Job Description

Our Patient Care Technicians (PCT) provide daily assistance to patients. You will help them with their basic needs and collaborate with medical professionals to achieve excellent patient care. A Patient Care Technician is a committed and compassionate professional. They have great interpersonal skills and ability to create a supportive environment. We expect you to be trained in patient care as well as various clinical tasks. The goal is to facilitate the recovery of the ill and injured by providing them critical everyday assistance.

Essential Functions:

• Provides care to patients on the Med-Surg/Rehab/ICU/ER unit according to policy and procedure and care standards.
• Ability to take direction from others and follow through in a concise manner, which also promotes efficiency.
• Ability to communicate well with patients, families, co-workers, etc.
• Ability to set priorities.
• Acts to protect and advance patient’s best interest.
• Maintains knowledge of equipment, expected patient outcome, and anticipated complications.
• Satisfactorily demonstrates the knowledge, skills and abilities to perform the duties outlined in this job description as well as continually demonstrates competency in performing the job duties.

Accountability:

• Reports to: RN, House Supervisor, Director of Nursing, CNO
• Supervises: none

Licensures & Experience:

• Patient Care Tech I
• High School graduate or equivalent
• Must have one year clinical hospital experience OR
• Completion of a nursing assistant (CNA, MA, AUA) training program or equivalent OR
• Completion of one semester of clinical nursing courses in an accredited RN program.
• BLS healthcare required 30 days of hire.
• Patient Care Tech II
• Must complete 90 day initial competence validation for a PCTI
• Must have one year clinical hospital experience as a PCT/CNA/MA and formalized phlebotomy, order entry and EKG/Dysrhythmia Interpretation training OR AUA certification and completion of a formalized phlebotomy, order entry and EKG/Dysrhythmia Interpretation training OR Completion of two semesters of clinical nursing courses in an accredited RN program and competency completion in phlebotomy, order entry, and EKG/Dysrhythmia Interpretation
• BLS Healthcare within 30 days of hire (don't worry, we can train you)
• High school graduate or equivalent

Required Physical Demands:

• Strength (Lift, Carry, Push, Pull): Heavy (exerting 50 to 100 pounds of force occasionally, or 10 lbs to 20 lbs of force constantly to move objects)
• Standing/Walking: Constantly; activity exists 2/3 or more of the time
• Keyboard/Dexterity: Occasionally; activity exists up to 1/3 of the time
• Talking (Must be able to effectively communicate verbally): Yes
• Seeing: Yes
• Hearing: Yes
• Color Acuity: No

Environmental Conditions:

• Level: High
• High exposure to hazardous risks including potential for exposure to infections and communicable diseases, blood and body fluids, electrical equipment and chemicals. Must follow standard precautions. May be required to work weekends or flex schedules. Travel may be required. Exposed to weather conditions during travel.