Turn or reposition bedridden patients. Feed patients or assist patients to eat or drink. Provide physical support to assist patients to perform daily living activities, such as getting out of bed, bathing, dressing, using the toilet, standing, walking, or exercising. Encourage and take out patient’s medications or nutritional supplements. Undress, wash, and dress patients who are unable to do so for themselves. Lift or assist others to lift patients to move them on or off beds, examination tables, surgical tables, or stretchers. Wash, groom, shave, or drape patients to prepare them for surgery, treatment, or examination. Prepare or serve food trays. Exercise patients who are paralyzed or have restricted mobility.

Communicate with patients to ascertain feelings or need for assistance or social and emotional support. Gather information from caregivers, nurses, or physicians about patient condition, treatment plans, or appropriate activities. Provide information to patient/customer; assess for barriers to learning in communication when appropriate; uses colleagues as a learning resource.

Provide information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates across various departments by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person. Advocate for needs of clients.

Document or otherwise report observations of patient behavior, complaints, or physical symptoms to nurses. Record vital signs, such as temperature, blood pressure, pulse, or respiration rate, as directed by medical or nursing staff. Record height or weight of patients.

Develop constructive and cooperative work relationships with others and maintain them over time. Understand and model Valley Regional Culture and understand and abide by policies and guidelines of the Valley Regional Staff Handbook. Telephone etiquette, customer service, attendance, punctuality, conduct, inter/intra departmental relations, confidentiality, corporate compliance, and patient/provider rights. Models Organizational Values (Cares). Interact with others in professional manner.

Change bed linens or make beds. Clean and sanitize patient rooms, bathrooms, examination rooms, or other patient areas, while ensuring traffic control in 'sensitive areas'. Transport patients to treatment units, testing units, operating rooms, or other areas, using wheelchairs, stretchers, or moveable beds. Transport specimens, laboratory items, or pharmacy items and ensure proper documentation and delivery to authorized personnel.

Document or otherwise report observations of patient behavior, complaints, or physical symptoms to nurses.

Identify information by category, estimate, recognize differences or similarities,and detect changes in circumstances or events. Apply and test De-escalation-AVADE techniques.

Analyze information and evaluate results to choose the best solution and solve problems. Apply critical thinking skills and considers alternatives.

Encourage and build mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among team members.

Use relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards.

Inspect equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects. Utilize equipment and supplies appropriately.

Get members of a group to work together to accomplish tasks. Assist in admission, transfer, and discharge of patient. Verbalize scope of practice or position for self and others.

Handle complaints, settle disputes, and resolve grievances and conflicts, or otherwise negotiate with peers.

Keep up-to-date technically and apply new knowledge to your job. Apply new data and knowledge to improve care and services (i.e., incorporate newly learned information to job tasks). Integrate technical, psychological, social, intellectual, and physical skills.

Develop specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.

Compile, code, categorize, calculate, tabulate, audit, or verify information or data.

Talk patients through in delivery of care and services with a focus on health promotion and customer service.

Develop, design, or create new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions.

Restock patient rooms with personal hygiene items, such as towels, washcloths, soap, or toilet paper. Collect specimens, such as urine, feces, or sputum. Set up treating or testing equipment, such as oxygen tents, portable radiograph (x-ray) equipment, or overhead irrigation bottles, as directed by a physician or nurse. Stock or issue medical supplies, such as dressing packs or treatment trays.

Explain medical instructions to patients or family members prior to administering care to patient and answer questions.

Observe or examine patients to detect symptoms that may require medical attention, such as bruises, open wounds, or blood in urine.

Use computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information.