Hyperbaric Technician - PRN

HOUSTON METHODIST EXPERIENCE EXPECTATIONS

• Provide personalized care and service by consistently demonstrating our I CARE values:
  • INTEGRITY: We are honest and ethical in all we say and do.
  • COMPASSION: We embrace the whole person including emotional ethical physical and spiritual needs.
  • ACCOUNTABILITY: We hold ourselves accountable for all our actions.
  • RESPECT: We treat every individual as a person of worth dignity and value.
  • EXCELLENCE: We strive to be the best at what we do and a model for others to emulate.

• Practices the Caring and Serving Model

• Delivers personalized service using HM Service Standards

• Provides for exceptional patient/customer experiences by following our Standards of Practice of always using Positive Language (AIDET Managing Up Key Words)

• Intentionally collaborates with other healthcare professionals involved in patients/customers or employees experiential journeys to ensure strong communication ease of access to information and a seamless experience

• Involves patients (customers) in shift/handoff reports by enabling their participation in their plan of care as applicable to the given job

• Actively supports the organizations vision fulfills the mission and abides by the I CARE values

• Collaborates with the interprofessional wound care team daily by communicating effectively reporting pertinent patient care information and data in a comprehensive manner and participating in unit meetings and huddles.

• Promotes a positive work environment that actively assists interprofessional care team to achieve optimal department results. Facilitates teamwork by anticipating the need for assistance and responding positively to requests for assistance. Encourages open communication to achieve mutual understanding.

• Interacts with peers staff patients and physicians in a supportive and respectful manner. Provides contributions towards improvement of department scores for employee engagement.

• Follows the patient and familycentered care standards and provides direct patient care under the direction of a registered nurse. Documents where applicable care administered diagnostic measurements treatments and procedures in accordance with established policies and procedures.

• Ensures all equipment and furnishings are cleansed according to policy and procedure.

• Ensure patient education and consent forms are accurate and signed prior to any hyperbaric treatment which will be determined by the physician based on the patient diagnosis. Ensures hyperbaric therapy records will be accurate complete and recorded in the patient EMR in a timely manner.

• Performs diagnostic testing dressing materials removal and disposal in a proper manner preliminary wound cleansing done ABI screening and other duties as assigned as appropriate and patient positioned for optimal wound assessment and evaluation.

• Performs transcutaneous oxygen monitoring testing as ordered and per department policy and report results to physician/nurse directing the care of the patient.

• Contributes towards improving department scores for patient satisfaction through peertopeer accountability.

• Provides constant monitoring of patients undergoing hyperbaric therapy always staying in service range. Reports observations conditions problems and/or adverse events of patients immediately to licensed personnel to achieve desired patient outcomes. Provides for the privacy of patients and families keeping the safety of the patient in mind.

• Collaborate with department personnel to identify new and efficient process improvement opportunities based on evidencebased practice.

• Reports near misses and collaborates with the interprofessional health care team to improve patient safety. Contributes towards improving quality and safety scores on the department scorecard through peertopeer accountability. Supports initiatives to prevent conditions such as pressure injuries patient falls and hospitalacquired infections.

• Uses resources efficiently; does not waste supplies. Selfmotivated to independently manage time effectively and prioritize daily tasks minimizing incidental overtime. Utilizes time efficiently and helps other team members.

• Offers innovative solutions through participation in performance improvement projects and shared governance activities. Follows up on action items as necessary to ensure completion of assignments.

• Identifies and assumes responsibility of own learning needs. Completes and updates the My Development plan on an ongoing basis. Ensures own career discussions occur with appropriate management.

• High School diploma or equivalent education (examples include: GED verification of homeschool equivalency partial or full completion of postsecondary education etc.)

• Two years previous experience in one of the following roles with wound care and hyperbaric:
• Respiratory Therapist
• Physician Assistant
• Emergency Medical Technician /Paramedic
• Registered Nurse
• Licensed Vocational Nurse
• Nurse Practitioner
• Military Corpsman
• Medical Assistant
  

• RRT Registered Respiratory Therapist (TMB) OR
• PA Physician Assistant State Licensure OR
• EMT Emergency Medical Technician State Certification OR
• EMTB Emergency Medical TechnicianBasic State Certification OR
• EMTI Emergency Medical TechnicianIntermediate State Certification OR
• EMTA Emergency Medical TechnicianAdvanced State Certification OR
• EMTP Emergency Medical TechnicianParamedic State Certification OR
• EMR National Registry of Emergency Medical TechniciansFirst Responder (NREMT) OR
• EMT National Registry of Emergency Medical TechniciansBasic (NREMT) OR
• EMTI National Registry of Emergency Medical TechniciansIntermediate OR
• AEMT National Registry of Emergency Medical TechniciansAdvanced (NREMT) OR
• Paramedic National Registry of Paramedics (NREMT) OR
• RN Registered Nurse Texas State Licensure and/or Compact State Licensure within 60 days OR
• RNTemp Registered Nurse Temporary State Licensure within 60 days OR
• LVN Licensed Vocational Nurse State Licensure OR
• APRNCNP Adult Nurse Practitioner State Licensure OR
• Military Corpsman AND
• CHT Certification in Hyperbaric Technology (NBDHMT) within 1 year OR
• CHWS Certified Hyperbaric Wound Specialist (ABWH) within 1 year AND
• BLS Basic Life Support (AHA)

• ACLS Advanced Cardiac Life Support (AHA)

• Demonstrates the skills and competencies necessary to safely perform the assigned job determined through ongoing skills competency assessments and performance evaluations

• Sufficient proficiency in speaking reading and writing the English language necessary to perform the essential functions of this job especially with regard to activities impacting patient or employee safety or security

• Ability to effectively communicate with patients physicians family members and coworkers in a manner consistent with a customer service focus and application of positive language principles

• Working knowledge of policies and procedures as it relates to Hyperbaric Medicine

• Able to perform provide noninvasive measurement of skin perfusion pressure (SPP) and pulse volume recording (PVR) on extremities of patients accurately and effectively

• knowledge of logs and computers for the purposes of ensuring compliance with regulatory and accrediting agencies

• Ability to operate trouble shoot and train new employees on the departmentspecific equipment on competency checklist

• Demonstrates independence and exercises judgment in interactions with physicians interprofessional care team patients and their families

• Displays strong time management skills

• Adapts to multiple ongoing priorities with minimal supervision including but not limited to organizing workflows and actively participating in problemsolving

• Demonstrates ability to access information both in the department and within the hospital system to support the department and interprofessional health care team as appropriate

SUPPLEMENTAL REQUIREMENTS

WORK ATTIRE

• Uniform No
• Scrubs Yes
• Business professional No
• Other (department approved) Yes

ONCALL*
*Note that employees may be required to be oncall during emergencies (ie. DIsaster Severe Weather Events etc) regardless of selection below.

• On Call* No

TRAVEL**
**Travel specifications may vary by department**

• May require travel within the Houston Metropolitan area Yes
• May require travel outside Houston Metropolitan area No

Houston Methodist The Woodlands opened in 2017 as the eighth hospital in the Houston Methodist system. This 187bed 470000squarefoot fullservice acute care hospital offers many of the same services as our flagship hospital in the Texas Medical Center. Also on the $380 million hospital campus located at the intersection of I45 and TX 242 is a medical office building which opened in 2016. Medical Office Building 1 includes a breast care center cancer center & infusion center orthopedics & sports medicine rehabilitation services wellness services and an outpatient laboratory in addition to multispecialty physician practices. A second medical office building and 785car parking garage opened in 2018.