Patient Care Technician II - Critical Care

Overview

Patient Care Technician II - Critical Care role at UNC Health. UNC Health Nash invites passionate healthcare professionals to join our esteemed team serving Nash, Edgecombe, Halifax, Wilson Counties and beyond. With a steadfast commitment to elevating community health through exceptional care, we prioritize excellence, compassion, and innovation in healthcare.

Provides routine direct and indirect patient care in a hospital, clinic or home health care setting. All work performed is under the direct supervision of a registered nurse or physician.

• Assist physicians and other health care providers with routine examinations and procedures, as well as procurement of equipment and supplies during emergency situations.
• In the psychiatric setting, aids patients in reality orientation, participates in behavior modification plans/therapy, provides informal support therapy to patients/families, provides verbal de-escalation of potentially aggressive patients, aids in the physical management of aggressive/out-of-control patients, facilitates age appropriate play for children, and monitors the therapeutic milieu activities on assigned unit to ensure that emotional and safety needs of patients are met.
• Observes, collects, and documents patient information obtained while providing care and promptly report significant changes in the patient's condition to a registered nurse or physician.
• Provides assistance to patients and their families during admission to the clinical area, orientation to the hospital/clinic/home health experience, and discharge.
• Provides care/treatments to patients as outlined in plan of care including, but not limited to, the measurement of vital signs, height and weight, specimen collection, skin preps/scrubs, catheter care, capillary blood glucose checks, simple wound care, range of motion exercises, postural drainage, and supportive patient and family interactions.
• Provides direct personal care to patients as outlined in plan of care for routine activities of daily living such as bathing, dressing, feeding and assisting with ambulation.
• Provides indirect care to patients and assigned area to include, but not limited to, cleaning the work area, changing linens, re-stocking supplies, cleaning/sterilizing instruments, transporting patients/supplies/specimens, assisting in the orientation of new employees and students, and some routine clerical functions.
• Reinforces routine teaching given to patients by the registered nurse or physician and document patient understanding of instructions. Distributes patient education materials at the request of patients and/or health care providers.

• Completion of an approved Nurse Assistant II course approved by the North Carolina Board of Nursing.
• Current Nurse Aide II Listing Card with the North Carolina Board of Nursing.
• Current Nurse Aide I Registry listing with the NC Division of Facility Services Registry as a Nursing Assistant I.
• Current BCLS certification.

• Proficient in keyboard operations, application of word processing software, and basic computer applications.
• Ability to operate standard office machines.
• Incumbent will be required to take and pass a Medical Terminology and basic arrhythmia course if applicable during their first year of employment.

Legal

Employer:

Nash Hospitals

Entity:
Nash UNC Health Care

Organization Unit: NGH Critical Care + 3E

Work Type:
Full Time

Standard Hours Per Week: 36.00

Work Assignment Type:
Onsite

Work Schedule:

Variable

Location of Job: NASH HC

Exempt From Overtime:
No