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Luminis Health · 6 hours ago

Patient Care Technician-FT-Nights-Telemetry

Lanham, MD

Full-time

Onsite

Entry Level

$17.50/hr - $26/hr

1+ years exp

Luminis Health is committed to providing high-quality, cost-effective health care. The Patient Care Technician is responsible for delivering direct patient care, assisting with admissions and discharges, and collaborating with the healthcare team to ensure patient safety and comfort.

Health CareMedicalNon Profit

Responsibilities

Provides direct care to patients with special attention to personal hygiene in daily morning and bedtime care and comfort

Initiates and maintains all types of safety measures and comfort care to patients

Assists with admission of patients by greeting and performing initial weight measurement, vital signs, disrobing as necessary and orientation of patient to room and equipment

Prioritizes discharge of patients by assisting with dressing, gathering belongings and transport if necessary to lobby; removes equipment and supplies from room for environmental staff cleaning

Participates in patient care, vital signs, intake and output and other data collection and records according to policy and procedure; obtains specimens as requested using approved procedure

Assists patients with mobilization and/or positioning as ordered by physician or unit protocol

Recognizes and reports pain, patient complaint or obvious change in patient condition to assigned nurse

Participates in the orientation of new staff acting as mentor when necessary and requested

Transports medications, as necessary during the usual course of transporting patients within the institution, in keeping with policy and procedure regarding medication security

Ensures that medication is delivered to persons authorized to handle medication according to AAMC policy

Maintains adequate levels of supplies and equipment on the unit

Transports patients in accordance with established safety policies

Processes written medical staff orders in accordance with established policy and procedure; communicating STAT or urgent orders to the care provider

Qualification

Certified Nursing AssistantBLS CertificationPatient Care ExperienceBilingual/MultilingualMentoring Skills

Required

High School Diploma or GED

Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA)

American Heart Association HealthCare Provider BLS

Preferred

One year of experience as a CNA in acute care setting preferred

If serving as a bilingual/multilingual interpreter, certification in Medical Interpretation is required to perform the duties of a qualified interpreter