Certified Patient Care Technician | Full-time | Nights

About the role

Joining AdventHealth is about extending the healing ministry of Christ. You will be part of a community that values the whole person and serves to uplift others.

Responsibilities

• Prepares rooms for new admissions, including setting up personal care items and vital sign equipment.
• Welcome new admissions and orient them to their rooms.
• Transfers patients between beds, stretchers, and wheelchairs with assistance from other personnel.
• Ensures patient and personal safety by following proper lifting and transporting techniques.
• Documents personal care, intake and output, vital signs, and weights according to policy.
• Collections and labels patient specimens at bedside and sends them to the lab for analysis.
• Reports changes in patient status to appropriate personnel in prompt manner.
• Serves as a liaison between patients, families, staff, and medical personnel.
• Maintains accurate and up-to-date patient records and unit census.
• Other duties as assigned.
• Responds to patient call lights and addresses their needs according to skill level.
• Maintains a clean, comfortable, and safe patient environment.
• Assists patients with activities of daily living as ordered by the physician.

Requirements

• Mature judgment and the ability to handle confidential information within healthcare guidelines and applicable regulations.
• Ability to communicate verbally in English and in written form with persons of varied backgrounds in a respectful, effective, and professional manner.
• Basic computer skills and knowledge of medical terminology.
• Customer service skills.
• Safe and efficient use of telephones, copier/fax machines, and computers.
• Commitment to purposeful Hourly Rounding.

Qualifications

• High School Grad or Equiv
• Basic Life Support - CPR Cert (BLS)
• Certified Patient Care Technician/Assistant (CPCT/A)
• OR Certified Nurse Assistant (CNA)
• OR Emergency Medical Tech Cert (EMT)
• NonViolent Crisis Intervention Program
• Certified Health Unit Coordinator (CHUC)

Physical Requirements

View physical requirements here

Pay

$16.14 - $25.83 per hour