AdventHealth Tampa
Patient Care Tech
Submission for the position: AdventHealth ER Tech II PRN Nights - Tampa, FL - (Job Number: 20016653)
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AdventHealth ER Tech II PRN Nights - Tampa, FL
ER Tech II AdventHealth Tampa
Location Address: 3100 East Fletcher Avenue Tampa, Florida 33613
Top Reasons to Work at AdventHealth Tampa
• Florida Hospital Pepin Heart Institute, known across the country for its advances in cardiovascular disease prevention, diagnosis, treatment and research.
• Surgical Pioneers – the first in Tampa with the latest robotics in spine surgery
• Building a brand new, six story surgical and patient care tower which will ensure state of the art medical and surgical car for generations to come
• Awarded the Get With The Guidelines – Stroke GOLD Quality Achievement Award from the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association and have been recognized as a recipient of their Target: Stroke Honor Roll for our expertise in stroke care. We have also received certification by The Joint Commission in collaboration with the American Stroke Association as a Primary Stroke Center.
Work Hours/Shifts
PRN/Nights
You will be responsible for:
• Includes the following behaviors in the delivery of patient care daily:
• Introduces self to patient and explains role in their care.
• Calls patient by his or her preferred name.
• Rounds with previous shift staff and receives report on care given to patients.
• Uses a handshake or a touch on the arm.
• Uses the mission, vision, and value statements in delivering your care.
• Includes the following 7 “Patient First” behaviors in the delivery of patient care daily:
• Make the Time: when leaving the bedside ask, “Is there anything else I can do for you?”
• Take the Time: Scripted “Welcome”, Orient patient/ and family to treatment area.
• Plan the Time: Inform patients what to expect.
• Explain the Time: explain what you are doing and how it will benefit the patient.
• Account for the Time: apologize and account for delays and use service recovery if necessary.
• Pick the Time and Place: for confidential conversations, venting, personal, etc.
• Thank them for their Time: End on a positive note-inform of what happens next, provide education, and mention patient satisfaction survey.
• Contributes to a positive working environment by:
• Demonstrating a supportive learning attitude.
• Exhibiting flexibility.
• Being open to change.
• Sensitive to department and hospital-wide needs.
• Effectively participates in conflict resolution/problem solving.
• Promotes timely patient placement by following hospital policy for patient admission, discharge, and transfer.
• Demonstrates awareness of factors by all of the following:
• Correct utilization of Pyxis system for supplies.
• Returns dirty equipment to supply room when not in use.
• Complies with decisions made for staffing adjustments (i.e. floating).
• Provides care to patients in accordance with standards of care:
• Provides assistance with basic hygiene, comfort, and activities of daily living
• Assists in maintaining patient skin integrity by:
• Turning and repositioning patient according to policy.
• Uses techniques to prevent skin shearing when moving patients.
• Notifies nurse if skin breakdown observed.
• Urine specimen collection and documentation.
• Performs splinting.  Performs pre and post splinting checks and documents
• Inserts IV catheters in peripheral veins, installs locks, applies dressing and documents per hospital policy.
• Provides correctly adjusted crutches, instructs patient on crutch walking and documents.
• Removes Urinary Catheters and documents.
• Reports observations to nurse.
• Performs simple clean dressing changes and documents.
• Performs accucheks and hemocults per hospital procedure and documents if credentialed.
• Discontinues Nasogastric tubes, disposes of in accordance with hospital Biohazardous waste policy and Documents on patient record.
• Removes peripheral IV catheters, disposes of in accordance with hospital Biohazardous waste policy.
• Observes site and notifies nurse of condition.
• Documents on patient record.
• Performs unit based phlebotomy for patient lab tests and documents.
• meeting is not attended.
• AND Maintains unit based mandatory requirements (i.e. BCLS).
What will you need?
• Individuals must possess these knowledge, skills and abilities and be able to explain and to demonstrate that s/he can perform the essential functions of the job, with or without reasonable accommodation, using some other combination of skills and abilities.
• High School education or equivalent
• Completion of a formal Aide/Attendant program, or completion of introductory clinical in an approved RN program  or completion of an approved EMT course or greater than 2 years clinical experience in an ED tech role.
• Demonstrated ability to follow written and verbal instructions effectively.
• Florida State Certification as Nurse Assistant or, EMT or Paramedic or, completion of introductory nursing in an approved RN program
• Current BLS/BCLS
Patient Care
US-FL-Tampa
TP FH TAMPA (TP01000000)
3100 E Fletcher Ave
Tampa , 33613
TP FH TAMPA
3100 E Fletcher Ave
Entry Level
Aug 12, 2020, 10:26:00 AM
Location(s): US-FL-Tampa Job Level: Entry Level Travel: No