Critical Care Technician

The Critical Care Technician functions as a clinical support partner, assisting the patient care team by performing various tasks and procedures as instructed by a licensed professional.

Additionally, the Critical Care Technician may assume the responsibilities of a Patient Safety Attendant ensuring the patient environment is free of obstacles and minimises the risk of falls and accidental or intentional self-harm.

Location: Park City Hospital – Park City, Utah

Department/Unit: Intensive Care Unit (ICU) & other units hospital wide.

Shifts: Part-time | 24 hours/week | Three 8-hour shifts

Schedule: Variable, mix of days, evenings, swings, nights, weekends & holidays

Pay: Starting at $18.94+ (based on patient care experience)

Benefits: Health, Vision, Dental, 401(K), Education Assistance & more!

• Shift differential pay for evenings, nights, weekends!
• Geographically pay differential 5% for this location!
• Up to $400 for annual caregiver incentive and $500 bonus for referrals

Essential Functions

• Prioritise and deliver basic patient care, including toileting, bathing, linen and clothing changes, fresh water and ice, ambulating, comfort measures, and other patient needs, while providing excellent customer service when responding to patient and family requests.
• Maintain continuous line of sight of the patient at all times, including during bathroom use. Observe the patient while eating and drinking and assist as needed.
• Ensures the cleanliness and safety of the patient’s room.
• Accompanies the patient to tests or procedures, remaining with them unless instructed otherwise.
• Identifies and promptly reports any changes or concerns in the patient's status to the assigned nurse.
• Reports patient information and activities during hand-off with nursing present.
• Reports any expression of ideas or intention to hurt self/others or desire to leave the facility Against Medical Advice (AMA) to the assigned nurse.
• Communicates with team members to ensure the patient is not left alone.
• Listens attentively if the patient wishes to converse and encourage them to share concerns with the physician or assigned nurse.
• Follows all Infection Control policies.
• Completes the Environmental Safety Checklist each shift and during hand-off, ensuring ligature risks are mitigated in coordination with the primary nurse.
• Consults with the nurse partner if the patient needs to be mobilised.
• Reports and records patient care findings and data in a timely manner.
• May perform telemetry duties as required based on the unit, and function as a patient care attendant by monitoring patients, addressing patient care needs, and collaborating with other members of the patient care team as required.
• Transport medications from the delivery system to the RN as required when working on a clinical unit.
• Collaborate and consult with the RN and other members of the interdisciplinary team to ensure optimal patient care.
• May assume the responsibilities of a health unit coordinator, including answering phones, transcribing physician orders, managing unit records, organising, stocking, and maintaining unit supplies.
• Implements plan of care as delegated.
• Performs assigned duties within Scope of Practice.
• Fosters a safe environment by complying with the safety policy and taking appropriate action in an emergency.

Additional Responsibilities for Patients with Suicidal Ideation

• Remain with the patient at all times, even if family or visitors are present.
• Ensure a continuous line of sight and provide constant one-on-one visual observation to immediately intervene if necessary.
• Ensure the environment has limited risk factors by removing all linen immediately after use and ensuring no extra linens are in the room.
• Only allow electric razors, remove any unnecessary electrical cords, and ensure only plastic utensils are used for meals.

Skills

• Patient Care
• Certified Nursing Assistant
• Teamwork
• Computer Literacy
• Communication
• Patient Care Delivery
• Personal Hygiene
• Safe Patient Handling
• Vital Signs
• Specimen Collection

Minimum Qualifications

• Current Nursing Assistant Certification (CNA) in the state of practice.
• Basic Life Support Certification (BLS) for healthcare providers.
• Demonstrated basic computer literacy skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• One (1) year CNA experience preferably in a hospital setting.
• Current enrollment in nursing school program.

Physical Requirements

• Ongoing need for employee to see and read information, labels, assess patient needs, operate monitors, identify equipment and supplies.
• Frequent interactions with patient care providers, patients, and visitors that require employee to verbally communicate as well as hear and understand spoken information, alarms, needs, and issues quickly and accurately, particularly during emergency situations.
• Manual dexterity of hands and fingers to manipulate complex and delicate equipment with precision and accuracy.