Procedural Tech Associate Non-Certified (Full Time) - Abington

Job Details

Provides designated direct and indirect patient care activities assisting the care team as they assess, examine and treat patients. Provides assistance in maintaining supplies and equipment available to ensure efficient unit operations.

Job Description

• Interacts with co-workers, visitors, and other staff consistent with the values of Jefferson.
• Performs designated direct and indirect patient care activities to meet patient care needs.
• Monitors, promotes and maintains a safe patient care environment to facilitate safe and effective patient care, and reports any changes to RN.
• Escorts patients to exam rooms and ensures proper identification.
• Performs and documents vital signs, clinical care quality measures and medical history information.
• Directly assists physicians in the performance of medical/surgical procedures as directed.
• Remains proficient and knowledgeable regarding the use and documentation requirements within information technology systems within established scope of practice.
• Provides assistance in maintaining supplies and equipment available to ensure efficient unit operations.

Competencies (Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Required):

• Healthcare Knowledge - Knowledge of the operating principles, major issues, governmental regulations, and code of ethics for the healthcare industry, ability to apply this understanding appropriately to healthcare related situations
• Medical Order Processing - Knowledge of the necessity and value of accuracy and attention to detail when given medical orders, ability to process medical information with high levels of accuracy.
• Daily Living Assistance - Knowledge of personal care and hygiene necessary for quality of life, and ability to apply this knowledge to patients in need on a daily basis.
• Patient Safety - Knowledge of the risks faced by patients in a healthcare environment, and the ability to take steps to reduce these risks.
• Excellent communication and organizational skills

Minimum Education, Experience and Certification Requirements:

• High School Diploma or equivalent required
• Medical Terminology, previous nursing assistant or healthcare experience preferred
• CPR Certification

Work Shift

Weekend Day (United States of America)

Worker Sub Type

Regular

Primary Location Address

1200 Old York Road, Abington, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Nationally ranked, Jefferson, which is principally located in the greater Philadelphia region, Lehigh Valley and Northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey, is reimagining health care and higher education to create unparalleled value. Jefferson is more than 65,000 people strong, dedicated to providing the highest-quality, compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrow's professional leaders for 21st-century careers; and creating new knowledge through basic/programmatic, clinical and applied research. Thomas Jefferson University, home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Jefferson College of Nursing, and the Kanbar College of Design, Engineering and Commerce, dates back to 1824 and today comprises 10 colleges and three schools offering 200+ undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 8,300 students.