Healthcare Exploration Program (HEC) - Patient Care

About the position

At UC Health, we're proud to have the best and brightest teams and clinicians collaborating toward our common purpose: to advance healing and reduce suffering. As the region's adult academic health system, we strive for innovation and provide world-class care for not only our community, but patients from all over the world. Join our team and you'll be able to develop your skills, grow your career, build relationships with your peers and patients, and help us be a source of hope for our friends and neighbors. UC Health is committed to providing an inclusive, equitable and diverse place of employment.

Responsibilities

• Provides basic direct patient care as delegated by clinical professional personnel in accordance with delegation law and rules and current education.
• Maintains an orderly, clean and safe environment for patients and visitors.
• Engages in population appropriate communication and has knowledge of growth and development milestones.
• Gives clear instructions to patients/family regarding treatment and involves family/guardian in the assessment and care of the patient.
• Identifies and responds appropriately to different needs resulting from unique psychological needs or those associated with religious/cultural norms.
• Performs treatments, administers medication or operates equipment safely.
• Measures vital signs and records observations of skin integrity, intake & output, height & weight; reports all changes including mental status.
• Assists with activities of daily living (ADLs), skin care, tube and catheter care, turning, positioning, transfer and ambulating, range of motion (ROM), hot and cold compresses.
• Provides hygiene and comfort measures including bathing/showering and pericare.
• Empties drainage bags and records outputs, disposes of bodily fluids/waste.
• Utilizes patient care equipment such as manual/hydraulic/electronic lift/hoyer lift/bed scale.
• Removes and reapplies splints, braces, cervical collars, skin and skeletal traction, anti-embolic stockings, and performs post-mortem care.
• Distributes and removes food trays, sets up meal trays, positions and prepares patient for meals, assists and/or feeds patient, assists with menu selection, records calorie counts, provides snacks and fluids, monitors head of bed (HOB) with patients receiving tube feedings.
• Monitors patients who are a risk to themselves or others and assists with turning, coughing and deep breathing; provides follow-up to incentive spirometry; reapplies O2 cannula/mask, provides portable oxygen tank for transport.
• May perform EKGs, mobile care phlebotomy (MCP), and blood glucose testing.
• Communicates patient observations to RN timely and appropriately, orients patients and visitors to room and unit, and updates the white boards appropriately.
• Documents treatments and procedures performed and responds to and utilizes nurse call system.
• Facilitates the maintenance of a clean, safe and organized environment for patients and coworkers, removes equipment when no longer in use, and reports maintenance issues.
• Participates in patient admission, transfer and discharge, demonstrating helpfulness, cooperation and respect for team members in pursuit of unprecedented patient care.
• Ensures call lights are within reach of patients and answers call lights promptly, ensures placement of patient identification bands, and applies side rails and restraints for patient safety.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or GED required.
• Minimum of 1 year of college completed, preferably in a clinical field of study.
• Trained and maintains proficiency in AHA CPR and patient care skills.
• Completes unit-specific hospital safety education.