"Patient Care Technician"

Welcomes patients, families, and visitors to the unit

Directs patients, families, and visitors to and from the waiting areas

Routinely check with patients and families to meet their comfort needs

Assist with the nourishment needs of patients per nursing instruction

Set up activities at bedside to assist with patient comfort, i.e., video games, toys, etc.

Facilitate transfer process, i.e., supplies, equipment, patient belongings

Facilitate discharge process, i.e., supplies, equipment, patient belongings

Respond to patient call lights

Maintain confidentiality and sensitivity when providing care and interacting with patients and families

Stock bedside carts and blanket warmers

Clean and prepare bays before and after patients have occupied

Maintain supplies and orderliness of nutrition areas

Assure availability and operation of equipment

Monitor numbers and availability of unit specific equipment and order as necessary

Clean stretchers, cribs, wheelchairs, and children's toys with Virex or Bleach per protocol

Organize and place crib, stretcher, and wheelchairs to their designated slots as assigned by charge nurse

Deliver stretchers or cribs to CT, MRI, and Nuclear Medicine when requested

Assure that all patient beds, cribs, and stretchers are equipped with an oxygen tank for transports

Transport or assist transportation of patients from inpatient unit to preop area: gather supplies, equipment, patient belongings

Transport or assist transportation of patients from PACU to inpatient units: gather supplies, equipment, patient belongings

Assist transport of patients from PACU Phase 2 to 2nd floor lobby

Transport patients to off-site procedural areas i.e., UH Nuclear Medicine, CT, MRI UH OR/PACU

Transport STAT blood samples from Mott preop/PACU to lab in UH when tube system is down

High school diploma, GED or equivalent.

Ability to read and write.

Recent experience in an unlicensed assistive role in a patient care setting

Demonstrated communication skills both written and verbal.

Basic computer skills

Course work in an Allied Health field

40 hours per week = five 8-hour shifts (8:00am-4:30pm). Rotating weekend and holiday obligation.