Patient Care Tech

• Provide basic patient care to include tube insertion, wound care and phlebotomy
• Assist in planning, organizing, implementing and evaluating the activities occurring in the nursing station by performing clerical and receptionist duties and maintaining the physical environment of the area
• PATIENT OBSERVATION - Observe patient to ensure their safety and well being
• report observations to Charge Nurse or appropriate designee
• PATIENT CARE - Provide basic patient care
• take and record vital signs to include temperature, pulse, respiration, weight, height, blood pressure and intake-output measurements
• PATIENT CARE - Assist with activities of daily living (ADL): meals, ambulation, hygiene, linen change and toileting as instructed
• PATIENT CARE - Maintain therapeutic plan of care and minute to minute care of patient who is at extreme risk to self or others
• PATIENT CARE - Complete documentation as required on the Electronic Medical Record
• PATIENT CARE - Complete specific skills listed in the "University of New Mexico, Unlicensed Assistive Personnel Specific Functions" Matrix
• DEVELOPMENT - Enhance professional growth and development through participation in educational programs, reading current literature, attending in-services, meetings and workshops
• PATIENT SAFETY 1 - Follow patient safety-related policies, procedures and protocols
• PATIENT SAFETY 2 - Demonstrate proactive approach to patient safety by seeking opportunities to improve patient safety through questioning of current policies and processes
• PATIENT SAFETY 3 - Identify and report/correct environmental conditions and/or situations that may put a patient at undue risk
• PATIENT SAFETY 4 - Report potential or actual patient safety concerns, medical errors and/or near misses in a timely manner
• PATIENT SAFETY 5 - Encourage patients to actively participate in their own care by asking questions and reporting treatment or situations that they don't understand or may "not seem right"
• PATIENT CENTERED MED - Adhere to and promote the core expectations of the Patient Centered Medical Home or Patient Centered Specialty Practice as applicable

• High School or GED Equivalent
• MA or PCT or CNA or DD214 or 2 sem nurs schl or UNMH Tech
• 1 year directly related experience
• CPR for Healthcare/BLS Prov or Prof Rescuers w/in 30 days

• Bilingual English/Keres, Tewa, Tiwa, Towa, Zuni, or Navajo
• Medical Terminology course w/in six months of position

Sign-On Bonus Available