Patient Care Technician II Position Available In Gwinnett, Georgia
Tallo's Job Summary: The Patient Care Technician II position at Northside Hospital involves providing nursing assistance and patient care in the Medical Intensive Care Unit. Responsibilities include assisting with activities of daily living, performing hygiene procedures, and being part of a patient care team. Qualifications include a high school diploma, American Heart Association BLS certification, and preferred experience as a Patient Care Technician. The work hours are from 1845-0715 with weekend requirements.
Job Description
Overview Northside Hospital is award-winning, state-of-the-art, and continually growing. Constantly expanding the quality and reach of our care to our patients and communities creates even more opportunity for the best healthcare professionals in Atlanta and beyond. Discover all the possibilities of a career at Northside today. Responsibilities The Medical Intensive Care Unit provides exceptional care for critically ill adult patients. Patients may require frequent critical care assessments, invasive and non-invasive hemodynamic monitoring, vasoactive drug therapy, continuous renal replacement therapy, and rapid sequence intubation. Provides nursing assistance and patient care to provide for the comfort, safety and personal needs of patients. Assists patients with activities of daily living and performs procedures for physical hygiene and comfort of patients. Performs duties with the construct of a unit-based, self-directed patient care team while sharing various tasks with other licensed and non-licensed members. The major diagnoses cared for in the Medical Intensive Care Unit include, but are not limited to: respiratory failure requiring ventilator support severe sepsis/septic shock anaphylaxis gastrointestinal bleeding renal/liver failure accidental/intentional overdose behavioral health DKA/HHS on insulin infusion. Qualifications
KNOWLEDGE SKILLS AND ABILITIES/LICENSE OR CERTIFICATION REQUIRED 1.
High School diploma or equivalent2. Must hold American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS)
KNOWLEDGE SKILLS AND ABILITIES/LICENSE OR CERTIFICATION PREFERRED 1.
Listed on the Georgia Registry as a Certified Nursing Assistant2. One (1) year of experience as a Patient Care Technician3. Visual color acuity depending on the role in specific units
Work Hours:
1845-0715
Weekend Requirements:
Yes On-Call Requirements:
No
