Eskenazi Health
Indianapolis, IN, USA
The Patient Care Technician is responsible for providing a variety of services to patients and families in support of the assigned unit as part of the patient care team under the supervision of the RN.
Essential Functions and Responsibilities
• Provides for various patient needs in support of the patient care team: takes vital signs, pain assessment, monitors accuchecks, measures patients’ weight and height, performs EKGs • May assist or provide for patient hygiene needs, provide bed linen changes, assist with dressing changes, measure intake and output, draw blood and submit proper requisitions, perform Foley and ostomy care, remove peripherally inserted vascular access (PIV), don sterile gloves utilizing aseptic technique, provide for the nourishment needs of the patient including the correct selection of food according to the patients’ dietary orders, assist with feeding patients, reinforce...