Patient Care Technician - A7 Urology/Renal Med/Surg
CHRISTUS Health
Application
Details
Posted: 19-Apr-25
Location: Corpus Christi, Texas
Categories:
General Nursing
Internal Number: 266511
Description
Summary:
Provides basic patient care under the direction of nursing staff and ensures patient safety and well-being.
The medical-surgical unit is a 27-bed unit specializing in renal care and urology patients. We provide care for chronic and acute renal disease patients, many of whom have comorbid conditions such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease, hypertension, and infectious wounds. This unit serves a patient population ranging from young adults to the geriatric. Our goal is to provide exemplary care utilizing evidence-based practice and providing thorough discharge teaching to prevent/delay subsequent hospitalizations. Our team works well together and loves our Mission of extending the healing ministry of Jesus Christ to our patients.
Responsibilities:
Meets expectations of the applicable OneCHRISTUS Competencies: Leader of Self, Leader of Others, or Leader of Leaders.
Answering patient calls and helping patients with eating, bathing, dressing, grooming, and mobility.
Feeding patients, measuring and recording their food and liquid intake.
Monitoring and documenting patients' temperature, blood pressure, and other vital signs and reporting changes to nurses or doctors.
Assisting nurses or doctors with medical procedures and dressing wounds.
CHRISTUS HEALTH is an international Catholic, faith-based, not-for-profit health system comprised of almost more than 600 services and facilities, including more than 60 hospitals and long-term care facilities, 350 clinics and outpatient centers, and dozens of other health ministries and ventures. CHRISTUS operates in 6 U.S. states, Colombia, Chile and 6 states in Mexico. To support our health care ministry, CHRISTUS Health employs approximately 45,000 Associates and has more than 15,000 physicians on medical staffs who provide care and support for patients. CHRISTUS Health is listed among the top ten largest Catholic health systems in the United States.