RN / Certified Nursing Assistant Job in San Antonio, Texas / Hospital
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Standard Qualifications: Methodist Specialty and Transplant Hospital is licensed for 382 beds and has been nationally recognized by Leapfrog's Hospital Safety Grade A. It receives international acclaim for its outstanding and dynamic kidney, liver and pancreas transplant programs, setting record numbers for volume and outcomes. Methodist Specialty & Transplant Hospital is home to the Texas Transplant Institute, a nationally recognized center that recently performed the world's first 16-way kidney donor exchange chain during three consecutive days at a single hospital. Methodist Specialty and Transplant Hospital earned designation as a Center of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Excellence from the American Society for Bariatric Surgery in 2008. Our Sexual Assault Response Team provides a compassionate environment for sexual assault survivors ages 13 and up. This program serves as a model for hospitals and agencies all over the world. For more information, please visit our website at xxxxxxxxxxx* and select Methodist Specialty and Transplant Hospital under Locations. General Statement of Duties : The Patient Care Technician performs a variety of delegated basic patient care services related to common nursing functions and activities of daily living under the supervision of the registered nurse (RN) in a complementary and assistive role. He/she assists the nursing staff in providing patient care in accordance to the PCA's training, competence and skill, hospital policies and procedures and the Texas Board of Nursing rules for delegated nursing tasks to unlicensed personnel (Rule 224.6). Consistently assists the patient care team with maintaining a clean, well organized, adequately stocked and safe patient environment. Essential Job Functions: Under the supervision of the RN, performs delegated patient care activities as directed and ordered in accordance with one's training. Delegated tasks may include: Obtaining vital signs, height and weight, intake and output, calorie counts, and/or simple non-sterile dressing changes Safe patient handling: Turning and positioning, use of specialty beds, patient transfer and use of transfer devices, ambulation assistance and use of assistive devices, restraint alternatives, oxygen use and transport, suction use, pre-operative skin preparation and/or use of sequential compression devices (SCD) Specimen collection, including blood collection for bedside glucose testin Consistently assists with maintaining a safe patient environment, including: Addressing identified hazards in the physical environment of the patient room to prevent patient falls. Hand hygiene and consistent use of standard precautions. Use of personal protective equipment (PPE) as appropriate following transmission based precautions procedures. Communicates accurate information for delegated patient care activities performed, including observed patient response to performed activities to the assigned RN (following hand-off communication guidelines). Assists the RN in collecting data from patients upon admission and assists with patient transfer or discharge preparations as instructed. Assists patients with bathing, shaving, oral care, toileting, grooming, changing linens, providing water, assisting with meal delivery, and feeding. Performs hourly rounding, consistently uses AIDET when interacting with patients, and responds to call lights timely.
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