Patient Care Technician - Center for Sleep Medicine - Nights
Core
Provide direct, age-specific care to patients in a sleep medicine center, monitoring conditions and assisting with daily living needs under RN direction.
Role type
Patient Care Technician (Nights)
Builds
Patient care and safety outcomes in a clinical sleep medicine unit
Domain
Healthcare / Sleep Medicine
Deliverable
physical/clinical work
Required skills
Vital signs monitoring, patient hygiene assistance, specimen collection, patient identification, PPE usage, data documentation, mobility assistance
Preferred skills
Acute care experience as a nursing assistant or aide
Technologies
None stated
Responsibilities
Monitor patients' conditions and provide updates to the health care team; Obtain and record initial and ongoing patient information including vital signs and intake/output; Obtain or assist in the collection of specimens for diagnostic tests; Ensure assigned clinical location is maintained as a safe, clean, stocked environment; Assist with feeding, hydration, ambulation, and patient transfers