REQUIRED EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE:

High school or equivalent, one year of hospital experience AND completion of one of the following technical programs:

         Completion of a recognized Nurse Assistant program OR          Completion of Medical Corpsman program OR          Completion of EMT program OR          Is enrolled in a recognized School of Nursing and has completed the first semester of education which contains clinical concepts and health assessment or the equivalent          Has obtained and provided documentation of completion of 2 or more of the following:          Emergency Dispatch          POCT test site manager          Cross-training to HUC duties          Patient Care Assistant trainer          Perform Unit Audits- 1 per month per unit/ department manager          Cast placement          Perform/ Assist with High-Level Disinfection          Set up of delivery tables          Set-up and assistance with minor operating procedures          Set-up and assistance with area specific diagnostic procedures          Language assistance          Burn tub room duties which includes splint applications: mouth spreaders, upper and lower extremities, positioning patients prone, application of pressure wrapping: coban ace wraps, surginet pressure garments, tubigrip/jobst garments, burn dressing preparation and application and assists in application of biobrane/transcyte          INQN, IDERAD, PACS system resource/user

LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS OR CERTIFICATIONS:

Required:

         BLS

JOB SUMMARY:

To provide technical assistance and supportive patient care to meet the needs of individual patients throughout assigned areas and serve as a leader/ mentor for the assigned unit(s).

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

         Collects, reports, and documents data. Takes vital signs, height and weight, intake and output, pulse oximetry, and collects specimens.          Obtains blood samples by venipuncture.       Acquires 12 lead EKG.           Performs and reports POCT.           Assists with patient activities and care as assigned by the charge nurse/designee as indicated by the patient’s plan of care.           Provides for patients’ personal hygiene. Bathes patients, performs oral suctioning, superficial wound care, assists with elimination, and cares for the incontinent patient and the patient with a urinary catheter. Assists or gives cleansing enemas, sitz baths, non-sterile douches, and provides ostomy care.           Assists with feeding.           Ambulates, positions, and turns patients and cares for the patient with altered mobility.           Assists with the admission, transfer, and discharge of the patient.           Assists the healthcare team by preparing patients and chaperoning during examinations/procedures or assists with other patient treatments.           Provides for patient safety related to age and condition.           Assists with patient restraints and maintains patient-specific safety precautions.           Collects, reports, and documents data related to patient needs/emergencies and unusual patient and family behavior.           Cares for the patient from a correctional environment           Maintains patient privacy and confidentiality of information and health records at all times.           Provides and maintains a clean, safe environment and performs and/or assists others to perform proper aseptic technique, isolation procedures, and infection control measures.           Maintains patient care areas with appropriate supplies.           Assists with patient requests for other hospital services.           Participates in one leadership activity per fiscal year

MARGINAL OR PERIODIC FUNCTIONS:

  Video monitoring duties as assigned.   Adheres to internal controls and reporting structure.

SALARY RANGE:

Salary commensurate with experience.

WORK SCHEDULE:

Full-time

Equal Employment Opportunity

UTMB Health strives to provide equal opportunity employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or any other basis protected by institutional policy or by federal, state or local laws unless such distinction is required by law. As a VEVRAA Federal Contractor, UTMB Health takes affirmative action to hire and advance women, minorities, protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.

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