Patient Care Tech Cardiac Stroke Center Mercy Medical Center, Cedar Rapids, IA vacancy at Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids

Mercy Medical Center is presently looking of Patient Care Tech Cardiac Stroke Center Mercy Medical Center, Cedar Rapids, IA on Thu, 27 Jun 2013 07:05:27 GMT. BCLS Required prior to hire CNA Required This position supports Mercy’s philosophy of patient centered care by providing safe and effective patient care by performing tasks and support functions under the supervision of a licensed nurse. Patient care technicians or certified nursing assistance may fulfill an expanded role by performing additional tasks and responsibilities as delegated by their...

Patient Care Tech Cardiac Stroke Center Mercy Medical Center, Cedar Rapids, IA

Location: Cedar Rapids Iowa

Description: Mercy Medical Center is presently looking of Patient Care Tech Cardiac Stroke Center Mercy Medical Center, Cedar Rapids, IA right now, this vacancy will be placed in Iowa. More details about this vacancy opportunity please give attention to these descriptions. BCLS Required prior to hire

CNA Required

This position supports! Mercy’s philosophy of patient centered care by providing safe and effective patient care by performing tasks and support functions under the supervision of a licensed nurse. Patient care technicians or certified nursing assistance may fulfill an expanded role by performing additional tasks and responsibilities as delegated by their department.
Job Specific Duties/Essential Functions
Ensure that accurate and clinically relevant information is communicated with patients, their families, and co-workers at hand offs and other times as needed. Take all measures necessary to ensure that the appropriate and involved parties have communicated necessary information in order to allow for the best possible patient outcome
Provide safe and effective patient care under the supervision of the licensed nurse by performing tasks and support functions as delegated by department
Observe and communicate to the licensed nurse any changes in patient condition and pertinent in! formation regarding the needs of the patient and/or significan! t others
Demonstrate effective and age appropriate communication as well as the ability to understand the needs of the patient including nonverbal communication, fears, anxieties and language/cultural barriers
Maintains accurate and real time documentation of patient care provided
Assures patient privacy by knocking on doors, closing curtains and protecting patient information
Responds within scope of practice to emergencies and life threatening conditions
Demonstrates support for changes in practice designed to improve performance.
Organize and prioritize daily work, taking into account the needs of patients, families and other health care workers
Maintain cleanliness and organization of patient rooms and department work areas
Assist in identifying quality improvement opportunities and demonstrate support for changes in practice designed to improve performance
Ability to prioritize tasks, denitrify needs for changes in priorities and tak! es the initiative to recommend and implement changes in concert with their supervisor.
Position Specific Job Duties/Essential Functions
Accurately performs vital signs and blood sugars
Removes foleys and IV’s per protocol
Applies and removes telemetry to patients per protocol

If cross trained to Monitor tech:
Accurately completes documentation of telemetry strips on flowsheet
Accurately reads and measures telemetry strips every 4 hours
Acknowledges telemetry changes in a timely manner and notifies RN
Completes inventory control log accurately Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Role Models exemplary customer service skills including verbal and non-verbal skills and proper phone etiquette Creates a welcoming environment for all healthcare team members. Demonstrates the ability to provides safe and effective patient care Must have the ability to remain focused in stressful situations and perform multiple tasks quickly. Professiona! l Experience Previous Patient Care Tech or Certified Nursing Assistant ! experience preferred Education High School diploma or equivalent required In addition, must have ONE of the following: ­ completion of a certified nurse assistant (CNA) program ­ a minimum of 2 years in a baccalaureate program ­ one year in an Automated External Defibrillators program ­ comparable education, training and experience in the absence of successful completion of a Certified Nurse Assistant program Licensure, Certification, Registration Current certification in Basic Cardiac Life Support, in accordance with the American Heart Association required. Physical Activity Requirements Constant = 67-100% of workday Reaching Standing Walking Talking Hearing Frequent = 34-66% of workday Lifting Repetitive motion Balancing Stooping Kneeling Crouching Pushing Pulling Grasping Feeling Handling Occasional = 33% or less of workday Sitting Fingering Climbing Reaching: Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction. Sitting: to assume a position in which the weight is largely ! supported by the buttocks, usually with the body vertical and the thighs horizontal. Standing: Maintaining an upright position. Walking: Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks. Lifting: Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position to position. Fingering: writing or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand or arm as in handling. Talking: Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken wordâ€"those activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly. Hearing: Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal range; ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make fine discriminations in sound, such as when auscultating and percussing. Repetitive motions: Substantial movements (motion) of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers. Balancing: Maintaining equilibrium to prevent falling when assisting ! patients with activity. Stooping: Bending body downward and forward by ! bending spine at the waist Kneeling: Bending legs at knee to come to a rest or kneel. Crouching: Bending the body downward and forward by bending leg and spine Pushing: Using upper extremities to press against something with steady force in order to thrust forward, downward or outward. Pulling: Using upper extremities to exert force in order to draw, drag, haul or tug objects in a sustained motion. Grasping: Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm. Feeling: Perceiving attributes of objects, such as size, shape, temperature or texture by touching with skin, particularly that of the fingertips and palms. Climbing: Stairs, stools, ramps Handling: Working primarily with the whole hand while scouring, dusting, obtaining supplies and handling equipment. Physical Demand Requirements Heavy: Exert 50-100 lbs. of force occasionally and/or 25-50 lbs. of force frequently Visual Acuity Work requires close vision, peripheral vision, distance vision, depth perception and ! ability to adjust focus Ability to read pertinent printed material and distinguish colors Ability to accurately read measurements on patient related equipmentâ€"some examples include: thermometers, mechanical gauges, glucometers, IV pumps, and computer monitor displays Ability to read management reports or other pertinent printed material Worker must be able to visually assess patients’ safety needs Normal visual acuity required to maintain accuracy and neatness of work Preparing and reading written documentation, use of computer Intellectual/Emotional Requirements Adaptability to performing under stress when confronted with emergent, critical, unusual, or dangerous situations, or situation in which working speed and sustained attention are make-or-break aspects of the job. Adaptability to performing a variety of duties, often changing from one task to another without loss of efficiency or composure. Ability to maintain both a high standard of courtesy and cooperation in ! dealing with co-workers, patients and visitors and satisfactory job per! formance despite the stress of a hospital work environment. Adaptability to accepting responsibility for the direction, control or planning of an activity. Demonstrates knowledge and skills necessary to interact with the patient population of: infant, pediatric, adolescent, adult and geriatric. Ability to perform under stress when confronted with emergency, critical, or unusual situations. Ability to influence people in their opinions, attitudes or judgments about ideas or things. Ability to make generalizations, evaluations or decisions based on measurable or verifiable criteria; i.e., patient assessment and/or equipment performance. Adaptability to performing repetitive work or to performing continuously the same work, according to set procedures sequence or pace. Adaptability to dealing with people beyond giving and receiving instructions. Able to communicate with people regarding giving and receiving of instructions. Adaptability to changing priorities. Adaptability to ! fluctuate between priorities on a daily basis, i.e. answering the phone, pulling charts, filing charts, copying charts and helping answer questions for ancillary staff.
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This vacancy starts available on: Thu, 27 Jun 2013 07:05:27 GMT

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