TECH PATIENT CARE III

Company: University of New Mexico - Hospitals
Location: Albuquerque
Posted on: January 16, 2022

Job Description:

Position Summary: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. Ensure adherence to Hospitals and departmental policies and procedures. Patient care assignment may include Neonate, Pediatric, Adolescent, Adult and Geriatric age groups.Accountability:

• PCMH/PCSP - Adhere to and promote the core expectations of the Patient Centered Medical Home or Patient Centered Specialty Practice as applicable
  
• Addendum - PRIOR AUTHORIZATION - Verify coverage eligibility on patients for outside services as needed
  
• Addendum - EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES - Maintain equipment, stock supplies, complete daily checks to ensure telemetry transmitter boxes are functional and accounted for
  
• Addendum - MONITOR - Under direction of licensed personnel interpret, document and mount EKG rhythm strips; monitor designated patients; recognize and respond to routine rhythm and emergent situations and notify appropriate personnel of changes and life threatening rhythms
  
• 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, as directed by the RN
  
• 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"
  Education Requirements:
• High School Diploma or GED equivalent
  
• MA or PCT or CNA or DD214 or UNMH Tech Course/Challenge or 2 semesters at accredited nursing school
  Experience Requirements:
• 1 year directly related experience
  Licensure/Certification Requirements:
• CPR Certification for Healthcare/BLS Providers or for Professional Rescuers or must obtain within 30 calendar days of date of position
  Experience Requirements - Preferred:
• Bilingual English/Spanish
  
• Bilingual English/Keres, Tewa, Tiwa, Towa, Zuni, or Navajo
  Physical Demands Requirements:
• Heavy Work: Exerting 50 to 100 pounds of force occasionally, and/or 25 to 50 pounds of force frequently, and/or 10 to 20 pounds of force constantly to move objects or people. Physical Demand requirements are in excess of those for Medium Work.
  Testing Requirements:
• Tuberculin Skin Test required annually
  Working Conditions Requirements:
• Sig Hazard: Chemicals, bio hazardous materials requiring extensive safety precautions and may require protective equipment
  
• Limited access to med room. Med Admin Policy, Att A
  Department: Gen Med/SAC (4-W)

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