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Opportunity To Join Our Remarkable Care

Trinity Health Livonia is a beautiful full-service, 304-bed acute care hospital, located in Livonia, MI, that provides comprehensive care, including a 24-hour emergency department, general medicine, inpatient and outpatient surgery, physical medicine and rehabilitation, intensive care unit, cancer, cardiology, geriatrics and birthing and women's health. Through several major expansions in the hospital, programs and services, Trinity Health Livonia continues to offer the latest in quality health and medical services. Trinity Health Livonia has received numerous awards recognizing excellence in clinical outcomes, patient safety, financial performance, and efficiency.

General Summary : Under the direction of a registered nurse, the patient care technician is responsible for direct patient care considering age specific, developmental, cultural and spiritual needs. Demonstrates unit / area-designated competencies. Assists in establishing and maintaining a patient care environment that is clean, safe and conducive to patient / family well being including concepts of relationship based care.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities :

• Records / calculates intake and output, obtains weights
• Applies support / orthopedic devices such as support hose and compression devices
• Obtains routine vital signs, pain score and temperature
• Assists the patient with : coughing, deep breathing, use of incentive spirometer, oral suctioning
• Applies warm and cold therapies (ice packs, Artic Sun, Bar Hugger, and cooling blanket)
• Provides care of the restrained patient including general care, application of the restraint and ongoing monitoring of the restrained patient
• Care and removal of Foley catheters
• Routine oxygen therapy, pulse oximetry
• Assist in preparing the body following death
• Assists patient in completing ADLs including : bathing, showering, toileting, positioning, turning, transferring & ambulation using assistive devices as needed and appropriate
• Assists with feeding and menu selection
• Distributes / collects nourishments and orders late trays
• Answers call lights
• Demonstrates sterile or aseptic technique as appropriate when performing delegated activities such as : collecting and sending specimens including blood and blood cultures, removing peripheral IV catheters, competency based point of care testing such as blood glucose
• Records patient information and required data in appropriate areas to meet documentation and charging requirements
• Assists in establishing and maintaining a patient care environment that is clean, safe, and conducive to patient / family well being
• Documents patient belongings upon admission to Behavioral Health Unit in the ED
• Prepare patient room for arrival / assists in transfers and or discharge of patients
• Orients patient / family / visitors to patient room, unit, waiting area and facilities
• Assists patient / family in the use of hospital equipment (telephone, lights television)
• Makes occupied and unoccupied beds
• Collects and disposes of soiled linen
• Cleans and maintains equipment according to procedures
• Applies simple dressing to clean wounds of stage I or stage II depth (partial thickness) following assessment of the RN (does not include dressings that require topical ointments, gels, creams, packing or ace wraps)
• Secures complex dressings that have been changed by other caregivers
• Performs PEG care and dressing changes
• Gathers post procedural data after initial nursing assessment such as vital signs
• Places patients on monitors / telemetry and maintains lead placement
• Clean intermittent urinary catheterization
• Checks / restocks unit emergency equipment / supplies and nurse servers
• Performs other unit specific duties as delegated
• Answers telephones and relays messages, making calls as necessary
• Assembles charts for transfer and discharges
• Makes a manual requisition for patient orders for Registered Nurse approval during emergencies, codes and downtime
• Efficiently utilize FirstNet and Tele-tracking to ensure patient throughput
• Coordinates patient care in conjunction with the ED staff

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Benefits Available To You As A Colleague Of Trinity :

About Trinity Health Livonia Hospital :

We are a member of Trinity Health, a leading Catholic health care system based in Livonia, Michigan. Trinity Health operates in 22 states, employs about 133,000 colleagues and returns almost $1.1 billion to its communities annually in the form of charity care and other community benefit programs.

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Our Commitment : Rooted in our Mission and Core Values, we honor the dignity of every person and recognize the unique perspectives, experiences, and talents each colleague brings. By finding common ground and embracing our differences, we grow stronger together and deliver more compassionate, person-centered care. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law.