Patient Care Tech HUC PCT

Patient Care Technician - Health Unit Coordinator

The Patient Care Technician - Health Unit Coordinator performs various clerical and patient care duties for the department under the direct supervision of the licensed nurse.

Essential functions of the role include :

• Collecting and recording patient data, reporting information and observations to nursing personnel in a timely fashion.
• Obtaining and recording patient vital signs, height, weight, nutritional intake and output and performing blood glucose monitoring via finger-stick blood samples, test strips and portable meters.
• Performing routine urinary catheter care.
• Collecting and transporting specimens, including, but not limited to, urine, stool and sputum, as requested.
• Assisting patients with activities of daily living (i.e., personal hygiene, dressing, eating, maintaining continence and turning / transferring / ambulation) and changing linen, as appropriate to setting.
• Answering and responding to patient call lights and requests in a timely manner.
• May be assigned as a sitter for patients needing constant observation.
• Completing and maintaining unit and patient records, files, forms and documents related to work area management and patient care to include admissions, surgeries, transfers, discharges, medical records and physician call list.
• Maintaining clean and organized work area of records, files, forms, and reference documents.
• Checking, updating and maintaining facility boards, pneumatic tube system and telemetry box reconciliation according to departmental policy, procedures and / or guidelines.
• Preparing reports, purchase orders, projects, memos and letters using computer programs.
• Greeting visitors and assisting them as needed.
• Answering telephones and contacting professional and non-professional nursing personnel and medical staff using pagers, beepers and cell phones.
• Tracking call light response time for the unit.
• Assigning phone and location devices to appropriate staff.
• Performing work area support duties as directed by the nurse or physician.
• Running errands, picking up supplies and transporting patients.
• Maintaining inventory, requisitioning and stocking work area supplies and equipment.
• May assist with non-medical patient care support duties, such as, making coffee, transporting patients, and distributing ice, water and blankets.
• Cleaning patient bedside units and nursing areas not included in general housekeeping, and cleaning equipment properly and distributing based on patient needs.
• Attending in-services, unit meetings and conferences.

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