Patient Care Tech, PCT, CSO, FT, Days, Region 6 at Texas Health Resources – Arlington, Texas

Patient Care Tech, PCT, Central Staffing Office, Full-Time, Days, Region 6

Main Office: Texas Health Central Staffing Office - 612 E Lamar, Arlington, TX 76011

Work Locations: Region 6: THAZ, THWP, THFW, THSH, THSW, THCF

Work hours: Full time, days (7a-7p)

Floating requirement: Work in at least 3 different entities per quarter

Position Highlights:

Texas Health Central Staffing Office - internal staffing department that provides clinical staffing resources for all THR hospitals. Must have flexibility to float throughout the Metroplex based on the needs of the business. The Central Staffing Office is broken into particular zones, but in the event that your primary zone does not have any needs, you must be open to being floated to outside, neighboring zones.

Here's What You Need
• Highschool Diploma or equivalent
• 1 year experience as CNA or PCT required within the last 3 years required or
• no experience required if nursing student who has completed fundamentals or military experience with medical training equivalent required
• BCLS prior to providing independent patient care and maintained quarterly required and
• ACLS within 90 days of hire required and
• CPI maintained annually within 90 days of hire required

What You Will Do
CARE OF PATIENT/TECHNICAL SKILLS:
• Provides assistance to patient according to plan of care.
• Collects patient data, identifies and reports significant findings to nurse.
• Assists in admission/transfer/discharge.
• Provides and Revises patient activities of daily living based on patient/family preferences.
• Performs technical procedures safely and proficiently.
• Takes action to reduce or eliminate patient risk.
• Enters orders into computer or manual system if applicable.
• Documents accurately and appropriately.
• In collaboration/consultation with the nurse, adapts care to reflect patient population.
• In collaboration/consultation with nurse, incorporates cultural/religious needs and beliefs into delivery of care.
• Keeps patient environment clean and maintains safe environment.
• Anticipates patient/family and visitor needs and takes action to meet those needs and rounds as appropriate
PARTNERSHIP:
• Uses Professional Practice Model philosophy to work in partnership with patients, families, physicians, peers and all other disciplines.
• Demonstrates adaptability and flexibility to changes in schedule and/or workload assignment necessary to meet changing needs of the individual patient or unit.
• Makes new team members feel welcome and offers assistance with orientation of new employees.
• Acceptable use of interpersonal relationship skills and communication with patients, families, co-workers, physicians, all disciplines and other customers.
• Organizes workload and effectively collaborates with nursing to prioritize care.
WORKPLACE/PERSONAL ACCOUNTABILITY:
• Maintains and enhances patient care skills.
• Seeks assistance and supervision when performing unfamiliar tasks.
• Serves as a patient advocate.
• Complies with personnel policies.
• Communicates per department expectations.
• Recognizes and promptly communicates ethical and legal concerns through established channels of communication.
QUALITY AND SAFETY:
• Assists in the identification of ineffective and costly processes and takes action to improve them.
• Participates in the process improvement activities within the department/hospital.
• Adheres to National Patient Safety Goals

Additional perks of being a Texas Health CSO PCT
• Benefits include 401k, PTO, medical, dental, Paid Parental Leave, flex spending, tuition reimbursement, student Loan forgiveness as well as several other benefits.
• Delivery of high quality of patient care through nursing education, nursing research and innovations in nursing practice.
• Strong Unit Based Council (UBC).
• A supportive, team environment with outstanding opportunities for growth.
• Learn more about our culture, benefits, and recent awards.
• Do you still have questions or concerns? Feel free to email your questions to recruitment@texashealth.org.

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Primary Location: Arlington
Job: PCT
Organization: Texas Health Resources 612 E. Lamar TX 76011
Shift: Day Job
Employee Status: Regular
Job Type: Standard
Schedule: Full-time