EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE :
Minimum Qualifications :
High school or equivalent AND completion of one of the following technical programs :
- Completion of a recognized Nurse Assistant program OR
- Completion of a Medical Assistant program OR
- Completion of Medical Corpsman program OR
- Completion of EMT program OR
- Completion of a UTMB Hospital Aide Training Program OR
- Two (2) years of experience in a direct patient care environment OR
- Certified MA, PCT, or CNA at time of hire OR
- Is enrolled in a recognized School of Nursing and has completed the first semester of education which contains clinical concepts and health assessment or the equivalent.
LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS OR CERTIFICATIONS :
Required :
Basic Life Support (BLS).
JOB DESCRIPTION :
To provide basic technical assistance and supportive patient care to meet the needs of individual patients throughout assigned areas.
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS :
- Collects, reports, and documents data : Vital signs, height and weight, intake and output, pulse oximetry, and collects specimens.
- Obtains blood samples by venipuncture.
- Acquires 12 lead EKG.
- Performs and reports POCT.
- Assists with patient activities and care as assigned by the charge nurse / designee as indicated by the patient’s plan of care.
- Provides for patients’ personal hygiene : Bathes patients, performs oral suctioning and superficial wound care, assists with chronic wound care, provides skincare for a patient with TED hose, SCD, casts, skeletal pins, assists with elimination, cares for the incontinent patient, cares for the patient with a urinary catheter, assists or gives cleansing enemas, sitz baths, non-sterile douches, and provides ostomy care.
- Assists with feeding.
- Ambulates, positions, and turns patients and cares for the patient with altered mobility.
- Assists with patient safety related to age and condition.
- Assists with patient restraints and patient-specific safety precautions.
- Collects, reports, and documents data related to patient needs / emergencies and unusual patient and family behavior.
- Cares for the patient from a correctional environment.
- Maintains patient privacy and confidentiality of information and records at all times.
- Provides and maintains a clean, safe environment and performs and / or assists others to perform proper aseptic technique, isolation procedures, and infection control measures.
- Documents as appropriate.
- Maintains patient care areas with appropriate supplies.
- Assists with patient requests for other hospital services
Marginal or Periodic Functions :
- Video monitoring duties as assigned.
- Adheres to internal controls and reporting structure.
- Performs related duties as required.
SALARY RANGE :
Salary commensurate with experience.
WORK SCHEDULE : Day Shift.
Day Shift.
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