Patient Care Technician (PCT) (Casual Appointment) - Beto Unit Job at University of Texas Medical Branch, Tennessee Colony, TX

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  • University of Texas Medical Branch
  • Tennessee Colony, TX

Job Description

The mission of Correctional Managed Care is to address the healthcare needs of underserved patient populations within the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) and the Texas Juvenile Justice Department (TJJD).   JOB SUMMARY : Provides basic technical assistance and supportive patient care to meet the needs of individual patients throughout assigned areas.   ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS :
  • Collects, reports and documents data: vital signs, height and weight, intake and output, pulse oximetry, and collects specimens.
  • Performs and reports POCT.
  • Assists with patient activities and care as assigned by the charge nurse/designee as indicated by the patient's plan of care.
  • Provides for patients' personal hygiene.
  • Assists with feeding.
  • Ambulates, positions, and turns patients and cares for the patient with altered mobility.
  • Assists with patient safety related to age and condition.
  • Assists with patient restraints, patient specific safety precautions, collects, reports and documents data related to patient needs/emergencies and usual patient and family behavior, and cares for the patient from a correctional environment.
  • Maintains patient privacy and confidentiality of information and records at all times.
  • Provides and maintains a clean, safe environment and performs and/or assists others to perform proper aseptic technique, isolation procedures, and infection control measures.
  • Maintains patient care areas with appropriate supplies.
  • Adheres to internal controls and reporting structure established for department.
  • Performs related duties as required.
EQUIPMENT : Standard patient care supplies, equipment and mechanical devices.   WORK ENVIRONMENT :
  • May be exposed to such occupational hazards as communicable diseases, blood borne pathogens, ionizing & non-ionizing radiation, hazardous medications and disoriented or combative patients or others.
Located within the confines of a prison, jail or juvenile detention center. Security clearance is required; pre-employment drug testing is also required.

Job Tags

Casual work,

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