Patient Care Technician II TDCJ JSA South Part-Time
Required skills
- BLS
Nice to have
- Emergency Dispatch
- POCT test site manager
- HUC duties
- Patient Care Assistant trainer
- Unit Audits
- Cast placement
Role summary
The Patient Care Technician II provides technical assistance and supportive patient care in assigned areas. This role also serves as a leader and mentor for the unit(s). A high school diploma or equivalent is required, along with one year of hospital experience and completion of a recognized Nurse Assistant, Medical Corpsman, or EMT program, or current enrollment in a nursing school with completed first semester. Additional preferred qualifications include experience in emergency dispatch, POCT test site management, HUC duties, patient care assistant training, unit audits, cast placement, high-level disinfection, and specific procedural assistance. BLS certification is required.
To provide technical assistance and supportive patient care to meet the needs of individual patients throughout assigned areas and serve as a leader/ mentor for the assigned unit (s).
EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE
Minimum Qualifications:
High school or equivalent, one year of hospital experience AND completion of one of the following technical programs:
- Completion of a recognized Nurse Assistant program OR
- Completion of Medical Corpsman program OR
- Completion of EMT program OR
- Is enrolled in a recognized School of Nursing and has completed the first semester of education which contains clinical concepts and health assessment or the equivalent
- Has obtained and provided documentation of completion of 2 or more of the following:
- Emergency Dispatch
- POCT test site manager
- Cross-training to HUC duties
- Patient Care Assistant trainer
- Perform Unit Audits- 1 per month per unit/ department manager
- Cast placement
- Perform/ Assist with High-Level Disinfection
- Set up of delivery tables
- Set-up and assistance with minor operating procedures
- Set-up and assistance with area specific diagnostic procedures
- Language assistance
- Burn tub room duties which includes splint applications: mouth spreaders, upper and lower extremities, positioning patients prone, application of pressure wrapping: coban ace wraps, surginet pressure garments, tubigrip/jobst garments, burn dressing preparation and application and assists in application of biobrane/transcyte
- INQN, IDERAD, PACS system resource/user
LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS OR CERTIFICATIONS
Required:
- BLS
Equal Employment Opportunity
UTMB Health strives to provide equal opportunity employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or any other basis protected by institutional policy or by federal, state or local laws unless such distinction is required by law. As a Federal Contractor, UTMB Health takes affirmative action to hire and advance protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.
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