Patient CareTech
Company: West Tennessee Healthcare
Location: Jackson
Posted on: January 19, 2023
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Job Description:
Under the general supervision of the Director, Clinical Manager,
and Charge Nurse. Responsible for providing hygienic care and
assigned procedures for assigned patients based on age-specific
needs.Answers call lights by carrying wireless phones or by the
console.Obtains and records patient Vital Signs per unit
specification.Assists with new admissions by taking vital signs,
obtain weights, and assist patient with a gown, places telemetry
patches, leads and telemetry box on patients.Responsible for
repositioning patients every two hours, whether it is turning or
encouraging patients to turn themselves.Ambulates patients in the
hall as needed.Assists patients with meals by getting patients up
to the chair before if appropriate offers hygiene and prepares the
area for eating.Passes food trays and feeds patients who cannot
feed themselves.Collects and accurately records intake and
output.Assembles patients charts, records patient information on
unit records and routes patients charges.Enters any written orders
into the electronic medical record, completes related forms,
schedules procedures via computer and/or manual process, adds forms
related to procedures to chart and notifies licensed
personnel.Assists with transport patients.Helps keep department
tidy by putting up stock, and clean rooms such as break room,
microwave, refrigerator, med room, dirty room, linen room, and
equipment room.Assists with incentive spirometers.Responsible for
documenting: baths, turns, Oral Intake and Output obtained from
Foley catheter, urinal or collection vessel, shaves, mouth care,
peri and or Foley care, Vital Signs, linen changes, shampoos,
weights, the percentage of meals consumed on all of their assigned
patients, ambulation, incentive spirometer usage, bowel movements,
and the number of times patients were up in a chair.EDUCATION:On or
after June 1, 2013, High School diploma or equivalent required.If
an employee has less than the foregoing level of education and
employed in good standing in this position prior to this date no
further education is required to maintain employment.LICENSURE,
REGISTRATION, CERTIFICATION:BLS certification must be obtained
within the orientation period, and certification must be kept
current while in this position.EXPERIENCE:Preferred, but may be
trained by qualified personnel on the unit.Requisition ID:
2021-46878 Shift: Other External Company Name: West Tennessee
Healthcare External Company URL: https://www.wth.org/careers/
Street: 620 Skyline Drive *F-Location Name w/o External ID: Jackson
Madison County General Hospital *F-Location Name w/o External ID:
C9-Med Surg
Keywords: West Tennessee Healthcare, Jackson , Patient CareTech, Other , Jackson, Tennessee
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