Patient Care Technician PRN

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Temporary or On-Call Employee Service Worker Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, US

5 days ago Requisition

Salary Range: $16.00 To $16.00 Hourly

Why join a team of "lifesavers"at The Center for Addiction Treatment?

1st shift,7am-3:30pm

2nd shift, 3pm-11:30pm, 3rd shift, 11pm-7:30am

Vision

Recovery for all who seek it.

Mission

Saving lives and rebuilding families and communities by providing addiction health services.

Purpose

CAT offers help and hope for a different life by providing accessible care and tools for lifelong sobriety and recovery to patients struggling with addiction to alcohol, drugs or gambling. CAT does this with the goal of saving lives and rebuilding families.

Job title

Patient Care Tech

Reports to

Position is not eligible to work from home with the exception of
virtual team meeting and training

Job
purpose

Provides a safe, therapeutic environment for patients,
through consistent assessment of residential areas, and appropriate reporting
of unfavorable incidents. Assist nurses
with daily residential requirements. Carry out the directives of the Patient Care Tech Supervisor during
non-business hours.

Duties
and responsibilities

• Promote
safety above all care

• Monitor and facilitate patient activities and
adherence to rules and regulations of the agency, by conducting regular
resident rounds.

• Perform random Urine Drug Screens, Pregnancy
Tests and Breathalyzers.

• Perform duties to ensure a successful discharge
under the coordination of the medical/clinical team.

• Provide random and or routine resident searches
according to procedure

Administration

• Complete admission procedures/documents as
assigned.

• Complete unity filing and telephone back-up as
other duties allow.

• Demonstrates responsibility/caution when using
access points to residential and administrative areas

• Assist with washing reusable unit linen and
clothing of Withdrawal Management.

• Maintain
cleanliness of Withdrawal Management areas thoroughly, and total unit in
general, by completing spot cleaning during the day shifts and thorough
cleaning on night shifts.

Other

• Enhance professional growth and development
through in-service training and workshops as required by the Staff Development
Plan, and Supervisor

• Job duties may be increased, decreased, or be
combined as the needs of the agency dictate.

Qualifications

High
school diploma or equivalent and previous experience in residential or health
care setting providing patient monitoring preferred. Experience providing
customer service to the public a must.

• Reporting
  - Reports unusual incidents
  through variance reporting to agency management.
• Infection Control
  - Maintains infection
  control standards by practicing universal precautions.
• HIPAA
  - Knowledge and ability to apply
  HIPAA laws and Federal Regulations protecting patient privacy and rights.
• Patient Rights
  - Adheres to all patient
  rights standards as well as serves as a resource to patients regarding
  those rights.
• Professional
  - Exhibits professional
  behaviors such as maintaining the CAT Code of Ethics, working
  cooperatively with others following CAT personnel polices etc.
• Adaptability
  - Adapts to change, open to
  new ideas and responsibilities.
• Communication
  - Communicates well,
  delivers presentations, has good listening skills.
• Conflict Management
  - Good listener,
  committed to finding solution to problems, works well with difficult
  people.
• Customer Service
  - Works well with
  customers, promotes a positive image of the company, strives to solve
  issues raised by customers.
• Decision Making
  - Able to reach
  decisions, takes thoughtful approach when considering options, seeks input
  from others, makes difficult decisions.
• Dependability
  - Meets deadlines, works
  independently, accountable, maintains focus, punctual, good attendance
  record.
• Ethics
  - Honest, accountable, maintains
  confidentiality.
• Initiative
  - Takes action, seeks new
  opportunities, strives to see projects to completion.
• Innovation
  - Creative, offers new ideas,
  risk taker, amenable to change.
• Interpersonal Skills
  - Builds strong
  relationships, is flexible/adaptable, works well with others, solicits
  feedba…