PCT Nurse Extern - Resource (PRN)

Description

SHIFT: PRN
SCHEDULE: PRN/Per Diem

Methodist Hospital | Metropolitan
Patient Care Technician – Nurse Extern
Resource Department
PRN - Non-Exempt

Do you have a passion for healthcare and helping others? Do you enjoy working in a fast-paced, patient-centered environment? Jump-start your career in our Resource department. Submit your application today!


Benefits:

We offer you an excellent total compensation package, including competitive salary, excellent benefit package and growth opportunities. We believe in our team and your ability to do excellent work with us. Your benefits include 401k, PTO medical, dental, flex spending, life, disability, tuition reimbursement, student loan repayment assistance, employee discount program and employee stock purchase program. We would love to talk to you about this fantastic opportunity.
Seeking a PCT Nurse Extern to join our team who maintains enrollment in a professional registered nursing program and 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). He/she works in a complementary, assistive and mentoring role with the RN in accordance with the Nurse Practice Act to provide for the delivery of patient care utilizing the nursing process; assists the nursing staff in providing patient care in accordance to one’s training, competence and skill, Hospital policies and procedures and the Texas Board of Nursing rules for delegated nursing tasks to unlicensed personnel (Rule 224.8). Consistently assists the patient care team with maintaining a clean, well organized, adequately stocked and safe patient environment

What you will do in this role:

• Participates in the implementation of nursing care plans by performing direct and indirect patient care under the supervision of the licensed nurse.

• Obtains and records initial and ongoing patient information throughout the cycle of care, including admissions data, vital signs, height and weight, blood pressure, oxygen saturation, blood glucose levels, intake and output, and calorie counts.

• Documents observations, interactions, patient responses to performed activities, and any physical or behavioral changes at time of occurrence. Reports observations of individual patients to the RN/Team Leader.

• Assists with mobility by regular turning and positioning, dangling, and ambulating patients. Assists with use of walkers, crutches, canes, and wheelchairs. Transfers patients to and from other units, departments, or entities. Assists with discharges. Demonstrates proper body mechanics.

• Provides or assists with non-medicated support care, including non-sterile dressing changes, skin protection, application of heat or ice, oxygen delivery, and venous compression devices.

• Performs non-medicated support tasks, including oral suctioning, enema, catheterization and foley catheter removal, drain maintenance, and basic wound care. Increases variety and difficulty of tasks as competency is verified through nursing program.

• Obtains or assists in the collection of specimens for diagnostic or waived tests. Ensures accuracy of all labels and timely transfer of specimen.

• Retrieves medication from pharmacy, storage room, or tube system and delivers to licensed staff member as instructed.

• Assists with patient preparation for surgery or other procedure.

• Assists patients with activities of daily living to include eating and drinking, bathing, shaving, oral care, grooming, and elimination. Changes bed linens as needed.

• Performs hourly rounding and responds promptly to call lights and patient requests. Strives to anticipate patient needs and resolve them proactively.

• Follows patient and employee safety/security policies and protocols, including hand hygiene, use of universal precautions,use of personal protective equipment, and adherence to isolation procedures.

• Prepares and maintains clean, hazard-free patient rooms. Empties trash and removes soiled linens.

• Assists with patient/family/caregiver learning needs, abilities and readiness to learn. Identifies barriers to learning, such as language or culture. Integrates this information into the patient’s plan of care.

• Translates complex medical terminology to ensure patients/families/caregivers understand patient medical condition, patient status, treatment plan, medications and possible side effects, and follow-up measures.

• Educates patients/families/caregivers on healthy diet and exercise, disease prevention, and/or lifestyle changes that may be needed once a patient leaves the hospital. Prepares patients and families/caregivers for future self-management.

• Provides teaching material as needed (pamphlets, video, etc.) to enhance understanding. Documents each teaching episode.

• Assists with post-mortem care.

• Assists in the setup, removal, and cleaning of equipment. Identifies malfunctioning equipment and initiates repairs.

• Performs clerical work as needed, including greeting customers, filing, answering and transferring phones, and relaying messages.

• Prepares and maintains chart, MAR and Kardex on each patient admitted. Adds documentation forms to chart as needed. Ensures each form is properly labeled.

• Assists provider in obtaining medical records and diagnostic results.

• Promotes consistent, positive patient interactions that advance the agenda of unparalleled patient service.

• Demonstrates caring and empathy in all interactions and advocates for patient- and family-centered approach in all decisions and actions.

• Demonstrates excellent communication skills, including active listening. Ensures patients, physicians, and colleagues have a clear understanding of all communications.

• Engages in evidence-based best practices that enhance the patient experience, including SAFETY rounding, communication fundamentals/AIDET, Teach-Back, Narrating Care, etc.

• Participates as an active member of the health care team and positively promotes the rest of the team to patients/families/caregivers and other colleagues.

• Maintains a professional appearance and demonstrates behaviors consistent with established policies/procedures.

• Uses job knowledge and proficiency of skills to successfully assist in orientation of new employees.

• Shares new knowledge with peers and mentors those with less experience.

• Attends and actively participates in unit meetings.

• Seeks opportunities to impact the growth of the organization by promoting excellence in patient experience and providing high quality care to the patients served.

• Identifies and assists with opportunities for performance improvement activities on the unit and with other service areas.

• Fulfills the duty and responsibility to maintain competence and to continue personal and professional growth.

• Creates and implements a personal career development plan, reviewed regularly by supervisor and/or preceptor.

• Maintains supplies, forms and necessary requisitions for the unit.

• Demonstrates cost effective use and maintenance of unit supplies.

• Demonstrates fiscal responsibility by taking ownership of time management, decreasing waste of time and/or supplies, and promoting cost effectiveness while maintaining patient safety and quality of care.

Qualifications

Qualifications:
Education: Required to be currently enrolled and in good standing in an accredited school of nursing. 1+ years of nursing school completed preferred.
Certifications: Basic Life Support (BLS) required within 30 days of hire.

Center City San Antonio is the backdrop for a vibrant and diverse community of patients served by Metropolitan Methodist Hospital. Our 354 bed hospital offers outstanding heart and cancer care, general surgery, neurosurgery, orthopedic surgery, obstetrics and gynecology services, inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation services, sleep disorder evaluation and the largest emergency room in downtown San Antonio. Our Suzell Waller Women’s pavilion, the only stand-alone facility in downtown San Antonio dedicated to the health of women and their newborn babies, has earned an excellent reputation, one baby at a time.

Metropolitan Methodist Hospital has been recognized by Modern Healthcare as a Best Place to Work in Healthcare and for the third consecutive year as a Leader in LGBT Healthcare Equality by the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation. We are pleased to announce it is the first hospital in San Antonio to achieve Pathway to Excellence designation by the American Nurses Credentialing Center. We have also been nationally recognized by Leapfrog for our focus on safety and quality, receiving a Grade A Hospital Safety Score for 5 consecutive rating periods, as well as Leapfrog’s Top General Hospital award in 2017. For more information, please visit our website at www.sahealth.com and select Metropolitan Methodist Hospital under Locations.

Be a part of an organization that invests in you. We are actively reviewing applications. Qualified candidates will be promptly contacted by our hiring managers for interviews. Submit your application today and help us raise the bar in patient care!

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

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