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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 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). Job Duties: * 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. * Performs related duties as required. Salary Range Actual salary commensurate with experience. Work Schedule Full-time Day Shift 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