Patient Care Tech Rapid Decision Unit

Patient Care Technician

Opportunity to join our remarkable care as a PCT awaits you at Trinity Health Livonia. Trinity Health Livonia is a beautiful full-service, 304-bed acute care hospital located in Livonia, MI, that provides comprehensive care, including a 24-hour emergency department, general medicine, inpatient and outpatient surgery, physical medicine and rehabilitation, intensive care unit, cancer, cardiology, geriatrics, and birthing and women's health. Through several major expansions in the hospital, programs, and services, Trinity Health Livonia continues to offer the latest in quality health and medical services. Trinity Health Livonia has received numerous awards recognizing excellence in clinical outcomes, patient safety, financial performance, and efficiency.

General Summary

Under the direction of a registered nurse, the patient care technician is responsible for direct patient care considering age-specific, developmental, cultural, and spiritual needs. Demonstrates unit / area-designated competencies. Assists in establishing and maintaining a patient care environment that is clean, safe, and conducive to patient / family well-being including concepts of relationship-based care.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Performs nursing care as delegated by the RN in an effort to identify / attain treatment goals such as :

• Records / calculates intake and output, obtains weights
• Applies support / orthopedic devices such as support hose and compression devices
• Obtains routine vital signs, pain score, and temperature
• Assists the patient with : coughing, deep breathing, use of incentive spirometer, oral suctioning
• Applies warm and cold therapies (ice packs, ArticSun, Bar Hugger, and cooling blanket)
• Provides care of the restrained patient including general care, application of the restraint, and ongoing monitoring of the restrained patient
• Care and removal of Foley catheters
• Routine oxygen therapy, pulse oximetry
• Assists in preparing the body following death
• Assists patient in completing ADLs including : bathing, showering, toileting, positioning, turning, transferring & ambulation using assistive devices as needed and appropriate
• Assists with feeding and menu selection
• Distributes / collects nourishments and orders late trays
• Answers call lights
• Demonstrates sterile or aseptic technique as appropriate when performing delegated activities such as :
• Collects and sends specimens including blood and blood cultures
• Removes peripheral IV catheters
• Competency based point of care testing such as blood glucose
• Records patient information and required data in appropriate areas in order to meet documentation and charging requirements
• Assists in establishing and maintaining a patient care environment that is clean, safe, and conducive to patient / family well being
• Documents patient belongings upon admission to Behavioral Health Unit in the ED
• Prepare patient room for arrival / assists in transfers and or discharge of patients
• Orients patient / family / visitors to patient room, unit, waiting area and facilities
• Assists patient / family in the use of hospital equipment (telephone, lights television)
• Makes occupied and unoccupied beds
• Collects and disposes of soiled linen
• Cleans and maintains equipment according to procedures
• Provides wound and exit site care as delegated
• Applies simple dressing to clean wounds of stage I or stage II depth (partial thickness) following assessment of the RN (does not include dressings that require topical ointments, gels, creams, packing or ace wraps)
• Secures complex dressings that have been changed by other caregivers
• Performs PEG care and dressing changes
• Completes delegated unit specific activities such as :
• Gathers post procedural data after initial nursing assessment such as vital signs
• Places patients on monitors / telemetry and maintains lead placement
• Clean intermittent urinary catheterization
• Checks / restocks unit emergency equipment / supplies and nurse servers
• Performs other unit specific duties as delegated
• Performs general clerical duties as needed such as :
• Answers telephones and relays messages, making calls as necessary
• Assembles charts for transfer and discharges
• Makes a manual requisition for patient orders for Registered Nurse approval during emergencies, codes, and downtime
• Efficiently utilizes FirstNet and Tele-tracking to ensure patient throughput
• Coordinates patient care in conjunction with the ED staff

Education, Experience, and Licensure

Education : High school diploma or GED

Experience : Preferred minimum of one year of previous direct care experience (acute or long term) OR successful completion of CENA, PCT, MA, or EMT course OR Student nurses must have completed their nursing fundamentals class of a BSN program.