Patient Care Technician-Acute Care

				Overview:

UnityPoint Health - Fort Dodge

Shifts: Full-time, 6:45pm-7:15am, includes every third weekend and two holidays per year

Sign on bonus $3,000 paid over 1 year

Jump into hands-on care for adult and geriatric patients, supporting the RN and LPN with everything from daily routines to admissions and discharges. Help keep things running smoothly with vital tasks like glucose checks, EKGs, and tracking intake & output. You'll document care in the eMAR, take part in purposeful rounding, and be part of the team that's always looking to learn, educate, and improve how we do things. Every day brings something new-let's make a difference together!

Responsibilities:

* Assists the registered nurse with the admission assessment by obtaining temperature, respiration, height, weight, pulse and blood pressure. Orients patient to room and unit
* Attends to patient's daily hygiene, including oral care, hair care, baths, peri care, application of glasses, dentures and hearing aids.
* Assists with passing meals, nourishments, water and assists patients as need indicates.
* Acknowledges and meets patients' needs regarding movement and elimination.
* Functions in day-to-day and emergency situations in accordance with nursing standards and as assigned by the nurse.
* Maintains orderly storage of supplies and assists in accounting for chargeable items.
* Documents temperature, pulse, respiration, blood pressure, weights and diet consumption in Electronic Medical Record (EMR).
* Performs Glucose Point of Care.
* Performs EKG's  
* Applies telemetry equipment to patients using proper lead placement and discontinues equipment use.

Qualifications:

Education: 

* Seventy-five (75) Hour Nursing Assistant Course preferred

Licensure: 

* Certificate from an approved Nursing Assistant Course is preferred

Skills/Abilities: 

* Ability to exercise good judgment, maintain effective interpersonal relationships and adapt to change. 
* Ability to organize work. 
* Must demonstrate knowledge and skills required for specialized area of assignment. 
* Basic Life Support completion required. 
* Must be able to demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to provide nursing care appropriate to adult and geriatric patients. 
* Member of Support Stroke team requiring 2 hours of annual stroke education
			

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