Employment Type:

Full time

Shift:

Description:

Opportunity to Join our Remarkable Care as a PCT awaits YOU!!!!  

Trinity Health Livonia is a beautiful full-service, 304-bed acute care hospital, located in Livonia, MI, that provides comprehensive care, including a 24-hour emergency department, general medicine, inpatient and outpatient surgery, physical medicine and rehabilitation, intensive care unit, cancer, cardiology, geriatrics and birthing and women's health. Through several major expansions in the hospital, programs and services, Trinity Health Livonia continues to offer the latest in quality health and medical services. Trinity Health Livonia has received numerous awards recognizing excellence in clinical outcomes, patient safety, financial performance, and efficiency.  

GENERAL SUMMARY:  

Under the direction of a registered nurse, the patient care technician is responsible for direct patient care considering age specific, developmental, cultural and spiritual needs. Demonstrates unit/area-designated competencies. Assists in establishing and maintaining a patient care environment that is clean, safe and conducive to patient/family well being including concepts of relationship based care.  

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES  

Performs nursing care as delegated by the RN in an effort to identify/attain treatment goals such as:  

• Records/calculates intake and output, obtains weights  

• Applies support/orthopedic devices such as support hose and compression devices  

• Obtains routine vital signs, pain score and temperature  

• Assists the patient with: coughing, deep breathing, use of incentive spirometer, oral suctioning   

• Applies warm and cold therapies (ice packs, Artic Sun, Bar Hugger, and cooling blanket)  

• Provides care of the restrained patient including general care, application of the restraint and ongoing monitoring of the restrained patient  

• Care and removal of Foley catheters  

• Routine oxygen therapy, pulse oximetry  

• Assist in preparing the body following death  

Assists patient in completing ADLs including:  

• Bathing, showering, toileting, positioning, turning, transferring & ambulation using assistive devices as needed and appropriate  

• Assists with feeding and menu selection  

• Distributes/collects nourishments and orders late trays  

• Answers call lights  

Demonstrates sterile or aseptic technique as appropriate when performing delegated activities such as:  

• Collects and sends specimens including blood and blood cultures    

• Removes peripheral IV catheters  

• Competency based point of care testing such as blood glucose  

Records patient information and required data in appropriate areas in order to meet documentation and charging requirements.  

Assists in establishing and maintaining a patient care environment that is clean, safe, and conducive to patient/family well being  

• Documents patient belongings upon admission to Behavioral Health Unit in the ED