Patient Care Technician

Qualifications

Education

• High School Diploma or Equivalent is required

 

Experience

• No experience required

 

Licenses and Certifications

• CNA – Certified Nurses Aide required upon hire Or
• PCT Training Program (THFW or TC4L) required upon hire Or
• EMT – Emergency Medical Technician (Emergency Department ONLY) required upon hire Or
• Other Nursing student who has completed fundamentals or military experience with medical training equivalent required upon hire And
• BCLS – Basic Cardiac Life Support (prior to providing independent patient care and maintained quarterly) required
• CPI – Crisis Prevention Intervention Training 60 Days Req

 

Position Responsibilities

CARE OF PATIENT/TECHNICAL SKILLS:

• Provides assistance to patient according to plan of care.
• Collects patient data, identifies and reports significant findings to nurse.
• Assists in admission/transfer/discharge.
• Provides and Revises patient activities of daily living based on patient/family preferences.
• Performs technical procedures safely and proficiently.
• Takes action to reduce or eliminate patient risk.
• Enters orders into computer or manual system if applicable.
• Documents accurately and appropriately.
• In collaboration/consultation with the nurse, adapts care to reflect patient population.
• In collaboration/consultation with nurse, incorporates cultural/religious needs and beliefs into delivery of care.
• Keeps patient environment clean and maintains safe environment.
• Anticipates patient/family and visitor needs and takes action to meet those needs and rounds as appropriate

PARTNERSHIP:   

• Uses Professional Practice Model philosophy to work in partnership with patients, families, physicians, peers and all other disciplines.   
• Demonstrates adaptability and flexibility to changes in schedule and/or workload assignment necessary to meet changing needs of the individual patient or unit.   
• Makes new team members feel welcome and offers assistance with orientation of new employees.   
• Acceptable use of interpersonal relationship skills and communication with patients, families, co-workers, physicians, all disciplines and other customers.   
• Organizes workload and effectively collaborates with nursing to prioritize care.

WORKPLACE/PERSONAL ACCOUNTABILITY:   

• Maintains and enhances patient care skills.   
• Seeks assistance and supervision when performing unfamiliar tasks.   
• Serves as a patient advocate.   
• Complies with personnel policies.   
• Communicates per department expectations.   
• Recognizes and promptly communicates ethical and legal concerns through established channels of communication.

QUALITY AND SAFETY:   

• Assists in the identification of ineffective and costly processes and takes action to improve them.   
• Participates in the process improvement activities within the department/hospital.  
• Adheres to National Patient Safety Goals

 

Here are a few of our recent awards:

• 2021 FORTUNE Magazine’s “100 Best Companies to Work For®” (7th year in a row)
• A “Top 100 Places to Work” for 2020 by The Dallas Morning News (9th time)
• #1 as 2021 “20 Best Workplaces in Health Care and Biopharma” by Great Place to Work® and Fortune (7th consecutive year, 6th year as #1) 

 

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Do you still have questions or concerns? Feel free to email your questions to recruitment@texashealth.org.