Patient Care Technician I

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• **Job Requirements** **General Summary** Under the direction of professional nursing staff, provides direct patient care.
• Takes vital signs, checks surgical dressings, and aids with activities of daily living (ADLs).
• This role performs blood draws and collects specimen samples.
• Observes and collects data and communicates about the patient's status in order to identify needs and provides needed care.
• Serves as a member of the interdisciplinary patient care services team.
• **II.** **Principal Responsibilities and Tasks** The following statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by the person assigned to this classification.
• They are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all job duties performed by personnel so classified.
• Performs testing and manages the care of the patient based on results achieved and clinical findings.
• Records patient care along the continuum, including activities of daily living (ADLs): feeding, bathing, dressing, toileting and transferring.
• Completes, documents and reports patient vital signs (temperature, blood pressure, pulse, respiration, oxygen saturation and reported pain level).
• Assists in admission, transfer and discharge of patients.
• Participates in cost effective strategies to optimize patient outcomes.
• Promotes patient safety including fall prevention.
• Ensures the safety of the clinical environment for patients, visitors, and other staff members.
• Maintains order and appearance of patient rooms and work area.
• Maintains patient care supplies and linen.
• Collaborates with members of the health care team to carry out the plan of care, including reporting observed changes in patients' condition.
• Ensure patient comfort relative to their pain status.
• Measures and documents dietary intake and patient urinary and stool output.

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