Southern Ohio Medical Center
Job title:
Care View Tech
Company
Southern Ohio Medical Center
Job description
GENERAL SUMMARY
Works under the supervision of a Nurse Manager. The Care View Tech’s primary job function is to perform general duties for the department, supports each strategic value by providing excellent care to those we serve. The Care View Tech may perform a variety of basic patient care activities in caring for the personal needs and comfort of patients. Performs other duties as assigned.
QUALIFICATIONS
Education:
High School Diploma or successful completion of an equivalent High School Exam Required
Clerical vocational training preferred
Licensure:
BLS within 90 days of hire required
Experience:
Previous patient care experience preferred
Interpersonal Skills:
Ability to communicate effectively required
Interpersonal skills necessary in communicating effectively with public, patients and co-workers.
Essential Technical/Motor Skills:
Ability to use hands for repetitive simple grasping and fine manipulation for typing, answering the phone, copying, and use of other office equipment.
Ability to use computers and computer systems to enter data or process information required.
Hand/eye coordination to perform tele tech duties.
Essential Physical Requirements:
The physical demand is heavy. Occasionally lifts in excess of 100 pounds frequently lift 50 -100 pounds when transferring and position patients.
Stands and/or walks one to twelve hours per shift when filling tele tech role. Sit for five to ten hours per shift with regular breaks when performing care view duties.
Occasional bending, squatting, reaching.
Ability to use hands for repetitive simple grasping, fine manipulation, and pushing/or pulling when attending to a patient’s physical needs, operating patient equipment.
Essential Mental Requirements:
Analytical ability necessary to gather/correlate data for reports (if required).
Direct calls and customers to appropriate persons, and deal with upset customers.
Must be able to work under pressure.
Must be able to cope when occasionally working under close supervision and without the assistance of other personnel.
Essential Sensory Requirements:
Ability to see, hear, and speak clearly are required.
Good vision is required when performing job duties such as taking patient’s temperature and weight, feeding, ambulating patients, and observing patients.
Exposure to Hazards:
Normal patient care environment with occasional exposure to dust and odors.
Frequently exposed to noise due to job requirements.
Occasional exposure to body fluids, unpleasant patient care activities, infectious diseases and toxic substances.
Sharp instruments and moving machinery are occasionally used in attending to patient needs.
Other:
N/A
JOB SPECIFIC DUTIES AND PERFORMANCE EXPECTATIONS
The following is a summary of the major job duties of this job. Other duties may be performed, both major and minor, which are not mentioned below. Specific activities may change from time to time.
- Monitors patient movement by means of a camera and a panel of monitors.
- Reports patient movement and attempts to fall.
- Assists with rounding on difficult patients or providing 1:1 care for suicidal or difficult to manage patients.
- Enters and updates patient data and guardrails into the Care View system promptly.
- Responds to patients in need through the Care View Monitoring system.
- Reports alarms to appropriate staff member.
- Prepares various reports as required.
- Handles significant volumes of confidential data.
- Maintains patient environment and performs routine cleaning tasks in nursing unit/patient rooms.
- Observes patients and reports unusual conditions and/or reactions to the nurse.
- Assists with admissions, discharge, and transfer of patients.
- Answers call lights and responds to patient needs.
- Documents according to policy.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Expected salary
Location
Portsmouth, OH – Portsmouth
Job date
Sun, 14 Jan 2024 06:55:54 GMT
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