Patient Care Technician I (PCT) - GMC Sitters

Company: UTMB Health
Location: Galveston
Posted on: September 9, 2023

Job Description:

Patient Care Technician I (PCT) - GMC Sitters **Galveston, Texas, United States** Patient Care UTMB Health Requisition # 2302083 **JOB DESCRIPTION:** 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). **EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE** **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 **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

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