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Patient Care Technician I - OR Galveston (Casual Appointment) **Galveston, Texas, United States** **New** Patient Care UTMB Health Requisition # 2602429 **Minimum Qualifications:** - High school or equivalent AND completion of one of the following technical programs: - Completion of a recognized Nurse Assistant program OR - Completion of a Medical Assistant program OR - Completion of Medical Corpsman program OR - Completion of EMT program OR - Completion of a UTMB Hospital Aide Training Program OR - Two (2) years of experience in a direct patient care environment OR - Certified MA, PCT, or CNA at time of hire 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. **Licenses, Registrations, or Certifications:** - BLS **Job Summary/Description:** To provide basic technical assistance and supportive patient care to meet the needs of individual patients throughout assigned areas. **Job Duties:** - Collects, reports, and documents data: 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 and superficial wound care, assists with chronic wound care, provides skincare for a patient with TED hose, SCD, casts, skeletal pins, assists with elimination, cares for the incontinent patient, cares for 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 patient safety related to age and condition - Assists with patient restraints and 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 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. - Documents as appropriate. - Maintains patient care areas with appropriate supplies. - Assists with patient requests for other hospital services. Marginal or Periodic Functions: - Video monitoring duties as assigned. - Adheres to internal controls and reporting **Salary Range:** Actual salary commensurate with experience or range if discussed and approved by hiring authority. **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 Federal Contractor, UTMB Health takes affirmative action to hire and advance protected veterans and individuals with disabilities. Compensation