Critical Care Technician, ICU

You Matter Here!Heywood Healthcare values our employees! We offer competitive wages, great benefits and generous earned time off. Come work where you will matter!

Hours: 24-Hours, Days/Evenings, 7:00am - 7:30pm, Two shifts per week, Every third weekend and holiday, Sunday through Saturday

$20.00 - $28.85

Disclaimer:

We are committed to equitable and transparent compensation practices. The salary range for this position reflects our good-faith estimate of base pay at the time of posting. Final compensation will be determined based on a variety of factors, including relevant experience, skills, qualifications, and internal equity. We regularly review our compensation structures to ensure fairness and consistency across our organization.

Job Summary:

The Critical Care Tech acts as a vital member of the patient care delivery team, performing delegated nursing duties, environmental services duties, and food service duties to enhance the satisfaction level of the hospitalized patient. Depending upon census, may be required to float to other units in the hospital.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Provides clerical support to clinical staff (e.g. maintains unitfiles, organizes patient care record, prepares admission andpre-op charts, etc).

• Under direction of nurse, makes all appropriate arrangements for outside services, transfers, and ambulance services in atimely manner.

• Appropriately prioritizes tasks adjusting to changing workload as necessary (e.g. seeks assistance as needed from appropriate resources, recognizes emergency situations,etc.).

• Maintains clean and safe work environment (identifies and/orremoves safety hazards).

• Performs thorough, timely, and accurate transcription of physicians’ orders (including entering into Meditech OEmodule where utilized).

• Participates in the learning for colleagues and self (e.g. assist with orientation of new staff in-services, educational programs, etc.).

• Updates ICU logs daily.

• Coordinates clerical activities associated with patient care, so patients receive appropriate testing without delay.

• Coordinates patient testing by calling ancillary departments upon request.

• Facilitates communication between the nursing unit and other departments so that everyone involved has current and accurate information as to patients care.
• Answers the telephone and communicates information toparties involved to avoid delays in patient care.
• Facilitates transfers and discharges through retrieving and copying medical records and sending and receiving faxes asneeded.
• Assists with facilitating room turnover to reduce the wait timeof admissions.
• Works together with departmental and healthcare teams to complete assignments.
• Maintains a clean and comfortable environment for patient sand visitors.
• Removes or arranges for removal of safety hazards from environment immediately to prevent potential safety hazards from occurring.
• Assists patient, physician and nurse during procedures,assisting during procedure as needed.
• Assists in the admission and discharge of patients to expedite care.
• Assists in the collection, labeling and delivery of routine specimens.
• Observes, reports and records vital signs and intake andoutput as directed by the registered nurse and in accordance with Patient Care Service’s Standards.
• Performs EKG’s, according to standard policies and procedures.
• Performs Glucometer testing according to standard policies and procedures on patients 15 years or older. (This is dependent on completed competency).
• Provides patient care based on standards of care, standards of practice, protocols, and established policies and procedures under direction of a licensed nurse.
• Collects basic health data as directed by a licensed nurse.
• Assists patients with activities of daily care (e.g. personal hygiene, toileting,…