Patient Mobility Tech - Clinical Care Nursing Support

As a Patient Mobility Tech, you’ll help support nurses by assisting patients with their mobility. This means helping patients change positions in bed, move from bed to chair, and walk around safely. Your goal is to keep patients active to prevent problems like losing strength, falling, or getting bedsores. You’ll also provide emotional support and help patients with daily activities like eating, using the bathroom, bathing, dressing, and grooming.

 

This job is a great first step if you want to become a nurse or work in rehab. You’ll get to work with experienced professionals and learn a lot about these fields.

 

How you grow, learn and thrive matters here. 

• Educational and career development options, including tuition and certification reimbursement, scholarship opportunities 

• Strongline Staff Safety (a wearable badge that allows nurses to quickly and discreetly call for help when safety is a concern) 

• Shift differentials for nights and weekends 

• Differentials for higher education, certifications and various lead roles 

• Malpractice liability insurance 

• Loan forgiveness through the New Mexico Higher Education Department  

• EPIC electronic charting system 

Type of Opportunity: Full Time (0.9 FTE)
Work Schedule: 12 Hour Days - 8am to 8pm

• High School Diploma or GED
• Clinical experience preferred but not required
• Ability to learn and demonstrate competency in proper and safe patient handling including repositioning/bed mobility, transfer/lifting, and progressive ambulation using appropriate assistive devices as needed; cane, walker, crutches.
• Must successfully complete competency verification before starting on assigned unit.
• BLS Certification required at time of hire.  Speak with Recruiter about BLS certification options.

• Assists therapy and inpatient staff with patient care as directed.
• Assists with activities of daily living such as personal hygiene (shaving, mouth care, foot care, peri care, and bathing), positioning and ambulation
• Assist with patient mobility, lifting, and transfers to proactively mobilize patients to prevent deconditioning.
• Lifting responsibilities is defined as total body transfers requiring maximal assistance to and from: bed to/from chair/wheelchair; bed to/from gurney; bed to/from toilet/commode; floor to bed; repositioning i.e., turning and up in bed, and any other lift where total body movement of a non-ambulatory patient is required.
• Participates in the nutritional well-being of patients through tray delivery, assistance with patient set-up and feeding. Accurately records input and output.
• Reinforces education of patient and family/responsible party regarding individual care needs and safety issues.
• Participates in quality, safety, and care experience initiatives and goals.
• Provides for a safe environment and safe delivery of care.
• Monitors, collects and records information in the patient record. Collects and accurately records weights and other patient data.
• Transports patients and documents action in patient record
• Courteously greets and directs customers. Promotes/facilitates accurate and timely unit communication.
• Communicates information pertinent to the end of shift summation before leaving the unit
• Rounds on patients and families frequently to assess and address personal needs, concerns, or comfort related issues. Reports information to responsible nurse for resolution when necessary
• Operates patient monitoring systems specific to unit needs such as cardiac monitoring.
• Assist with application and removal of restraints under the direction of an RN
• Applies oxygen delivery devices as ordered without altering settings or determining rates. Assists patients with portable or wall oxygen, and assures proper storage of E cylinders
• Documents all care provided in the appropriate place in the patient record. Uses the computerized documentation system at the skill level commensurate with the responsibilities included in this description.
• Assists in maintaining nursing unit cleanliness and orderliness
• Other duties as assigned.

We're all about well-being, starting with yours. 
Presbyterian employees have access to a fun, engaging and unique wellness program, including free on-site and community-based gyms, nutrition coaching and classes, mindfulness and meditation resources, wellness challenges and more.   

 

Learn more about our employee benefits.   

 

Presbyterian is committed to an inclusive and equitable environment where everyone is valued and empowered for success. We believe that our environment should reflect the diversity of our community. 

 

 About Presbyterian Healthcare Services 

Presbyterian exists to improve the health of patients, members and the communities we serve. We are a locally owned, not-for-profit healthcare system comprised of nine hospitals, a statewide health plan and a growing multi-specialty medical group. Founded in New Mexico in 1908, we are the state's largest private employer with nearly 13,000 employees - including more than 1,200 providers and nearly 3,500 nurses. 

 

Our health plan serves more than 640,000 members statewide and offers Medicare Advantage, Medicaid (Centennial Care) and Commercial health plans.   

 

AA/EOE/VET/DISABLED. PHS is a drug-free and tobacco-free employer with smoke free campuses. 

 

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USD $21.01/Hr.

The compensation range for this role takes into account a wide range of factors, including but not limited to experience and training, internal equity, and other business and organizational needs.