IL Patient Care Technician

About the role

Provides or assists with basic patient care requirements, treatments and procedures

• Communicates to the RN pertinent findings or observations noted while providing patient care and comfort

• Keep timely and accurate documentation of all care provided in the electronic medical record per documentation standards.

• Accurately record vital signs (T, P, R, BP, SaO2, pain).

• Prepare room for new patient arrival

• Assures necessary equipment in room such as IV pump/pole, suction canisters, vital sign equipment, thermometer, pulse oximeter, and ambu bag

• Answers call lights and responds to patient’s requests in appropriate and courteous manner.

• Removes all dirty linens, Restocks supplies in room at appropriate PAR levels. Removes all unused equipment and returns to proper location.

• Observation, and reporting of any changes or concerns to tech in a timely fashion.

• Satisfactorily performs duties as they relate to Ethics, Cultural Diversity, Confidentiality, Age-Specific Growth and Development, and Customer Service issues.

• Transports patients/specimens.

• Receives and provides appropriate handoff.

Essential Functions

• Demonstrates and completes competency with all skills performed in role that have not been identified above.

• Performs additional patient care and technical skills for which the PCT has been trained, competency-validated, and authorized, in accordance with hospital policy, regulatory requirements, and under appropriate supervision (e.g., IV removal, EKGs, EEG assistance).

• Performs other duties as assigned