Patient Care Technician CEP - Nursing Operations & Quality Team - Day Shift

About the role

• Location: Geisinger Medical Center (GMC)
• Shift: Days (United States of America)
• Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40
• Worker Type: Regular
• Exemption Status: No

Job Summary

HAC-P TEAM (Hospital-Acquired Condition - Prevention Team)

Provides frontline support focused on preventing hospital-acquired conditions, including BSI, CAUTI, CLABSI, and HAPI. Collaborates with frontline staff, WOCN, Infection Prevention, VAT, and providers to identify and address potential patient harm concerns. Provides real-time education and corrective guidance to staff and escalates concerns to appropriate stakeholders as needed.

Job Duties

• Round on patients that are high-risk for acquiring potential harm from pressure injuries, BSI, CLABSI, and CAUTI.
• Some patients will be rounded on more than once per week, depending on their risk assessment.
• Assessment will include a complete head-to-toe skin assessment, specifically evaluating area where a device may be present.
• Assessment will include Peripheral IV sites, Central Line sites, and Indwelling-Urinary Bladder Catheters.
• If concerns are noted, they will be corrected in real-time while collaborating with the patient's Primary RN. (PIV dressing changes and site maintenance. PIV replacement. IV Tubing changes, as needed. Coordination with VAT, when Central Line is involved. IUBC tubing in proper positioning, properly secured, and site maintenance.)
• After assessment, reposition patient to ensure proper off-loading of pressure injury points.
• Assessment findings will be documented in the patient's medical record in EPIC.
• Be a resource for frontline staff and provide education on the nursing units.

Additional information

May perform a wide variety of phlebotomy, milk lab, and clerical duties and basic patient care under the supervision of a Registered Nurse and maintains the patient care and unit environment consistent with the policies, procedures, and practices. Meets the qualifications to provide care for patients in the specific age range on their assigned clinical area.

• Provides patient care as directed, within the nursing assistant scope of practice, in meeting the multidisciplinary care plan established for each patient. This includes dressing care at direction of RN, milk lab, and EKG's.
• Obtains and maintains the integrity of specimens in accordance with policy and procedure, according to physician order. Provides for or assists patients with activities of daily living and fulfills designated and delegated responsibilities for ongoing continuum of care. Includes patient hygiene and changing linens.
• Provides one to one patient safety watch as assigned following established policies and procedures.
• Serves as a unit preceptor for orientees includes assisting with orientation paperwork and weekly meetings with the orientee and Nursing Development Practitioner to discuss progress.
• Assists with unit- based education by way of small group in-services not limited to new products, procedures, and equipment.
• Mentors the professional development of novice team members.
• Provides leadership, guidance, and support for staff members at the unit level.
• Accurately processes specimens and provides timely transport of the specimen to the laboratory.
• Performs point of care patient testing and point of care instrument maintenance and quality control. Assists in problem solving, trouble shooting and taking corrective measures in care and maintenance of equipment and supplies.
• Performs clerical duties for admissions, transfers, discharges, and deaths according to standards and facilitates patient throughput activities. Transcribes and processes orders according to unit standard.
• Releases and confirms ordered tests to appropriate departments.
• Coordinate's transportation of patients to multiple tests. Participates in obtaining and communicating electronic information as pertinent to the nursing unit. Schedules tests, faxes consult, etc.
• Assists in ordering supplies. Stationery items as well as floor stock, patient needs, individual nursing supplies.
• Communicates with food services to ensure appropriate patient diets.
• Operates, problem solves, and takes corrective measures for clerical equipment. To include scheduling maintenance of computers, fax machines, phones, etc.
• Staff have access to non-controlled medications storage and supply areas and can transport non-controlled medications as necessary to meet the needs of the clinic or unit.
• Assists with transporting non-controlled medications to and from Pharmacy and within the unit as needed.
• Assists with transporting blood products to and from Blood Bank as needed.
• Discharge follow up phone calls / coordinating virtual discharge appointment team.
• Remove Foley Catheter and peripheral IV at direction of registered nurse.
• Support / Assist staff with 5 min Drills and/or Quality Rounds - participate in regulatory readiness as needed.
• Participates on unit councils.
• Completes all unit-based skill competencies on an annual basis. Submits portfolio to reporting supervisor to document performance in the Career Enhancement Program prior to performance evaluation.

Work is typically performed in a clinical environment. Accountable for satisfying all job specific obligations and complying with all organization policies and procedures. The specific statements in this profile are not intended to be all-inclusive. They represent typical elements considered necessary to successfully perform the job. Additional competencies and skills outlined in any department-specific orientation will be considered essential to the performance of the job related to that position.

Position Details

Primary schedule: Monday-Friday, 8:00am-4:30pm.

Will be expected to pick up 2 shifts per month on an inpatient unit to maintain nursing competency. Occasional weekend and evening hours may be required.

Education: Graduate from Specialty Training Program-Nursing (Required)

Certification(s) and License(s)

Basic Life Support Certification - Default Issuing BodyDefault Issuing Body

Skills

Communication, Computer Literacy, Customer Service, Multitasking, Teamwork

Our Purpose & Values

Everything we do is about caring for our patients, our members, our students, our Geisinger family and our communities.

• KINDNESS: We strive to treat everyone as we would hope to be treated ourselves.
• EXCELLENCE: We treasure colleagues who humbly strive for excellence.
• LEARNING: We share our knowledge with the best and brightest to better prepare the caregivers for tomorrow.
• INNOVATION: We constantly seek new and better ways to care for our patients, our members, our community, and the nation.
• SAFETY: We provide a safe environment for our patients and members and the Geisinger family.

We offer healthcare benefits for full time and part time positions from day one, including vision, dental and domestic partners. Perhaps just as important, we encourage an atmosphere of collaboration, cooperation and collegiality.