/or guidelines.
• Prepare reports, purchase orders, projects, memos and letters using computer programs.
• Greets visitors and assists them as needed; answer telephones and contact professional and non‑professional nursing personnel and medical staff using pagers, beepers and cell phones; track call light response time for the unit; assign phone and location devices to appropriate staff.
• Perform work area support duties as directed by the nurse or physician. Run errands, pick up supplies and transport patients.
• Maintain inventory, requisitions and stocks work area supplies and equipment.
• May assist with non‑medical patient care support duties, such as making coffee, transporting patients, and distributing ice, water and blankets.
• Cleans patient bedside units and nursing areas not included in general housekeeping, and cleans equipment properly and distributes based on patient needs.
• Attend in‑services, unit meetings and conferences.

• Good communication skills, both verbally and in writing.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality regarding patient information.
• Professional, positive attitude and ability to work cooperatively with patients, families and other employees at all levels.

• Immediate eligibility for health and welfare benefits.
• 401(k) savings plan with dollar‑for‑dollar match up to 5%.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• PTO accrual beginning Day 1.

• Education:
  
  High School Diploma or GED equivalent.
• Experience:
  
  Less than 1 year of experience.
• Certification/License/Registration:
  Basic Life Support (BLS) or BLS within 30 days of hire or transfer.

Seniority Level: Entry level

Employment Type:

Full‑time
Job Function:
Health Care Provider
Industry: Hospitals and Health Care