Patient Care Technician (pct) | Med Surg
Avera Health
Pierre, South Dakota, US
About the Role
Avera Health - - Responsibilities: Provides safe and direct patient care: ambulating, bathing, positioning, entering diet information into the computer system, passing meal trays, feeding and attending to other care needs; Responds promptly to patient call lights and special needs, ensures that patient valuables and personal items are properly handled and accounted for; Greets all persons coming to the area assigned, answer inquiries, may direct and assist them, take and relay messages, assist with gifts, flowers, and mail for patients, run errands for department staff; Ambulates patients and assist them in and out of wheelchairs, measures intakes and outputs, may collect specimens and transport patients as needed; Answers telephone, operates paging system, and attends station and direct traffic during emergencies
Responsibilities
- Ambulate patients and assist them in and out of wheelchairs
- Respond to patient call lights and special needs
- Assist with feeding and other basic care tasks
Qualifications
- Certified Patient Care Technician
- Experience in acute care setting
Required Skills
Patient care
Vital signs
Ambulation
Documentation
Communication
Keywords
PCT
patient care
med surg
acute care
healthcare
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