Patient Care Technician Certified- Same Day Surgery

Your job is more than a job.

we help you to lean into your calling by leaning in with you, ensuring you have the resources to do your job as only you can. And that begins with receiving the support you need to thrive and grow, which looks different for each person. Living out our commitment to inclusion requires providing benefits that are as diverse and unique as our workforce.

It's a responsibility we take seriously. Because we don't just serve the New Orleans community—we're at the beating heart of it. Whether by offering community health services or making medical innovations more accessible, LCMC Health is bringing a culture of wellness to the communities that matter to you. When you know you're making an authentic impact, you give a little extra to every day— as a person, with your team, in your community—and that's one of the reasons why you'll be a perfect fit at LCMC Health, where giving a little something extra is at the heart of everything we do.

• Performs the priority technical procedures required by the area/department/assignment safely, effectively, efficiently and legally.
• Provides care services like Basic life support (CPR), ADL's, restorative care, calculates intake and output, lifting, ambulating, transferring, positioning, weights, equipment use, vital signs, phlebotomy, dressing changes, obtaining EKG's, etc.
• Prepares patient room, charts in the electronic medical record, cleans unit equipment, orders inventory medical/office supplies and performs other non-complex tasks.

• Prioritizes assigned tasks and patient care activities based on the following: acuity of the need, resource availability, customer/patient preference/request and other departmental needs.
• Reports abnormal patient findings and situations to RN or other licensed healthcare provider and takes actions to correct unsafe conditions.
• Gives rationale for actions or decisions based on logic, successful experience, intuition and/or established policies/procedures.

• Seeks supervision or assistance when unable to perform effectively or safely and independently.

• Initiates and/or maintains job specific interventions to assure continuity of safe and effective care for patients.
• Complies with established hospital/departmental/personnel policies.

• Delegates tasks to other team members to accomplish direct patient care or support activities.
• Questions the appropriateness of a task that has been delegated by the RN/Licensed healthcare provider when there are concerns about scope of practice.
• Enters supply rooms on nursing units as needed to perform necessary job functions.
• Refrains from manipulating or removing any intravenous fluids that are stored in the area.

High school diploma, GED, or completion of a nursing assistant program required. Will consider two years as a certified nursing assistant or patient care tech in lieu of education.

• Certified Medical Assistant through the American Association of Medical Assistants, Certified Nurse Assistant through the Louisiana State Department of Health, or Certified Patient Care Technician/Certified Patient Care Technician/Assistant through the National Health Careers Association
• Basic Life Support Health Care Provider through the American Heart Association
• Non-Violent Crisis Prevention through the Crisis Prevention Institute. (obtained within 90 days of hire)
• Addendum(s) to this Job Description's Licenses and Certifications available below.
• Certified Mental Health Technician (not required for Manning Family Children's)

• Does this position formally supervise employees? No

• Medium:
  Medium physical requirements
  - Medium Work
  - Exerting 20 to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or 10 to 25 pounds of force frequently, and/or greater than negligible up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects. Physical Demand requirements are in…