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Patient Care Technician II - LCC PACU **League City, Texas, United States** Patient Care UTMB Health Requisition # 2505642 **EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE:** **Minimum Qualifications:** High school or equivalent, one year of hospital experience AND completion of one of the following technical programs: + Completion of a recognized Nurse Assistant program OR + Completion of Medical Corpsman program OR + Completion of EMT program 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 + Has obtained and provided documentation of completion of 2 or more of the following: + Emergency Dispatch + POCT test site manager + Cross-training to HUC duties + Patient Care Assistant trainer + Perform Unit Audits- 1 per month per unit/ department manager + Cast placement + Perform/ Assist with High-Level Disinfection + Set up of delivery tables + Set-up and assistance with minor operating procedures + Set-up and assistance with area specific diagnostic procedures + Language assistance + Burn tub room duties which includes splint applications: mouth spreaders, upper and lower extremities, positioning patients prone, application of pressure wrapping: coban ace wraps, surginet pressure garments, tubigrip/jobst garments, burn dressing preparation and application and assists in application of biobrane/transcyte + INQN, IDERAD, PACS system resource/user **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 + Participates in one leadership activity per fiscal year **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. **Equal Employment Opportunity** UTMB Health strives to provide equal opportunity employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or any other basis protected by institutional policy or by federal, state or local laws unless such distinction is required by law. As a Federal Contractor, UTMB Health takes affirmative action to hire and advance protected veterans and individuals with disabilities. Compensation

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