Patient Care Technician - Med-Surg: Diabetes/Renal, Day Shift

Patient Care Technician Full Time 730am-8pm DAYS three 12-hr shifts including an every other weekend requirement.

Pay Range: 17.40 - 27.84hr Actual offer rates are based upon the applicant's relevant job experience and the requirements of the position.

With over 150 years of caring for our community and each other in the Washington DC area, Howard University Hospital has a world-renowned reputation for high-quality patient-centric care. Howard University Hospital is the nation's only teaching hospital located on the campus of a Historically Black University and has created a superior learning environment with groundbreaking research and positive patient outcomes.

Howard University Hospital seeks to hire a Full-time Patient Care Technician in MedSurg Renal & Diabetes who will embrace our reach and historic tradition of excellence. If you want to make a difference in someone's life every day, consider a position with a team of professionals who are doing just that making a difference.

Principle Duties and Responsibilities

The Patient Care Technician performs a variety of direct patient care activities for a designated nursing or clinical department as outlined by the District of Columbia Board of Nursing. Assists medical and nursing staff with procedures and/or tests, assists patients with Activities of Daily Living (ADLs), obtains non-invasive body fluid specimens, draws blood, and/or performs EKGs.

Under the direction of the RN, performs technical duties and selected treatments, procedures, and activities which contribute to safe and efficient delivery of patient care, including:

• Inserting and discontinuing of intravenous lines
• Electrocardiogram
• Implement the patient plan of care
• Assists with patient care such as personal hygiene, special skin care, ambulation, transfer, and treatment procedures, including:
• Enemas
• Ostomy care
• Oral suctioning
• Urinary catheterization
• Bed making
• Sterile dressings
• Monitoring the administration of oxygen equipment by observing settings, tubing, and equipment

Provides purposeful hourly rounds to patients and more frequently as indicated to provide all patients with quick response to their needs. Assists in ambulation and range of motion. Observes, documents, and monitors vital signs. Measures and records intake, fluid, food, and output bodily functions, bodily drainage.

Practices infection control procedures and observes Standard Precautions, including appropriate use of Personal Protective Equipment. Performs minor housekeeping tasks to keep patient areas clean. Collects specimens, including through the performance of phlebotomy, and assists nursing staff with proper repositioning. Assists with obtaining basic patient information as part of the nursing history or ongoing assessment and reports abnormal values or changes in patients' condition to the appropriate nurse or supervisor.

Runs errands, procures equipment, and sets up equipment. Assumes other duties and responsibilities that are related and appropriate to the position and area. The above responsibilities are a general description of the level and nature of the work assigned to this classification and are not to be considered as all-inclusive. Such additional duties may not exceed those outlined in the DC Board of Nursing regulations.

Required Competencies

• General knowledge of all Activities of Daily Living (ADLs) and how to perform them
• Ability to effectively communicate with clients and anticipate their needs
• Ability to work independently and handle a multi-task environment
• Ability to maintain confidentiality relating to client issues
• Strong customer service skills on the telephone and face-to-face contact
• Strong organizational skills
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Internet Explorer)
• Strong attention to detail with the ability to multi-task and work within a fast-paced environment

Qualified Candidates

• High school degree or GED diploma is required
• Completion of an approved health care training program beyond high school (i.e., CNA, PCT Training Program) preferred
• Successful completion of a practical nursing (LPN) or registered nursing (RN) "Fundaments of Nursing" course and acute care clinical, which include skills specified in the PCT regulations, or Foreign Nursing education with proof of credentials evaluation by an organization recognized by the DC Board of Nursing indicating equivalent education as an RN or LPN
• Completion of an approved phlebotomy course is preferred
• Six months of prior PCT experience preferred, or Minimum of one thousand (1000) work hours within the last thirty-six (36) months as a Navy or Air Force basic medical technician corpsman, Air Force independent duty medical technician, Army health care specialist, Emergency medical technician, or Paramedic

Work at Howard University Hospital

At Howard University Hospital, our job is to care for you. We do this by offering:

• Work-life balance
• Recognition and rewards for professional expertise
• Competitive comprehensive benefit plans offered, including health, disability, vacation, sick leave, and 403B retirement plan

COVID-19 Vaccination Requirements

Howard University Hospital requires all external applicants to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 before commencing employment. External Applicants may be required to furnish proof of vaccination, and if offered, may elect to be vaccinated at a designated Howard University Hospital location.