Patient Care Tech - Monitors

DEPARTMENT: MONITORS F ACILITY: Tift Regional Medical Center WORK TYPE: Full Time S HIFT: Varied SUMMARY: Patient Care Techs (PCTs) assist in providing patient care under the direction of a Registered Nurse or Licensed Practical Nurse for assigned patients. They are responsible for providing excellent customer service to patients, patient’s families, visitors, physicians, and co-workers.

They complete other duties as assigned on their particular nursing unit.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Perform blood sugar testing and report results to nurse. * Maintains cleanliness in the unit area and patient areas. * Follows proper process and documentation to capture charges for supplies, equipment, and services. Scans Intellishelf appropriately to capture supply charges. * Conducts rounding to meet patient/patient’s family’s needs and updates patient communication board during hourly rounding, bedside shift report, and as needed.

• Documents and communicates patient needs to nursing staff. * Maintains the safety of patients who have been identified at risk for preventable injury by the implementation of nursing safety interventions or the use of protective devices/equipment under the supervision of the registered nurse. Ex. side rails, alarms, bed in low position and locked.

• Perform vital signs and documents in EMR. Recognizes abnormal vital signs and reports to nurse immediatly. * Assist patients with ADLS as needed and document (grooming, bathing, and walking, linen changes). * Record I&O in EMR. * Ensure patients are comfortable in bed and adjusts bed settings and or reposition/turns every 2 hours if needed.

• Transports patients safely and as required by patients' level of care. * Demonstrates the ability to handle confidential information with discretion for the patient, family, and/or co-worker. * Makes needed copies of chart when patient is transferred or discharged. * Keeps abreast of pertinent federal, and state regulations and laws and Tift Regional Health System, Inc.

(“TRHS”) policies as they presently exist and as they change or are modified. * Understands and adheres to: TRHS’ compliance standards as they appear in TRHS’s Corporate Compliance Policy, Code of Conduct and Conflict of Interest Policy; and HIPAA and TRHS policies regarding privacy and security of protected health information.

• Demonstrates the ability to perform tasks that meet the age-specific requirements of the persons, patients, vendors, and staff that the employee is charged to interact with as required by the position. * Offers suggestions on ways to improve operations of department and reduce costs. * Attends all mandatory education programs.

• Improves self-knowledge through voluntarily attending continuing education/certification classes. * Maintains required competency levels as identified in written exams, skills checklists, skills labs, annual safety and health requirements as well as service excellence education hours requirements. * Cross-trains in order to better assist co-workers and to provide maximum efficiency in the department.

• Volunteers/participates on hospital committees, functions, and department projects. * Manages resources effectively. * Reports equipment in need of repair in order to extend life of equipment and removes malfunctioning equipment out of service with timely reporting to the appropriate personnel. * Makes good use of time so as to not create needless overtime.

• Follows Dress Code specific to PCTs as outlined in system policy. * Does not use personal electronic devices or cell phones during work hours. Only hospital approved communication devices are approved for use during work hours. * Performs assigned duties as per stated in specific duties and responsibilities per process and procedures.

• Rotates and flexs with a positive attitude to alternate departments as necessary to provide adequate staffing to meet the needs of patient care. * Demonstrates basic competency in the operation of a computer to include the following: Keyboard and Mouse functionality, General knowledge of computer software applications, Management of email including reviewing organizational email at least weekly.

EDUCATION

• High School Diploma or GED CREDENTIALS: OTHER INFORMATION: * Current Certified Nurse Aide certification accepted in lieu of education requirement. * Successful completion of a Certified Nursing Assistant, PCT, or Medical Assistant program preferred. * One year of hospital or nursing home experienced preferred. Southwell/Tift Regional Health System, Inc.

is an Equal Opportunity Employer.