PCT I/II 32 hours per week, evenings, 8-hr shifts Geriatric Medical Psychiatric Unit
Core
Provides direct patient care, daily living assistance, and clinical support to geriatric psychiatric patients under the direction of licensed clinicians.
Role type
Patient Care Technician I/II
Builds
Patient care services for geriatric psychiatric inpatients
Domain
Healthcare / Geriatric Psychiatry
Deliverable
physical/clinical work
Required skills
Basic Life Support certification, patient observation, vital signs monitoring, phlebotomy, EKG, POC tests, bladder scanning, patient lifting and positioning, sterile technique, tube feeding management, ostomy care, medical terminology, computer skills
Preferred skills
Ability to precept new PCTs, de-escalation techniques
Technologies
Telemetry units, EKG machines, POC testing devices, bladder scanners
Responsibilities
Monitor high-risk patients and report changes in condition, assist with ADLs (hygiene, ambulation, meals), perform safety checks and fall prevention, collect specimens and prepare for transport, assist with IVs and hemodynamic lines, manage tube feeding and drainage systems, maintain equipment and supplies
Seniority
Entry-level to Mid-level, hands-on IC