Patient Care Technician - PRN

CURRENTLY HIRING FOR: DAY AND NIGHT SHIFTS Summary of Duties: Provides activities of daily living and other specified patient care procedures for the adult and geriatric patient.
Essential Job Functions: * Provides for patient’s activities of daily living with either total or partial assistance as directed by patient condition: * Bath or shower * Oral and/or denture care * Perineal care * Turning and repositioning every two hours or greater as indicated by patient need * Ambulation * Meal Assistance * Performs indirect patient care tasks and unit functions: including but not limited to: * Answers call lights and relays information promptly to the nurses * Runs errands to obtain medications, supplies, etc.
* Transports specimens * Inventories supplies; compiles list of needed supplies * Stocks supplies and patient meds when delivered to facility * Discharge preparation (packing personal items, transports patient, etc.
) * Cleans and maintains unit and patient equipment * Assists patients with elimination needs * Performs simple range of motion * Performs finger stick blood glucose test * Performs intake and output measurements (oral, IV, NG, drains, etc.
) * Performs vital sign measurements * Obtains 12 lead EKGs * Assists physicians and nurses with special procedures * Assists with stocking of supplies and assesses inventory needs for medical and general supplies in coordination with the Administrative Secretary/ Materiels Management Coordinator and/or other management staff, and following hospital purchasing protocols * Cleans and stores dirty hospital equipment for future patient use * Performs other duties as assigned Education: High school diploma or GED equivalent required.
Experience: Minimum of one year of patient care experience required.
Physical Requirements for Essential Job Functions: * Ability to lift 50 lbs.
occasionally, 20 lbs.
frequently, and 10 lbs.
constantly.
* Ability to walk and stand 80% of an 8 to 12 hour shift.
* Ability to push/pull up to 200 lbs.
in order to position patients, move beds, carts, etc.
, and aid patients in ambulation.
* Must possess sight/hearing senses or use prosthetics that will enable these senses to function adequately, so that the requirements of this position can be fully met.