Performs a variety of direct patient care procedures to assist the unit manager, professional staff and physicians in providing patient care focused on the needs of the patient.
GENERAL PATIENT CARE - Meets the comfort and hygiene needs of the
patient by providing care services such as bathing, oral hygiene procedures, hair
care, bed pan/urinal use, skin care and garment, linen and bedding changes.
Distributes meals and beverages, takes vital signs, collects lab specimens.
TECHNICAL CARE - Assists with completion of patient testing and treatment
procedures, changes dressings, performs cardiopulmonary resuscitation,obtains
wound and throat cultures.
EQUIPMENT - Assists physician and professional staff in equipment supply and
set up.
TRANSPORT - Assists with ambulating patients with assistive devices such as
crutches and with transfer/transport procedures.
COMMUNICATION - Performs required documentation and communicates in a
competent and effective manner to meet patient and/or family needs and
regulatory requirements. Maintains strict confidentiality of patient, employee and
department information to ensure patient rights.
QUALITY IMPROVEMENT - Utilizes time and resources effectively to promote
quality and cost outcomes.
Position Requirements:+
Minimum Education:
Preferred: High School Diploma
Minimum Experience:
Required: Less than one year of previous job-related experience
Preferred: 1-2 years of previous job-related experience
Licensure/Certifications:
Required:
Basic Life Support (CPR)
Nursing - CNA (Certified Nurse Assistant)
Other: Completion of a Nursing Assistant Program with placement on the Illinois Department of Health Nurse Aide Registry or verification of an equal or higher educational level in a clinically focused program. Individuals working as Patient Care Assistants at Loyola University Medical Center prior to 1997 are exempt from the above guidelines and are grandfathered into the Patient Care Tech roles upon successful completion of an in-house orientation and training program for the Patient Care Tech position.
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