Patient Care Tech

Job Description

Position

Full-Time

POSITION PURPOSE

Under supervision of the RN/LPN, this role provides routine patient care in accordance with Tennova Healthcare

• Cleveland established policy and procedures. Delivers care based on patients' needs appropriate to age and developmental level for the pediatric, adolescent, adult or geriatric patient.
  
  Demonstrates cooperation, flexibility, and resourcefulness when dealing with patients, visitors, physicians, and hospital personnel. Assists patients in dressing or undressing, bathing, or eating. Collects non-invasive body fluid specimens or gathers vital signs but does not start or administer intravenous fluids. Aids physicians and nursing staff members with procedures if needed.

Responsible for providing clerical support for all employees within the assigned nursing unit. Maintains and updates patients' records for the unit.

To define excellence, and give hope, from our family to yours is our mission at Tennova Healthcare

• Cleveland. To that end, our vision is to be the provider of choice for our patients, the employer of choice for those seeking to live lives of impact, and the team of choice for our clinicians at every level.

Our commitment to each teammate is to provide an environment where excellence, personal and professional growth, and accomplishment can flourish. Our expectation for each teammate is that they share our commitment to create such an environment, and that our collective responsibility to our teammates and our patients remains at the forefront of what we do.

We seek high performers. Join us if you are one.

POSITION QUALIFICATIONS

Education:

Minimum high school graduate or G.E.D. required.

Diploma or transcripts required upon hire.

Experience:

One-year experience as nursing assistant preferred. One-year patient care experience preferred.

Licenses/Certificates:

Certified Nursing Assistant certification preferred or enrolled in accredited nursing program preferred. BLS certification required within six months of hire.

General Responsibilities:

Responsible to the patient to provide the highest quality nursing care possible.

Assist LPN's and staff RN's deliver patient care.

Responsible to promote cooperative working relationships both on the assigned unit and with other hospital departments.

Participate in performance improvement activities.

Provides clerical support to the assigned department.

Maintains and updates patient records per policy.