Patient Care Technician II TDCJ Medsurge

    Highlights

    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. 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.

    Numbers & Facts

    LocationGalveston, TX

    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 Federal Contractor, UTMB Health takes affirmative action to hire and advance protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.

    Compensation