Patient Care Tech, Special Care Nursery

Employment Type: Full – Time
Job Category: Clinical/Nursing Support
Shift: Nights
Location: Atlanta, GA
Req ID: 2023-40480
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Position Description

Provides nursing assistance and patient care to provide for the comfort, safety and personal needs of patients. Assists patients with activities of daily living and performs procedures for physical hygiene and comfort of patients. Performs duties with the construct of a unit-based, self-directed patient care team while sharing various tasks with other licensed and non-licensed members.

In Special Care Nurseries, the Patient Care Technician is responsible for assisting with the transport of healthy, uncompromised newborns from Labor and Delivery to the newborn admission nursery, cleaning equipment used on infants in the Special Care Nursery, and ordering patient care supplies from the storeroom and stocking the Special Care Nursery areas.

PRIMARY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Assists in the ongoing maintenance of hospital and department quality initiatives, including but not limited to patient safety initiatives and bedside glucose monitoring quality controls.
Practices proper safety techniques in accordance with hospital and departmental policies and procedures. Immediately reports any mechanical or electrical equipment malfunctions, unsafe conditions, or employee/patient/visitor injury‑accident to Manager.
Performs daily care activities including bathing, personal hygiene, feeding and dressing patients.
Obtains and records vital signs, intake and output amounts, or other measures as designated, collects and tests specimens as required, and observes patient’s condition and reports abnormal symptoms, unusual conditions or adverse reactions to the nurse.
Assists patients with position changes, range of motion exercises, standing, and walking. Transports patients as required for treatments, procedures, etc.
Assists physicians and nurses with physical examination and treatments, and performs surgical preps and simple sterile or nonsterile dressing changes. Inserts and removes foley catheters as directed.
Provides additional therapies, procedures and treatments. These skills include but are not limited to NG tube maintenance, EKG lead placement, suction and oxygen setup.
Transports equipment, specimens, blood, etc., throughout the hospital.
Maintains technical training in use of equipment pertinent to specific area.
May enter physician orders for tests, procedures, etc., into computer system. May transcribe medical orders as required. Prints lab results from SunQuest computer.
Documents care activities and patient data in appropriate area of patient record.
May witness patient signature of consent forms.
Performs 12 lead EKGs accurately as designated by department, following completion of training and competency check-off.

Perinatal

In addition to duties above, also performs the following:

Assists mothers with breast-feeding, provides patient education relating to infant care, checks and assists with monitor equipment and sets up for phototherapy.
Checks computer information regarding patients, and answers telephone as needed.

Special Care Nursery

In addition to duties above, also performs the following:

Monitors and stays with the newborn in L&D to promote appropriate parent/infant bonding.
Takes and records vital signs on infant, and reports abnormal symptoms or reactions to staff nurse. Administers oxygen to infant, if needed.
Positions infant correctly for transport to nursery, notifies admission nurse of infant’s arrival, and verifies correctness of baby bands with the admissions nurse.
Cleans infant transporter and returns necessary nursery information to L&D.
Assesses equipment that needs repair, and notifies appropriate personnel.

Position Requirements

REQUIRED

Listed as a CNA on the Georgia Registry OR
- Graduate of a U.S. Military Medic course OR
- Enrolled in a School of Nursing and has completed one (1) full semester of clinical rotations OR
- Graduate of an accredited School of Nursing or Medical Degree program
- GPN or EMT with one year experience with relevant training and experience
One year patient care experience in a hospital or acute care setting.
Current BLS card (CPR)
Patient Care Techs hired under the legacy Gwinnett Patient Care Tech job description are deemed qualified for the Northside Patient Care Tech II position. Grandfathered employees will be given 180 days from 10.01.2021 to complete additional training identified by the Clinical Education Department.

PREFERRED

Graduate of an accredited Nursing Assistant Course.

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