Patient Care Technician - Cath/EP Labs - UI Heart and Vascular Center

The UI Heart and Vascular Center is seeking a full-time (100%) Patient Care Technician t to support our Adult Cath/EP/Vascular Lab(s).  Under direct supervision, performs specific tasks to assist members of the procedural team (physician, nurse and imaging tech) in providing patient care within Adult Cath/EP/Vascular Lab(s).

We are the best heart hospital in Iowa

UI Heart & Vascular Center is recognized by U.S. News & World Report as the best hospital in the state for cardiology and heart surgery patient care. The best hospitals nationally received this rating based on patient outcomes, number of high-risk patients seen, patient experience, advanced clinical technologies, and more.

Pay Grade: 5 

Percent of Time: 100%

Schedule: 40 hours per week, (4) 10-hour shifts 6:30AM-5:00PM, Monday through Friday

No holidays or weekends

Staff Type: Merit

Type of Position: Regular

Driver's License required: No

Position Responsibilities

• Assists with lab preparation including stocking supplies and set up.
• Assists in the management of daily deliveries of stores items to the procedural labs by putting items away and notifying nursing staff of items on backorder that are not received
• Performs quality controls on glucometer and maintains supplies to comply with regulatory guidelines. Perform blood glucose testing on patients as delegated.
• Assists with checking outdates on supplies as delegated.
• Assists with completing requisitions and other forms as directed. Can include preventative maintenance monitoring of equipment in the lab.
• Shares responsibility for preparation, proper use and care of equipment and supplies and for neatness and cleanliness of the lab.
• Assists with procedural preparation including surgical clipping of appropriate skin areas
• Sets up and connects noninvasive hemodynamic monitoring equipment to patient
• Reports pertinent patient information and incidents to person in charge.
• Assists in answering call lights and telephones.
• Transports patients by bed, cart, or wheelchair between recovery units, procedural labs, and inpatient units.
• Assists with lab turnover cleaning duties as delegated.
• Performs basic CPR as required.
• Maintains patient confidentiality.
• Other duties as assigned.
• Assumes responsibility for on-going self-learning and maintenance of clinical skills, analyzing own performance and set goals.

Knowledge Skills and Abilities:

• Ability to follow oral and written instructions.
• Ability to communicate effectively with others verbally, electronically, and in writing with patients, family members and health care staff.
• Ability to maintain patient confidentiality.
• Ability to provide care with regard to patient condition and age.
• Knowledge of principles of sanitation and health hazards.
• Ability to maintain effective working relationships.
• Knowledge of medical terminology, instruments and supplies.
• Ability to collect patient data and maintain accurate records.
• Knowledge of keyboarding and computer data entry skills.

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