Patient Care Technician II - TDCJ WSP Infirmary Galveston **Galveston, Texas, United States** Patient Care UTMB Health Requisition # 2403329 **REQUIRED EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE:** 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 **JOB SUMMARY:** 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). **ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:** + Collects, reports, and documents data. Takes vital signs, height and weight, intake and output, pulse oximetry, and collects specimens. + Obtains blood samples by venipuncture. + Acquires 12 lead EKG. + Performs and reports POCT. + Assists with patient activities and care as assigned by the charge nurse/designee as indicated by the patient’s plan of care. + Provides for patients’ personal hygiene. Bathes patients, performs oral suctioning, superficial wound care, assists with elimination, and cares for the incontinent patient and the patient with a urinary catheter. Assists or gives cleansing enemas, sitz baths, non-sterile douches, and provides ostomy care. + Assists with feeding. + Ambulates, positions, and turns patients and cares for the patient with altered mobility. + Assists with the admission, transfer, and discharge of the patient. + Assists the healthcare team by preparing patients and chaperoning during examinations/procedures or assists with other patient treatments. + Provides for patient safety related to age and condition. + Assists with patient restraints and maintains patient-specific safety precautions. + Collects, reports, and documents data related to patient needs/emergencies and unusual patient and family behavior. + Cares for the patient from a correctional environment + Maintains patient privacy and confidentiality of information and health records at all times. + Provides and maintains a clean, safe environment and performs and/or assists others to perform proper aseptic technique, isolation procedures, and infection control measures. + Maintains patient care areas with appropriate supplies. + Assists with patient requests for other hospital services. + Participates in one leadership activity per fiscal year **MARGINAL OR PERIODIC FUNCTIONS:** + Video monitoring duties as assigned. + Adheres to internal controls and reporting structure. **SALARY RANGE:** Salary commensurate with experience. **WORK SCHEDULE:** General **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 VEVRAA Federal Contractor, UTMB Health takes affirmative action to hire and advance women, minorities, protected veterans and individuals with disabilities. Compensation