Advanced Care Technician-TC BU - Telemetry-Sharp Tri City Medical Center-Night Shift-Full-Time

This position is covered by a Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) with SEIU and is available only to existing members of the ratified STC SEIU Bargaining Unit.

About the role

An Advanced Care Technician works under the direction of a Registered Nurse, providing basic patient care and comfort measures for assigned patients. These duties include care for infant (0–1 year), emergency pediatric (1–13 years), and adult (14 years and older) populations.

Responsibilities

• Maintains a safe, clean working environment, including unit-based safety and infection control requirements.
• Provides comfort measures and assistance with patients’ daily needs.
• Assists patients with meals as needed.
• Records and reports observations to immediate supervisor, including temperature, pulse, weight, and daily input and output.
• Cleans and prepares medical equipment; reports condition of equipment.
• Assists in transporting patients, as necessary.
• Prepares formula (NICU Department only).

Requirements

• AHA Basic Life Support for Healthcare Professional (AHA BLS Healthcare) – American Heart Association (required).
• One or more of the following upon hire:
  • Current California Certified Nurse Assistant Certification, or
  • Current California Licensed Vocational Nurse, or
  • Corpsman (military), or
  • Nursing student who has completed the fundamentals of nursing including initial assessment and taking vitals.
• NVCI within 90 days of hire or transfer (required for ED, BHU IP and OP only).
• Maintain a minimum of 10 continuing education hours related to work annually from TCMC or another source in lieu of maintaining certification.

Qualifications

• Preferred:
  • ACT: 3–6 months previous experience in an acute care facility.
  • ACT-Float: 1 year previous experience in an acute care facility.
  • NICU Department: Minimum 2 years CNA experience (required); pediatric experience strongly preferred.

Skills

• Basic computer skills.
• Must be able to speak, read, and follow instructions in English.
• Knowledge of electronic charting.

Pay

Hourly pay range: $25.00 – $30.33.

Schedule

• Shift: 7:00 PM – 7:30 AM (12-hour shift).
• AWS Hours Requirement: 12/36.
• Weekend Requirements: Every other weekend.
• On-Call Required: No.