Patient Care Tech - Palliative Care Unit - FLEX
Core
Provides basic clerical and technical clinical services to ensure patient care, cleanliness, safety, and comfort in an adult inpatient palliative care unit.
Role type
Patient Care Technician (PCT)
Builds
Patient care services and unit operational support
Domain
Healthcare - Palliative Care / Adult Inpatient Medical-Surgical
Deliverable
physical/clinical work
Required skills
Basic nursing care, activities of daily living assistance, patient documentation, patient transport, equipment operation and maintenance, supply ordering and stocking, admission/transfer/discharge coordination, phone screening and call routing, regulatory compliance monitoring, phlebotomy, nonsterile wound care, saline lock management, colostomy bag changes
Preferred skills
None stated
Technologies
Unit-based software, Intranet
Responsibilities
Assists patients with activities of daily living; documents and reports patient observations; transports patients and supplies; processes equipment between patients; leads admission, transfer, and discharge processes; monitors unit cleanliness and safety; participates in sitter process; performs phlebotomy, wound care, and ostomy care as competency allows.
Seniority
Entry-level, hands-on IC