What are the responsibilities and job description for the Patient Care Technician-Outpatient Surgery-Methodist position at UnityPoint Health?
- Area of Interest: Nursing Aides, Assistants, and Techs
- Sign On Bonus: $3,000
- FTE/Hours per pay period: 1.0
- Department: Ambulatory Surgery- Meth
- Shift: 5:30am-2pm Monday-Friday; no weekends or holidays; 5 days per week
- Job ID: 160969
UnityPoint Health Information
Why UnityPoint Health?
Commitment to our Team – We’re proud to be recognized as a Top 150 Place to Work in Healthcare by Becker's Healthcare several years in a row for our commitment to our team members.
Culture – At UnityPoint Health, you matter. Come for a fulfilling career and experience a culture guided by uncompromising values and an unwavering belief in doing what's right for the people we serve.
Benefits – Our competitive Total Rewards program offers benefits options that align with your needs and priorities, no matter what life stage you’re in.
- Caring is what we do, and it starts with our team members: expect paid time off, parental leave, 401K matching and an employee recognition program as we support you both personally and professionally.
- You can only give your best when you feel your best, and we help you live well with dental and health insurance, paid holidays, short and long-term disability and more. We even offer pet insurance for your four-legged family members to give you peace of mind.
- We strive to make things easier and more personal in health care to set us apart from the rest, and you can experience that commitment through early access to earned wages with Daily Pay, a tuition reimbursement program designed to help you further your career and adoption assistance to help you grow your family in the way that works for you.
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Development – We believe equipping you with support and development opportunities is an essential part of delivering a remarkable employment experience.
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Overview
The Outpatient Surgery department operates at a fast pace, providing comprehensive care to a large variety of surgical patients. Our responsibilities include preparing patients for surgery, facilitating post-surgery discharges, stocking supplies, updating patients on surgery schedules, discontinuing IVs, assisting with patient transfers, and fostering strong teamwork between Patient Care Technicians (PCTs) and nurses. Additionally, there are opportunities to learn other roles, such as calling patients with surgery times using phone skills.
Responsibilities
Clinical Excellence/Patient Care
• Assists with simple procedures such as transfer and positioning of patients.
• Transports patients, equipment, supplies, and specimens.
• Verifies patient identification on name band and chart, using two patient identifiers - name and birthdate.
• Assists in maintaining a clean, orderly and safe environment.
• Routinely restocks supplies in the department, change out linen, cleans transport carts.
• Utilizes a holistic approach (considering physical, psych/social, spiritual, educational, safety, and related criteria) appropriate to the age of the patients served in the assigned service area.
• Assures all specimens are labeled in accordance with standards, prior to transport.
• Demonstrates initiative to improve quality and customer service.
• Balances team and individual responsibilities, objective and open to other’s views, gives and welcomes feedback, contributes to positive team goals, puts success of team above own interest.
Team members under the age of 18 may not independently operate mechanical lift equipment.
Departmental Support
• Performs routine cleaning on equipment.
• Assists in department cleaning and storing of supplies and linen.
• Assists in patient care under the direct supervision of the RN
• Performs tasks as delegated by team members.
Qualifications
- Must be 16 years old or older.
- Minimum of 75 hour Certified Nursing Aid certification required. Indicate on your application which CNA certification you possess (75 hour, 120 hour or 150 hour). Only applications with this information indicated will be considered.
Salary : $3,000
