Patient Care Technician

Job Duties

• Maintain room cleanliness prior to and following surgical procedures.
• Assist with preparation of operating room including retrieval of monitors and specialty beds, and related equipment for surgeries.
• Ensure availability of instruments and supplies needed for case. Assist with opening of supplies and instruments.
• Assist nursing staff in preparing patient for surgery including: lifting, positioning, prepping and additional duties as directed by the circulating nurse or manager.
• Delivery of blood products and specimens to appropriate location(s).
• Pick daily cases according to scheduled operative time and urgency.
• Maintains the unit environment including cores, rooms, scrub areas and hallways.
• Return instruments and unused supplies at case completion or when cases are cancelled.
• Assist with transportation of patients as needed including retrieval of beds and stretchers, transport patient from unit to O.R. as needed.
• Respond and assist to emergency/trauma cases, assist surgical team as directed.
• Assist with post mortem care and transportation.
• Precept new hires as assigned.
• Demonstrate appropriate infection control and universal precautions.

Related Duties

• Complete duties associated with team affiliation.
• Maintain, test patient care of equipment. Initiate repair when indicated.
• Serve on unit based committees as a representative of the Perioperative technician group.

Qualifications

• Graduation from high school or an equivalent combination of education and experience is necessary.
• Progressive knowledge in methods, procedures, materials, and equipment of designated areas is necessary.
• Physical Requirements: This position requires moderate standing/walking, as well as lifting, positioning, pushing, and/or transferring of patients.
• Necessary Skills: Adhere to high standards of teamwork by demonstrating adaptability, flexibility, and consistently sharing information and resources with others. Ability to work independently in an ever-changing and potentially stressful environment. Demonstrate dependability, initiative, ability to prioritize, and ability to accept direction. Proven ability to work as a member of a team and be self-directed. Excellent communication and problem-solving skills. Strong organizational skills. Excellent attendance record. Must be able to perform a wide range of physical activities which include moving, transporting and positioning patients and equipment as well as constantly positioning self to provide patient care and related duties.
• Graduation from a Medical assistant program or equivalent years of experience preferred.
• Reasonable knowledge of methods, materials and equipment used in laboratory and/or patient care activities is desirable.
• One of the following: Minimum 1-year recent experience in an unlicensed assistive role in a patient care setting, such as nurse aide in a hospital setting. Minimum two years experience in an unlicensed assistive role in a patient care setting in a nursing home or other health care environment.

Additional Information

0.9 FTE Straight Midnights. The D. Dan and Betty Kahn Health Care Pavilion is a 12-story hospital that will house 264 private rooms capable of converting to intensive care; a state-of-the-art neurosciences center; and high-level, specialty care services for cardiovascular and thoracic patients, along with advanced imaging.