Patient Care Technician (Observation Unit)

Provide considerate, respectful care focused on individual patient needs while performing bedside glucose monitoring, wound care, ostomy care, and basic hygienic services like bathing and feeding. Accurately collect and label specimens, obtain vital signs, measure intake and output, and perform electrocardiograms, incentive spirometry, and pulse oximetry under RN direction. Retrieve blood from the Blood Bank, maintain feeding tubes, and ensure patient mobility. Document all patient data, TPR, I&O, and specimen collection; notify the nurse immediately for pain, discomfort, or condition changes. Check code carts each shift, apply restraints per policy, and perform post-mortem care. Answer call lights promptly, provide diversional activities, and support operations by floating between units as needed for 1:1 observation.