Patient Care Technician - Clinical Decision Unit - Full-Time Days - Terre Haute Regional Hospital - Terre Haute, IN

Behavioral characteristics:
Effective communicator, mentally alert, dependable, reliable, conscientious, tactful, flexible, and cooperative
Possesses integrity, uses good judgment and shows initiative
Has the ability to function well while multi-tasking and making decisions in stressful situations
Demonstrates commitment, safety, honesty, integrity and compassion
Ability to work and communicate with all patients, family members, physicians and employees

• Must maintain regular attendance and punctuality

Position responsibilities:

• Assists with admission of patient including orientation to the environment


• Cares for patient’s belongings according to hospital procedure, i.e. artificial appliances and prosthesis, glasses, hearing aides and dentures, and valuables


• Provides individualized care responsive to needs of patients, families and physicians


• Takes and reports vital signs under proper supervision


• Assists with discharge of patient; helps patient recover all personal belongings, accompanies patient to automobile


• Bathing; routine bed baths, showers, therapeutic baths, Sitz baths, pre-operative bath, shampoo and facial shave


• Sponges patient for temperature control as needed


• Gives am care and pm care


• Makes beds; occupied, open, closed, and surgical


• Feeding; prepare patient for meals, passes and picks up trays, assists patients as necessary, passes nourishment’s and ice water


• Assists with patient hygiene; oral hygiene, perineal care, skin care, decubitus care, shampoo and nail care


• Assists with preparation of patient for surgery, diagnostic tests, therapy


• Assists with exercise prescribed for patient; dangle, range of motion, turning, transfer from bed to chair or stretcher, ambulate, crutch walking, walkers. Knows correct body mechanics for both the patient and self


• Collects specimens for Laboratory; urine, feces, sputum


• Performs and reports Accu-chek as ordered


• Gives and removes bedpans and urinals, records I/O


• Provides for patient’s comfort and safety. Displays knowledge of fall protocol, electrical safety, footboards, fracture boards, bed alarm


• Gives treatments after instruction by and under the supervision of professional nurses; i.e., enemas, ace bandages, ice caps, and bags, aquamatic pool, TED hose, hot and cold non-sterile compresses, rectal tubes, external catheters, binders. Assists with colostomy care and Foley care


• Cares for patient receiving respiratory therapy; and O2 by cannula or mask


• Assist patient with incentive spirometry after initial teaching has been completed


• Cares for patient requiring isolation according to hospital procedure


• Observes and reports, untoward symptoms such as cyanosis, dyspnea, rash, character of feces, urine and vomit, accidents, complaints, and requests


• Contributes relevant and appropriate information to RN for daily revision of plan of care, periodic planning and discharge conferences. Reinforces compliance with RN teaching and plan of care


• Participates in report process to plan patient care for oncoming shift


• Maintains patients’ privacy; uses bedside curtains, drapes patient, keeps confidential details of patient’s hospitalization


• Receives and sends messages; answers patients’ call lights promptly, answers telephone giving name unit and position, relays message to professional nurse

Essential educational/licensure, skills and experience:

• High school graduation or equivalent preferred


• Knows accepted medical terms and abbreviations


• Performs clinical skills after appropriate training, competency assessment


• Current BLS certification maintained throughout employment with Terre Haute Regional Hospital