Patient Care Technician I / Weekend - 4S - ICU - SVH
Core
Provides direct patient care and assists with non-direct patient care unit coordination in the ICU, performing basic nursing procedures for stable patients and assisting RNs with acutely ill patients.
Role type
Patient Care Technician (ICU)
Builds
Patient care and unit coordination
Domain
Healthcare / Clinical
Deliverable
physical/clinical work
Required skills
Basic nursing procedures, vital signs monitoring, specimen collection, patient ambulation, documentation, medical asepsis, time management
Preferred skills
Acute care experience (last 3 years), enrollment in ASN or BSN nursing program
Technologies
Electronic medical record systems
Responsibilities
Perform activities of daily living, skin surveys, intake/output monitoring, blood glucose testing, transport patients, document care in EMR, participate in quality initiatives like hourly rounding and falls prevention, perform unit upkeep and supply stocking, report changes in patient condition.