HCSS Patient Care Tech I

MAJOR DUTIES / CRITICAL TASKS\:

· Collects, reports, and documents data\: Vital signs, height and weight, intake and output, pulse oximetry, and collects specimens.

· Obtains blood samples by venipuncture.

· Acquires 12 lead EKG.

· Performs and reports POCT.

· Assists with patient activities and care as assigned by the charge nurse/designee as indicated by the patient’s plan of care.

· Provides for patients’ personal hygiene\: Bathes patients, performs oral suctioning and superficial wound care, assists with chronic wound care, provides skincare for a patient with TED hose, SCD, casts, skeletal pins, assists with elimination, cares for the incontinent patient, cares for the patient with a urinary catheter, assists or gives cleansing enemas, sitz baths, non-sterile douches, and provides ostomy care.

· Assists with feeding.

· Ambulates, positions, and turns patients and cares for the patient with altered mobility.

· Assists with patient safety related to age and condition

· Assists with patient restraints and patient-specific safety precautions

· Collects, reports, and documents data related to patient needs/emergencies and unusual patient and family behavior

· Cares for the patient from a correctional environment.

· Maintains patient privacy and confidentiality of information and records at all times.

· Provides and maintains a clean, safe environment and performs and/or assists others to perform proper aseptic technique, isolation procedures, and infection control measures.

· Documents as appropriate.

· Maintains patient care areas with appropriate supplies.

· Assists with patient requests for other hospital services.