Patient Care Technician​/Unit Clerk Per Diem - TMC Rincon Nights

Patient Care Technician / Unit Clerk Per Diem - TMC Rincon Nights

Job Category:
Allied Health

Schedule:

Per Diem

Shift: 3 - Night Shift

This position is a hybrid role transitioning between a Patient Care Technician and a Unit Clerk. As a Patient Care Technician, you are responsible for direct patient care services on a specific unit under the supervision of an RN or Case Manager. You provide personal care and assist with the implementation of selected portions of a care plan, including respiratory services, rehabilitation services, and phlebotomy under the supervision and direction of a Registered Nurse.

As a Unit Clerk, you coordinate clerical and hospital functions on an assigned patient care or technical unit. You receive admitted patients, initiate patient files, take action on doctors’ orders, process discharges, transfers and expirations, and prepare hospital reports. You provide general staff support by assisting with patient scheduling and/or preparation, standard computer inquiries, and other routine tasks. You maintain supply levels for units and report unit needs for housekeeping, hospitality, and maintenance services.

• Maintains confidentiality and protects sensitive data at all times, including patient information, proprietary information and personnel information.
• Formulates and implements accurate and timely care.
• Takes care of the body after death.
• Assists patients with activities of daily living.
• Takes vital signs, weighs patients, and collects routine urine specimens; cleans catch specimens, stool specimens, and sputum specimens.
• Maintains patient safety and infection control standards; promotes a safe therapeutic environment that allows for the delivery of high-quality patient care.
• Cleans and prepares rooms between procedures and discharges; monitors and restocks supplies.
• Opens sterile supplies and sets up for procedures.
• Performs EKGs.
• Promotes a safe, therapeutic environment.
• Documents and reports outcome of patient care activities; charts observations and vital signs on assigned patients in legible, accurate, and appropriate format following hospital and unit procedures.
• Checks equipment, supplies, and accessories on a regular basis; notifies appropriate personnel of equipment malfunctions and repairs needed.
• Participates in the orientation of new program personnel and in the ongoing in‑service education of the team.
• Performs finger sticks.

• Exhibits excellence in customer service through appropriate attitude and interaction with all patients, visitors and staff.
• Performs receptionist duties for patient care or technical area; receives, initiates, and directs telephone calls and messages.
• Assists visitors, staff, and patients by providing directions to hospital locations or calling for an escort when necessary.
• Participates in quality initiatives.
• Operates a personal computer, calculator, FAX machine, copy machine, scanner and related office machinery.
• Receives and dispatches communications, via phone, intercom, Vocera, fax and mail.
• Receives messages, flowers, newspapers, and other items and notifies appropriate personnel; verifies that patient has not been discharged and returns flower deliveries for discharged patients; delivers or arranges for the delivery of items to patients and appropriate personnel.
• Facilitates radiological procedures in accordance with protocol and assists patients and radiology staff in accordance with established patient care protocols.
• May also serve as an instructor to other Unit Clerks; provides orientation and guidance as needed and assists in orientation of other department personnel.
• Processes and maintains records of admissions, transfers, discharges, and deaths.
• Orders supplies and services as directed.
• Schedules appointments, surgeries, lab collections and/or other procedures; notifies patients, patient family, or appropriate departments of dates, times, or any changes.
• Archives and copies image data as requested and transfers images to computer applications.
• Assists with the transport of patients when necessary.
• Assists clinical staff as needed.
• Adheres to and supports team members in exhibiting TMCH…