Patient Care Technician II - Victory Lakes Surgery **League City, Texas, United States** Patient Care UTMB Health Requisition # 2502064 **Minimum** **Qualifications:** High school or equivalent, one year of hospital experience AND completion of one of the followingtechnical 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:** • BLS **Job Summary/Description:** To provide technical assistance and supportive patient care to meet the needs of individual patients throughout assigned areas and serve as a leader/ mentor for the assigned unit(s). **Job Duties:** • 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. **Salary Range:** Actual salary commensurate with experience or range if discussed and approved by hiring authority. **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 VEVRAA Federal Contractor, UTMB Health takes affirmative action to hire and advance women, minorities, protected veterans and individuals with disabilities. Compensation